[valachio]

You sort of have to, if you want to actually make an impact.

Look at what they did in Euromaiden, or the recent protests in Kazakhstan (200+ dead). If Ukrainian people resorted to peaceful protests, the pro-Russian government would have easily cracked down and suppressed the protests.

If you want another even more brutal example - look at the Tiananmen Protests. Do you think peaceful protest will convince an authoritarian communist government to magically give up its powers?

The government rarely listens to its people (yes that includes democratic countries). If you want the government to listen, you gotta make a lot of noise.

[dataminer]

Thank you for that perspective, fully support your right to peaceful protest.

We live in a democracy with representatives. We may be approaching Kazakhstan but not there yet. Protests in Canada were allowed for weeks to go on without much interruption from government and there are still protests going on.

I am against mandates, against vaccine passports, also against debanking people. I would argue better approach in democracy is to call your representatives phone rather than jam 911. You can also vote them out in the next election (there is an election coming up in Ontario, Canada, if you feel that mandates are wrong make sure people running for election understand that you don't want mandates).

I hope we can see there is a way to peacefully coexist, by using tools available in democratic process.