Thread by @Neoavatara

Don't compare Trudeau with Putin...or either with Hitler.

Those are silly comparisons.

Trudeau is a run-of-the-mill progressive who thinks the power of the state is bad...unless HE is in power.

Putin is a thug and dictator.

Hitler...is Hitler.

Trudeau is harder to define and attack because of that nuance. I bet if he wasn't in power, he'd oppose some of the measures he is now using...especially if the partisan leanings were flipped.

This ultimately gets down to the question is how much free expression are we going to guarantee?

Clearly violent protests should be shut down quickly; that is the lesson 2020. We delayed acting because of fear of overreacting, and were worse off for it.

The Canadian event is FAR worse. I agree that people should not be able to block off any public area. I think its a crime. I think the police have the power to act in that regard.

But the Canadians have overreacted.

The fact they are now saying ANYONE whose face they can identify at the protest can see their bank accounts frozen, etc? That is LUDICROIUS. That is basically the elimination of all due process.

It also goes to the point that free speech is connected to money, ALWAYS.

Citizens United largely got it right.

If you have a govt that can punish you by taking all your assets, without due process, simply because of your political view?

You do not have the right to free speech.

So Canada has significantly fallen backward on the simples of liberal rights, as understood by the Western Democracies. The convoy should have been shut down, but the actions of Trudeau have been incompetent and over bounds in a free society.