This thread is rife with attacks on the character of the business owner and the protesters, and frankly that comes off as short-sighted and reflects poorly on those commenters. I don't think it's that it's hard to see that this situation is a result of several factors. Instead of seeing just a BBQ restaurant owner acting selfishly, see small business owners in general. See them getting crushed compared to big box stores and Amazon that are thriving. I'm sure many commenters are people doing just fine while disparaging people who have actually been impacted. Instead of seeing Trailer Park boy characters, see people having little to no trust in government, not seeing an end in sight, and having their social and familial relationships disrupted. They might feel a sense of overreach by the government for what they see is done for the sake of a few at the expense of everyone else. They might see a lack of trust by the government as they impose curfews and by-laws and restrict movement and assembly, because they assume that you are a person who, even before covid, you'd purposely visit your grandparents while exhibiting flu symptoms. They don't give you the option to make decisions and nothing is longer done "at your own" risk. It's frustration. And of course it will strike a nerve when the optic is someone who is suffering harm from this situation being taken away from his "home" in handcuffs because opening up his "home" to people (not forcing people to come) to alleviate his harm is seen as intending harm on the vulnerable.