Tell me you weren’t here without telling me you weren’t here. Their right to protest was never in question. There is no attendant right to restrict the movements of residents leaving their homes for necessities, psychologically torture residents with blaring horns at all hours, harrass staff at restaurants and soup kitchens, and so on.

I basically had to evacuate my kid when they first rolled into the mall nearby, because screaming at a bunch of teenagers working a fucking food kiosk about mask policies (along with some lovely racial epithets to the black and indian kids) is apparently good praxis.

Once the trucks were finally cleared, no one said they had to stop protesting. Quite a few didn’t, actually. I don’t agree with those people, but I can respect them for a commitment to their stupid beliefs and almost willful ignorance of Canadian governmental structure when not holding residents hostage.

You want real heros? Look at the people who organized deliveries of food and necessary goods to people who couldn’t get out of the core. Look at The Battle of Billing’s Bridge, when we decided no one was coming to help and enough was enough. Look anywhere but the direction of this two-bit timbit terrorist.