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If you think they look strong after this, when the only provocation was 3+ weeks of honking and dance parties, you need to rethink how you evaluate optics.
Optics are what the media say they are. Blue cheka responded by expressing sympathy for the horse.
I don't generally buy the "optics" argument (because, as you said, the media will present their own narrative), but at the moment the convoy appears to be winning the PR battle. Now, should the convoy remain peaceful regardless of the actions of the government? I'd say no (I'd rather not be executed in the street while exercising my right to peacefully protest), but if you're going to violently resist the government you'd want to have as much support behind you as possible, or you're accepting that the end result for you is likely to be a life of torture until you are executed or expire of "natural causes".
More protesters are arriving in Ottawa as we speak. Nothing is stronger than the message that sends.
Except tear gas, wedge formations, cavalry, and other forms of hard force. Also in the long term, account seizures; make your opponents unable to exist within the system and they're either dead or permanent criminals you can arrest at any time.
All of which could and maybe will happen whether the protesters get violent or not. They just fumbled the ball and you want us to hand it back to them. Peaceful doesn't mean harmless. The trucker convoy protests have done enormous harm to their narrative already by destroying the illusion of consensus. They overreacted, and now their only recourse is to try to paint us as the instigators. You really think it's a good idea to just cede that ground?