[TeMPOraL]

> The erosion of liberties in the US started before 2020 AND it got a LOT worse under COVID. Both is true.

Not really. The contentious part in your claim is the "a LOT". You need to prove that it got worse under COVID in degree even remotely comparable to how it got worse after 9/11.

[dukeofdoom]

In Canada, the government suspended elections, locked up an opposition leader, and locked seniors in retirement homes with stupid high mortality rate. Restricted right to travel, to visit family, and now passed laws against free speech directly aimed at its critics.

Also 9 churches have been burned in the last month alone. In the US riots something like 60 people died, and countless businesses and livelihoods were destroyed.

I would say its a LOT.