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Originally Posted by Yamer
I have difficulty recognizing the convoy as a protest for a few reasons, but most importantly is that a not insignificant portion of the movement made it clear they weren't going to leave until the democratically elected federal government were usurped in favor of some kind of frankensteined coalition of the stupid. They were pretty open that they intended it to be an occupation from the start.
Now, of course not every participant supported or perhaps were even aware of Canada Unity's MOU, but it existed well before the event regardless. Pat King and his ilk were advocating violence on the road to Ottawa and others were spouting nonsense about Nuremberg 2.0.
Anyone who didn't think they were going to be there for the long haul was naïve or lying to cover their asses after the fact. They told us what they were going to do and, essentially, they did it.
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An occupation is just a form of protest. Everyone was piling on CHL for being pedantic but this is pedantry. They were protesting. Agree or disagree with their methods, level of success, intentions, whatever. But it was a protest.
Now, I think that many of them deserve large fines or potentially belong in Prison (Dildo for example) but they were protesting.