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Why violence isn't as effective a communications strategy

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Feb 18, 2022
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Choose. Believe what you see or what you hear?

TK News has a great video of Canadian truck protesters. Canadian protesters are polite, it seems. They are vaccinated themselves, often. They engage police in discussions about civil liberty and freedom.

Video of protests in Canada contrast with media reports of dangerous Q-adjacent radicals. NPR’s article based on AP reporting is a prime example:

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Canadians who have disrupted travel and trade with the U.S. and occupied downtown Ottawa for nearly three weeks have been cheered and funded by American right-wing activists and conservative politicians who also oppose vaccine mandates and the country’s liberal leader.

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