In a democratic society, you have the right to protest. When you proclaim to the heavens that your goal is to overthrow a democratically elected government, it turns dictatorial for the greater good. The anarchists were arrogant beyond hubris, now they are at the mercy of the State. By supporting them Pierre Poilievre, Candice Bergen and Naraendra Modi's Cabin Boy (Andrew Scheer) don't believe in democracy.
You obviously don't understand how elitist your own outlook on democracy is.
The principal notion of democracy is that everyone gets to participate in it - clever, thoughtful people, and many, many, more who are not so sophisticated. Unsophisticated people can have real problems and real disagreements with their governments, but can often not know how to go about airing those grievances effectively or properly (lawfully). Historically, protests by the masses always involve some degree of civil disobedience. USUALLY, that takes the form of violence, looting, and arson, as it did in MANY BLM/Antifa protests over the last 3 years. The trucker convoy only involved breaking some traffic laws, municipal noise bylaws, and some overblown rhetoric which, essentially, asked the government to step down. Frankly, to the extent that laws were broken by the protesters, these offences were rather mild compared to things we tolerate in just about any other protest. Even more frankly, the disrespect that some trucker convoy protesters showed for the law was NOTHING in comparison for the disrespect the Liberal government showed for the law in illegally invoking the Emergencies Act, which is why the Liberals are so busy lying about why they did it at the Inquiry.
You might take no issue with any of the Covid policies of the Federal government. Maybe you just don't care about them because they didn't affect your life. Obviously, quite a number of people were negatively affected to the point that they committed their time to driving across the country to Ottawa to air their grievances. That's exactly what democracy looks like. It's a messy business sometimes. I'm glad at least one political party understands that, and even more importantly, understands that these protesters are RIGHT about the punitive, petty and vindictive motivations behind continuing the unnecessary and unhelpful Covid mandates that are still in place.
There is a reason that other countries are harshly judging our Federal government's respect for Democracy right now.
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