Wrong.
In the big picture violence is wrong. However, the evil ones are so corrupt, dishonest and do horrible things in the shadows, being nice does not work. The Canadian government will come down hard on the truckers and that will be that, the mandates will remain.
No, think he is right.
The message should be, We are peaceful but will defend ourselves.”
The truckers will lose if they assume people in the government are reasonable.
The demands of the truckers, if met,will cause the collapse Leftism. The leftist will fight for their political ideology. They will fight, literally to the death.