The federal government says it plans to appeal a ruling by the Federal Court stating that its use of the Emergencies Act to shut down the so-called Freedom Convoy protests in Ottawa two years ago was “not justified.”
  • SadArtemis🏳️‍⚧️
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    9 months ago

    I just did- but basically, as I see it, it was certainly unnecessary- at least, unnecessary by the books; and certainly in the way things were handled. Because, sure, it had to, or at least should have been handled- but how it was done is the concerning part. I didn’t have a lot of sympathy for the truckers at the time- and still don’t have the most sympathy for them- but then and now, it is clear that there was a very effective state-led smear campaign being waged against them, making them out to be infinitely worse and more of a nuisance than they really were- and the methods used against them also were extremely shady- and IMO if one doesn’t have sympathy for how they were treated, it’s important to remember that we- the left and those with any sense of basic human decency- are right up alongside them in the state’s hitlist, and of a much higher priority.

    I went further into the details of my opinions and whatnot in my other comment in this thread- but when you take a step back to consider the undeniable events as they occurred, rather than as spun out for public consumption- and when you consider what precedents were set- it gets deeply concerning, real fast.

    • GaryLeChat
      7·
      9 months ago

      Fair enough yeah, I’m very focused on what happened in Ottawa specifically but I’ve kind of shut this out of my memory as a coping mechanism.

      I think it’s time to analyze it again through a new lens. Can’t go into details though, trying to stay anonymous!

      • SadArtemis🏳️‍⚧️
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        9 months ago

        No worries- and personally, my initial reaction had been lukewarm support (because I disliked the truckers and their cause or various causes, and I also dislike the government). But increasingly seeing the precedents being used against those I actually identified with or supported, and realizing the details of how the whole handling of the matter was carried out- with incredibly shady (and incorrect) interpretations of the law and state mandate (ie. why the invocation was ruled unjustified), the backdoors dealing with the banks to freeze assets, not of some corporations or even “petty bourgeois” as you call it (some dumbfucks, maybe, but primarily “labor buorgeoisie” if we want to call them bourgeois), but basically the nigh extrajudicial way the means of life in capitalist society was cut off of ordinary people (with questionable takes, but still- certainly nothing justified within law)- and seeing how it has been used since, deeply concerned me.