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submitted 8 months ago by sik0fewl@kbin.social to c/canada@lemmy.ca

Speaking with reporters at the end of his visit to the capital Kiyv, Justin Trudeau accused Putin of "executing" opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

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[-] northmaple1984@lemmy.ca 23 points 8 months ago

The statement kinda loses it's impact once you realize it's coming from a leader who illegally broke up a protest against himself and his government

[-] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 106 points 8 months ago

It's pretty telling that you don't say what protest you're talking about. Is it the stupid truckers?

[-] northmaple1984@lemmy.ca 6 points 8 months ago

Which other protests ended with the federal government illegally using the Emergency Act?

[-] Szymon@lemmy.ca 93 points 8 months ago

Only if you're an idiot that compares the attempted genocide of a people to a leader ensuring trade routes remain open for businesses and a city's residents aren't traumatized by racist children that like to make noise.

[-] Leviathan@lemmy.world 85 points 8 months ago

Are you talking about those antivax pieces of garbage who harassed homeless people and local businesses because another country wouldn't let them across their border?

[-] TheMightyCanuck@sh.itjust.works 28 points 8 months ago

Aka the Karen konvoy

[-] CaptnNMorgan@reddthat.com 6 points 8 months ago

It's never okay for a government to freeze it's citizens bank accounts. Let alone for political reasons, that's fascist as fuck.

[-] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 21 points 8 months ago

I think people with swastikas on their flags are usually considered fascist.

Maybe look into the paradox of tolerance.

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[-] pancakes@sh.itjust.works 10 points 8 months ago

Ahh, good ol' right wingers using words they don't understand to make arguments they don't fully comprehend.

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[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Are you Canadian?

If you are you should be able to understand how a minority government can not be fascist.

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[-] Frederic@beehaw.org 69 points 8 months ago

It was perfectly legal. And those protestors asked for things like "no vaccine required to enter USA", Trudeau had nothing to do with that. Those protestors then degenerated into various conspiracy, and basically wanted to remove Trudeau and put a dictator instead. It was almost a coup, not a "protest".

[-] Szymon@lemmy.ca 51 points 8 months ago

I LOLed so hard when I heard their demands were the removal of our elected representatives to be replaced with THEMSELVES

[-] kakes@sh.itjust.works 59 points 8 months ago

That protest wasn't against Trudeau, it was against common sense.

[-] Szymon@lemmy.ca 34 points 8 months ago

We're talking about someone will the IQ and memory capacity of a goldfish

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[-] someguy3@lemmy.ca 48 points 8 months ago

Peaceful protest it was not.

[-] northmaple1984@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 months ago

According to the courts it did not meet the standard of violence required.

[-] Hootz@lemmy.ca 10 points 8 months ago

Doesn't make it illegal bud. Learn how our system works before opening your COVID riddled mouth.

[-] CaptnNMorgan@reddthat.com 5 points 8 months ago

Why tf does it matter what the protests were about? You disagree politically so it's okay for the government to do that? That's a slippery slope.

[-] Hootz@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 months ago

I don't disagree politically bro, I disagree scientifically, and logically. Our government had a responsibility to remove you terrorists, they just did it a way that allows you twats to act like your oppressed.

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[-] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 months ago

"Slippery slope" is a logical fallacy.

The antivax cowards had many peaceful protests previously without issue. They weren't getting their demands met because their demands were idiotic.

So they escalated to disrupting the functioning of the government. Using psyops tactics against civilians. Harrassing civilians. Disrupting emergency services.

And for what? It wasn't to increase awareness of covid restrictions. These restrictions were placed on the entire population, we were all aware of them. No it was an attempt to affect a change using extortion. Changes contrary to the democratic will of the country.

Since you love the slippery slope fallacies, consider the slope in the other direction. If an organized crime outfit used intimidation tactics to get their way, could they declare it as a "protest" and get off scot free? Where do you draw the line in that direction?

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[-] northmaple1984@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 months ago

If it wasn't illegal then the government wouldn't have lost the court case.

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[-] Crankpork@beehaw.org 7 points 8 months ago

No, according to the courts (one court), an emergency in one city does not meet the requirements for the Federal emergencies act, and didn’t take into account the negligence of the multiple layers of regional policing and government who refused to act.

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[-] someguy3@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

So you agree it was violent and not peaceful? Lol whoops.

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[-] can@sh.itjust.works 40 points 8 months ago

He's not perfect but let's see Russians drive around with "fuck putin" on their truck and see how long that works out for them.

[-] Beltliner403@mastodon.online 30 points 8 months ago

@can @northmaple1984
“Canada’s a free country! I can drive around with a ‘[BLEEP] Trudeau’ bumper sticker any time I want!”

“Ah, but Russia is *also* a free country. I *too* can drive around with a ‘[BLEEP] Trudeau’ bumper sticker any time I want.”

(Thank you, Soviet Anecdote Formula Number 46!)

[-] NovaNaturalist@mstdn.ca 26 points 8 months ago

@northmaple1984 @sik0fewl your statement kinda loses its impact when you realise he didn't do what you described.

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[-] WJBL@mstdn.ca 22 points 8 months ago
[-] bane_killgrind@kbin.social 17 points 8 months ago

lol WHAT ABOUT the time Trudy cucked the Ottawa police when they couldn't perform

[-] Hootz@lemmy.ca 15 points 8 months ago

There's a difference between illegal and not meeting a standard to use a policy.

Also y'all weren't protesting him you were protesting people with brains.

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[-] blazeknave@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Countries can be going through their own struggles and stand against foreign tyranny at the same time.

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[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 23 points 8 months ago

Careful what underwear you put on there, Trudie

[-] uis@lemm.ee 14 points 8 months ago

For downvoters: Navalny was poisoned with novichok on his underwear

[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 4 points 8 months ago

Even if someone doesn't understand the context, thats not what the downvoted button is for.

[-] franklin@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

but someone said something that aligns with less than 100% of my beliefs

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[-] littlecolt@lemm.ee 8 points 8 months ago

I mean, is he wrong?

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