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[–] Hacksaw@lemmy.ca 19 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That's a false equivalence if I've ever heard one.

  • The trucker convoy was based on sovereign citizen nonsense and conspiracy theories. This protest is against genocide.
  • The convoy shut down whole blocks of downtown, creating a dangerous zone of lawlessness and people shitting in the snow. This protest doesn't prevent university business, and is law abiding and sanitary.
  • The convoy stored thousands of pounds of propane and diesel fuel within mere meters from Parliament combined with idiots shooting fireworks, and this protest has zero chance of literally blowing up parliament.
  • The convoy was so dangerous that the police didn't even dare enter to enforce laws, the OPS police chief repeatedly said there is nothing they could do without endangering officers, student protests like this are routinely and often brutally stopped by police action without any threat of harm or injury to the police.

So no, I don't think they're equivalent in any way. I hope these protestors continue until they're successful without having their right to peaceful assembly curtailed unjustly.