Posted on 02/20/2022 9:44:19 AM PST by Mount Athos
The New York Times Editorial Board has taken a stance in support of Canadian truckers' right to protest, saying that peaceful demonstrations are a vital part of democracy.
The left-leaning Times Editorial Board said that the demonstration in Ottawa 'ranks as a nuisance' and ought to be tolerated in the name of free speech.
'Allowing nonviolent, even if disruptive, protest is an important tool for maintaining social cohesion in a polarized society,' the board's opinion piece stated.
'We disagree with the protesters' cause, but they have a right to be noisy and even disruptive,' the board wrote.
'Protests are a necessary form of expression in a democratic society, particularly for those whose opinions do not command broad popular support,' the essay continued.
'Governments have a responsibility to prevent violence by protesters, but they must be willing to accept some degree of disruption by those seeking to be heard.'
'Entertaining the use of force to disperse or contain legal protests is wrong,' the editorial board wrote.
The essay noted that in November 2020, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed support for farmers in India who blockaded major highways to New Delhi in protest over new laws to remove price floors on crops.
'Canada will always be there to defend the right of peaceful protest,' Trudeau said at the time of the protests in India, which continued for a year.
Now, Trudeau is reportedly planning on invoking Canada's Emergencies Act, which grants powers that have been used only once before in peacetime, to initiate a federal crackdown on Freedom Convoy demonstrators.
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Heir truedau doesn’t give a rip what you think nyt- he is drunk with power
Why? What is in it for the NYT?
So they can go nuts if Republicans win the mid-terms. Then it’s back to the “mostly peaceful” protesting they endorse. They’re looking ahead.
Not looking where’s pointing. Looking to make sure the camera is on him.
Some libs and leftists are smart enough to realize that this repression could turn against them some day.
His prior experience was teaching Drama.
“Blackface Lives Matter”
I think Satan might wanna buy a windbreaker.
“What is in it for the NYT?”
They do not want the protest to reach the point where Castro’s little bleep is forced to resign and/or his party loses control.
What’s going on in Canada at this point is at the hands of the United States. Pajama boy is just a proxy leader in this matter. The Biden regime has made Canada’s trucker problem a matter of US national security. Hence the horrific actions on the part of the state.
I agree it costs them nothing but in this case they are right about freedom to protest.
You might also take this as an implicit shot across the bow of the Xiden Administration as the US convoy is mobilizing as I type this. Don’t expect them to cheer if you order the Guard to fire on truckers, Joey...
Or they maybe an honest leftist who forgot to read the latest memo.
Trudope is a hypocritter.
Libtardism imploding on itself. 🤪
It’s called a paradox
So they can safely virtue signal after the protest has been shut down.
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