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You saw a VERY small minority of people who were jerks. You DIDNT see the vast majority who were indeed partying because that's not what the press emphasized. Case in point: The press made a big deal out of a few people who walked into a local food bank/charity and made asses of themselves demanding meals. Fair enough, that was an asshole thing to do. But NO national media showed what happened afterward - the protesters gathered up two pickup loads of food and brought it over to the food kitchen and unloaded it for them. Biggest donation they'd had in ages.

You saw someone put a protest sign on the Terry Fox statue to much foaming at the mouth by the press. You DIDNT see the protesters who came back afterwards and not only removed all that but gave the statue a thorough wash and cleaning.

You saw someone standing on the soldiers memorial and making a fool of herself. You DIDNT see that first of all, there was an apology from that person, and secondly, there were veterans within the ranks that rented some temporary fencing and actually put it up around the memorial and stood guard to make sure no one desecrated the site.

You saw 10,000 protesters and what, 1 Nazi flag from someone who wasnt even part of the convoy and who was run off by them and how many Confederate flags? 1 or 2? You think in ANY group of 10,000 people there aren't going to be one or two wingnuts?

You saw two guys who tried to light a fire in an apartment building. Despite being tagged as connected to the protest, the police confirmed they were not.

You saw people 'abusing' store staff? I didnt actually see that. I saw several stores, including the Timmy's near Parliament who opened their doors and said that they were doing the best business they had done in two years. The hotels near the protest praised the protesters as saving their businesses and had no complaints about them. Yes there was honking, yes it was disruptive, it was a protest, its supposed to be disruptive. And as much as you want them to move on, they stopped the honking but they didnt move because they wanted something to change and the gov was ignoring them.

You saw media coverage that tried to portray the protesters as scary and violent. They were NOT at all. Best shown when MP Michelle Ferrari walked, alone, after dark, through the crowd from Parliament to her apartment several blocks away and met and visited with random people on the way. She was not only safe but had very friendly conversations with everyone she met. But the press was talking about 'extra security' for MPs. Baloney.

The press didnt show the protesters cleaning the streets during the day. Not only NO vandalism but the place was cleaner after they left. It didnt show them handing out free food to the homeless downtown and serving up free hot food to anyone who wanted it. It didnt show one dedicated group that walked around Parliament and prayed and sang every day for 7 days. It didnt show the indigenous tribal leaders who set up in a nearby park and were fully supportive of the protest. The media said that the convoy had set up a "wrecking ball" on a boom right outside Parliament - some bozo reporter obviously doesnt know anything about cranes because that was a weighted overhaul ball used to keep the cable taut, not a wrecking ball at all.

The media (and the PM) said the protesters were racists. Then how come there were Pride flags at the protest (https://youtu.be/R4whzZhPdhA?t=687) How come there were south Asian truckers who were at some of the food locations giving out food?

The media tried to portray the protesters as dangerous but the ONLY people who got hurt were the protesters - one senior woman with a walker was run over by a mounted cop, a reporter was shot point blank in the leg with a tear gas canister, another protester was violently tackled and punched by several cops as they arrested him. There was ZERO protester violence. The media also never mentioned that the protesters were pelted with rocks from some apartment buildings. Or that a group of masked men crept into the blockade and punctured at least 6 tires on semis, causing thousands of dollars damage.

Your evaluation is more than likely taken from the mainstream medias portrayal where every little incident was blown up to epic proportions as if it was being done by the majority. It wasnt. The majority WERE PARTYING and singing and dancing and have a great time visiting with other Canadians from across the country. I know that because I watched hours of footage on the livestreams every day, and I had several friends who were there. I also talked to Tamara Lich personally when it was all over.

What the media showed was **HIGHLY **biased coverage meant to turn public opinion against the protesters. The people who where there have a very different opinion. And MANY Ottawans supported the protest - bringing them food, donating money and then when the cops tried to ban fuel, carrying in dozens and dozens of fuel cans, some of which had fuel and some were decoys. https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.6343231,1717216986787/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C1920%2C1080%29%3BResize%3D620

Honestly part of the reason there is a significant number of Canadians who want the CBC defunded is because of their incredibly biased coverage of the protest. Their reporters didnt talk to the protesters, they made their comments from the periphery AFTER the Public Emergencies department gave them their talking points. That came out during the inquiry afterwards - that Bill Blair and his dept. had issued 'talking points' to the media BEFORE the trucks even reached Ottawa. And CBC tried desperately to portray the truckers like the people who rioted at Capitol Hill on Jan 6 in the US. They most definitely were NOT.