G20 Toronto Summit Street Protests – This Is What Democracy Looks Like
Saturday, June 26, 2010. I have to say that the G20 protests had it all. There were peaceful protesters that had legitimate causes they were demonstrating for. But honestly, I have to say there were also a lot of walking contradictions on the streets that day. Our sentiments while walking the streets were literally at times: “This doesn’t make sense!” “Do they know what they are protesting for?!?”
I think one of the best examples is the poster seen above: “THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE”. But this is a fantastic show of democracy! If you truly think about it, it’s because of democracy that people can freely protest like this and have the police idly observe as long as it remains peaceful – and the police were idle for quite a while even after the black-bloc violence struck. Moreso, the police even escorted the peaceful protests through the city and closed off many streets to accomodate their proposed routes. Compare this to communist and fascist states where the protests are crushed and the people involved are immediately massacred, I’d say this truly is what democracy looks like!
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