Michelle Goldberg got absolutely rolled by the Convoy.https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/17/opinion/ottawa-protest-convoy.html?referringSource=articleShare …
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The truckers are deliberately trying to tank the Canadian economy in order to hurt the government and impose their incredibly unpopular policies coercively. To characterize them as speaking to the people’s discontents about the economy is perverse.
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How does stopping nearly half a billion dollars worth of trade a day, including fresh food and lifesaving medicines, help anyone living in economic precarity? Truckers who own rigs that cost as much as houses have deprived retail workers of their livelihood for nearly a month.
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A third has some sympathy is a pretty weak basis to say they’re speaking to popular discontents. Two thirds of Canadians think the truckers deserve to be cleared by Trudeau’s national emergency and most are furious he didn’t do it sooner.
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Popular discontents doesn't mean majority but a large number of people. A third of the population indicates popular support, just like a TV show watched by a third of the population would be described as popular.
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"Public opinion is not 100% agreed on topic" is not particularly useful or surprising.
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33% having “some sympathy” does not equate to supporting this protest.
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close to that number explicitly say they 'support "
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no one ever asks me
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Ah yes. Empowering a 30% minority to have veto power over the nation. What a horrendous idea. Has it been tried before?
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Nah we do the opposite and make sure 35% is enough to elect a majority government that can do whatever it wants.
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