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Originally Posted by moon
Even if the "peaceful" demonstration was designed to get that exact response from the opposition?
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Bingo.
This specific band of "pro-lifers" are only trying to feed their own egos. They don't care about their message, because the message they are actually getting out there is "whack jobs create controversy on university campus".
That's all anyone talks about or thinks about when discussing this group. And if one of these clowns got in my face while walking up the street, I'd probably let my fist answer their free speech too.
A couple years ago, I was walking up MacLeod trail, and happened past a very large group of pro-life protesters who were lined up the road from at least Glenmore to Southland Drive, and beyond. Hundreds of people easily, maybe a couple thousand. Each with a sign, each politely standing on the side of the road, each cheering when someone honked or waived. I walked right through that crowd without issue, and without anyone acosting me or trying to lecture me. Only had a couple people say "God bless you" as I passed by. That group did not make themselves the focus of the protest, they let the cause they were standing up for be front and centre.
There is a right way to protest, and there is a wrong way. The idiots at the U of C chose the wrong way.