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David Frum @davidfrum
7) At some point, the passionate 20% need to play by the rules of democracy too. Fortunately, it seems that most participants in the blockades do deep-down understand that truth. If arrested, most of them will go peacefully. Any who don't ... they cease to be "protesters." END — PolitiTweet.org
David Frum @davidfrum
6) But Canadian governments have given this truck protest a *lot* of leeway. Governments allowed protesters to blockade the downtown of the national capital for weeks! To break all kinds of laws along the way! They were allowed to make a spectacular point, they got their hearing — PolitiTweet.org
David Frum @davidfrum
5) Protest is a precious right. Democracy is built on the principle of majority rule, but majorities aren't always right. Sometimes a passionate 20% has something to say that the indifferent 80% needs to hear. Protest enables the 20% to force attention and prove their commitment. — PolitiTweet.org
David Frum @davidfrum
4) In a free society, citizens can expect many rights. But there's no "right" to obstruct traffic indefinitely. There's no right to "self-defense" against police enforcing traffic laws. Shooting cops as they enforce traffic laws is strongly frowned upon in any working democracy. — PolitiTweet.org
David Frum @davidfrum
3) It's not "fascist" for an elected government to invoke duly enacted emergency laws, reviewable by courts, to deal with disturbances. What is a lot more fascist-y, on the other hand, are extremist groups who blockade commerce in hopes of coercing the state to yield to demands — PolitiTweet.org
David Frum @davidfrum
2) The legislation allows for a *range* of actions by authorities, proportionate to the civil disturbance. Proportionately is the thing that the courts will probably examine most closely when they review any actions taken. — PolitiTweet.org
David Frum @davidfrum
Hints for those commenting on invocation of Canada's emergency legislation: 1) This law was passed relatively recently, 1988. It is explicitly subordinate to Canada's charter of rights. It replaced the much more draconian emergency laws that were invoked in 1914, 1939, and 1970 — PolitiTweet.org
David Frum @davidfrum
Latest perspectives on the Canadian truck blockades, possibly coming soon to a city near you — PolitiTweet.org
Derek Thompson @DKThomp
New pod: I asked Canadian native @davidfrum to explain the weird anti-vaccine trucker protests His take: It’s no… https://t.co/2LQta6aOzs
David Frum @davidfrum
RT @DarthPutinKGB: At least they use names like @bks_626 instead of the fantastic @usacowboy_1776 which any genuine American Patriot would… — PolitiTweet.org
David Frum @davidfrum
RT @DarthPutinKGB: Quite why these brain surgeons never ask why, when Clinton colluded with Kremlin and infiltrated Trump, they didn't thin… — PolitiTweet.org
David Frum @davidfrum
RT @DarthPutinKGB: "Trump's lawyers say". Must be true. Case closed. Trump's lawyers also said Hugo Chavez hacked voting machines, despit… — PolitiTweet.org
David Frum @davidfrum
RT @DmytroKuleba: On Russian statements regarding withdrawal of some forces from the Ukrainian border. We in Ukraine have a rule: we don’t… — PolitiTweet.org
David Frum @davidfrum
RT @JohnAvlon: What a way to begin the book tour! Waking up to a great review in the NYT from Allen Guelzo: “In this elegant, almost conver… — PolitiTweet.org
David Frum @davidfrum
Let's hope US and NATO deterrence is indeed working - and that the present scare at last induces Europeans to rethink dependency on Russian gas. They have safer options. https://t.co/msjG6FjNH0 https://t.co/ODxUqz9o9l — PolitiTweet.org
David Frum @davidfrum
The US dollar doesn't have to operate a troll account to persuade the world of its value. — PolitiTweet.org
Bitcoin @Bitcoin
Don't be like Larry. Or @davidfrum. https://t.co/Fr9olTl7Iz
David Frum @davidfrum
Only a part-time resident of Canada, so maybe I'm out of touch, but my recollection is that most Canadians think that if you're obstructing traffic, and the police present a court order to move along, no, you're not entitled to shoot them, whatever they say on Fox. — PolitiTweet.org
David Frum @davidfrum
I did not watch this in real time or in context. So maybe I didn't just watch Sean Hannity justify cop-shooting as legitimate self-defense. — PolitiTweet.org
Acyn @Acyn
Hannity: If this turns into something else because he’s sending people in there to directly confront them, I can’t… https://t.co/aGKM2KuEIi
David Frum @davidfrum
Gregory Hines laid to rest in Canada https://t.co/XUsQJTBWtB — PolitiTweet.org
David Frum @davidfrum
I had no idea, but I looked it up ... and yes! — PolitiTweet.org
Blair Zilkey @ZilkRE
@davidfrum And, he was laid to rest in an Oakville, ON cemetery.
David Frum @davidfrum
RT @Sifill_LDF: Please LISTEN. This has remained in my brain since I first saw it years ago. And when I watch Stormy Weather today, #Gregor… — PolitiTweet.org
David Frum @davidfrum
The Hollywood producer who proposed, "Hear me out... Baryshnikov and Hines together in a dance movie" earned all his cocaine. https://t.co/4dlBQWsyGf — PolitiTweet.org
David Frum @davidfrum
A dancer who can rivet the audience even without the music ... — PolitiTweet.org
David Frum @davidfrum
Hines tribute to Gene Kelly from 1982 https://t.co/q6MerlYZxn — PolitiTweet.org
David Frum @davidfrum
So beautiful and heart-breaking — PolitiTweet.org
The Sting @TSting18
Gregory Hines was born OTD in 1946. He was an actor, singer, choreographer and one of the most celebrated tap dance… https://t.co/UYPkGqnSen
David Frum @davidfrum
Joined @TheBeatWithAri yo discuss Virginia Gov Glenn Youngkin’s new positioning as the pandemic-responsible 2024 alternative to Florida’s DeSantis — PolitiTweet.org
David Frum @davidfrum
RT @MaxKennerly: There's red flags, and then there's someone's trusted accounting firm saying "oh hey we did some double-checking after the… — PolitiTweet.org
David Frum @davidfrum
RT @LemieuxLGM: One obvious problem with calling opposition to vaccine mandates "populist" is that the position is, in fact, massively unpo… — PolitiTweet.org
David Frum @davidfrum
RT @donmoyn: “Don’t let the mainstream press fool you: Canadians support the Freedom Convoy” “Re my post of 2 minutes ago: most Canadians s… — PolitiTweet.org
David Frum @davidfrum
RT @jkenney: 1/ This morning the @RCMPAlberta made several arrests of individuals believed to be involved in a potentially violent cell at… — PolitiTweet.org
David Frum @davidfrum
RT @AlArabiya_Eng: #Germany will end most government restrictions to fight the #coronavirus pandemic in March as new infections rates ease.… — PolitiTweet.org
