For the record, I'm a fan of the parliamentary system. It does give a greater representation to the people vs. our system, in that the multitude of parties allows you to find a party you are more aligned with as well as generally requiring the coalitions to govern closer to the middle. I think such a system would allow a very powerful centrist, Libertarian party to form in the US. Something that can't happen in today's 2-party system.
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That was different. He was more than happy to tell us over and over and over 🤣Black Lives Matter protesters block highway in Minneapolis
Black Lives Matter protesters blocked a highway just outside Minneapolis on Wednesday morning. This follows the police shooting of Philando Castile during a traffic stop.abc7news.com
Protesters shut down I-35W in Minneapolis during rush hour; 41 arrested
The activists identified themselves as nonblacks stepping up on behalf of Black Lives Matter; police arrested 41 people.
Seattle police claimed protesters blocked way to dying man. In fact, miscommunication with Seattle Fire was problem
Shots went off at 2:19 a.m. on a Saturday evening last month in the CHOP, the Capitol Hill Organized Protest zone.
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How are things circling Pluto? Are boogie men out there too?
There is nothing saying that a two party system has to exist in the US. We can have multiple parties forming coalitions in our own house if we had other parties that are able to make themselves viable. This is a case where the people have only to decide to give a third party a seat at the table. I would love to see multiple parties forming coalitions to find a speaker. Not so much sold on the parliament system as I don't think it balances governemnt well, but multi parties, and the harassment of representatives by other representatives would be entertaining. I would love to see a debate on the house floor like that of British Parliament.
Solid post.
I see what you're saying and tend to agree, but how long do you allow this to go on? Similar thing happened in Thailand in 2013-2014 that shut down Bangkok for 7 months and 22 days.
The whole world is obsessed with America. Hell, when we eat beans Australia farts.
For the sake of argument let’s say you are correct and “lots” of the protesting truckers (whatever that means) are well known as being avowed racists, and the three organizers hold radical views (whatever that means). In what way does this justify Trudeau’s response to a protest that has nothing to do with racist or radical viewpoints, especially since the protests have been peaceful?
As long as they are peaceful, you let it go on. The moment they are not you shut it down and be transparent about it. Someone has already stated it. Drop the mandate and this goes away. Is the mandate realy worth what the government is doing?
Are Canadians not allowed to peacefully protest Trudeau and his Authoritarian policies?A few words from our friends at the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA)
Mandates are ending soon. I get it, folks are angry. Who isn't? You sure this really is an anti-mandate protest.....or more about anti-authority, anti-government, anti-Trudeau?
For the sake of argument let’s assume you are correct that the protest is not about mask mandates but are about anti-authority, anti-government, anti-Trudeau. Does that justify Trudeau’s reaction? Are peaceful anti-authority, anti-government, anti-Trudeau protests in a category that calls for the authoritarian response the protests were protesting?A few words from our friends at the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA)
Mandates are ending soon. I get it, folks are angry. Who isn't? You sure this really is an anti-mandate protest.....or more about anti-authority, anti-government, anti-Trudeau?
Is it just me or does it seem to you, too, that @Breastman comes across as yet another pseudonym used by @my_2cents?
That is an attitude that flies in the face of every peaceful sit-in on college campus in my youth of the 1960’s and every peaceful march or demonstration Martin Luther King held when he broke the back of authoritarian laws that made African Americans second class citizens, or Ghandi staged to crush the British authoritarian rule over his people.
Hard to say. Leftists have all been indoctrinated to think and say the same thing.
Every Canadian friend of mine has stated that yes there is more to it, but they have not stated it was anti-authority, but instead made clear this is absolute overreach by the government. Every time there was a chance to descalate the situation it was made worse. They all blamed Trudy (I can't spell his name). One other note of interest: they all made clear the US is not the world leader anymore. China is.A few words from our friends at the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA)
Mandates are ending soon. I get it, folks are angry. Who isn't? You sure this really is an anti-mandate protest.....or more about anti-authority, anti-government, anti-Trudeau?
We let Antifa and BLM shutdown 6 blocks of Seattle for 3 weeks IIRC.
Are you so naive that you think BLM and Antifa only accept donations from US Citizens? Which enemies of the US do you think would not contribute to those organizations based on what they have done and what they are all about?
