Online Public Relations Thoughts

Is Ottawa, Canada, losing control of a truckers' protest?  That's what some are opining as  crowds grow massive and take over the city.  Demonstrators are against COVID restrictions in the country and want them removed NOW.  The question for the government is how much speech is too much and when, if ever, should it crack down.  The answer to this with an authoritarian bureaucracy is obvious -- right away.  With a democratic government, it is not clear.  Truckers have a right to protest, and they are doing so in a huge way.  As long as protestors refrain from violence, they should be allowed to continue even if it causes inconvenience to the citizens of the city.  Free speech can be messy.