[PGR88]

I’ve always admired Ghandi and ML King’s non-violent tactics. They work very well within moral, Christian and democratic societies

The success of such tactics is less obvious when you don’t have the above conditions.

[laplata]

“I’ve always admired Ghandi and ML King’s non-violent tactics. They work very well within moral, Christian and democratic societies

The success of such tactics is less obvious when you don’t have the above conditions”.

You are exactly right and I’ve been thinking along those lines since the Truckers stood up.

Ghandi’s worked with the British and King’s with America of 55 years ago.

Today’s Marxists have absolutely no tolerance for such tactics. But they accept and encourage the violent tactics of BLM or antifa because those groups advance the agenda.

[xkaydet65]

The problem is today’s media. The media showed the events at the Pettus Bridge all across America. I doubt the events in Ottawa were shown across Canada in any manner that displayed the govt violence inflicted by the policr against thoroughly peaceful protesters. Were it the action of Trudeau might be condemned by to people of Canada.

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I’ve always admired Ghandi and ML King’s non-violent tactics. They work very well within moral, Christian and democratic societies

The success of such tactics is less obvious when you don’t have the above conditions.

See the short story “The Last Article” by Harry Turtledove. An alternate history story of Ghandi versus the Nazis. Passive resistance is less than effective against someone who will shoot every tenth striking worker to motivate the others to return to work.

[JohnBovenmyer]

In the spirit of their protests I've just rediscovered an incredible and timely example. First aired a month after the 1970 Quebec Crisis, when a PM Trudeau last invoked their Emergency Act. Produced as a patriotic American show, but with significant Canadian input: our first two Presidents were played by Lorne Greene and William Shatner. Swing Out, Sweet Land (1970), headed by John Wayne included this skit of an early American printer, Red Skelton, and his apprentice, Tom Smothers. After a couple of minutes light comedy Red and Tom deliver this earnest editorial. Which deserves to be ranked with Red's speech on the Pledge of Allegiance:

Let us be aware, in these infant years of our beloved republic, there are those who wait to celebrate our failure. Be not disheartened, this will always be so.

For we have lighted our candle of liberty in a dark world, and each of us is in charge of keeping it lighted. And though the winds of dissent may threaten our flame, despair not. Remembering that a nation which allows dissent is stronger from within, and brighter from without. For when dissent becomes a crime, hope becomes despair.

Dissent, but dissent honorably. Dissent, with faith in your hearts, not despair. Dissent to rebuild, not to destroy. Dissent from within. For dissent from without becomes attack. Speak out for what you believe in at least as loudly as you speak against the system. For gentlemen, if ours is a generation to say democracy will not administer to the people, let it be a conscious decision arrived at only after every opportunity for man to rule himself has failed.

Can there be any doubt how the Canada of Trudeau père, 51 years ago, right after his emergency, would have thought about this? Would any then have wanted that to change? It deserves to be played in Parliament for Trudeau enfant!

Red's final performance was in Albert Hall, by Royal Command. If he was worth an hour of Windsor time then, Parliament could survive a one minute encore.

[teevolt]

Agreed, commies are a different animal. MLK and Ghandi tactics won’t work. They have no shame and want anyone opposed to their rule broken or dead.