NullPointer
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Revolutionaries picked better targets though, like burning down governor's mansions.
Just sayin.
I won't agree that protest is entirely useless, but random destruction is fucking stupid.
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Protesting the Inauguration of Donald Trump
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Just sayin.
I won't agree that protest is entirely useless, but random destruction is fucking stupid.
This only makes sense if the protests are in Wisconsin.
Trump never stood a chance at winning DC, or the surrounding area.
You might want to read the shit he has been saying. Putting a disclaimer at the end saying "totally not generalising guysssssss" doesn't fucking work. It's like saying a racial slur and saying "I'm not racist" after it.
Well, not all protesters destroy stuff. In fact, they are a very tiny minority.
Meanwhile 99.9% of Trump voters are racist bigoted fuckwits.
You work in the Oval Office?
Conservatives, alt-right, etc etc are full of people with inferiority complexes. Thats why they eat up the "liberal elite" shit. It's like a defense mechanism for the people you see who try to argue conservative issues that can't be won in arguments logically like racism, bigotry and civil rights. They turtle up and convince themselves they are still right and its just mean ol' liberals not tolerating my intolerance with their college degrees.
The Tea Party protests of 2009 largely led to a movement that saw far right Republicans sweep their primaries and the midterms of 2010.
TheOfficeMut
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What?
Ravensmash
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I should point out that I support protesting.
Those out there marching are not the same as those burning things/throwing bricks.
Generalpsyduck
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It has before.
Username1198
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Huh I'm missing the bane reference?
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THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
Asgaro >_>
It's a shame that some protesters felt like vandalism was appropriate. Not the best way of showing that you're better than that man.
nvm, I've been snarky all day... but is sounded like something people of the Trump administration would say to each other.
Raven117
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No it isn't. Do remember two things: (1) yeah, an idea can easily be circulated, but time and time again, it takes more than an idea...it takes connection...feeling...emotion to make that idea spring to life (in other words, keyboard heroes can't get it done...); and (2) we are still human...not data processing centers. There is something very active and visceral about a protest. It connects on a level that is not existent through other means of circulation.
Username1198
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It's also been shown time and time again that the authorities plant their own in disguise to incite violence to discredit.
Of course not always the case, but it does happen
I can't possibly look down on real, disruptive protest. Beyond the limited and accepted confines of the internet.
Media making fun of Trump is fine to the degree that the piece of shit doesn't deserve a day of dignity in the rest of his waking life, but the idea that this is real resistance to Trump is boneheaded.
Media making fun of Trump is fine to the degree that the piece of shit doesn't deserve a day of dignity in the rest of his waking life, but the idea that this is real resistance to Trump is boneheaded.
People are feeling like their government is tyrannical, unrepresentative of them, and may have possibly not even had a voice(voter suppression). Is it better because the tyrant in charge is homegrown?
Better targets like tea from the British East India Company?
TheOfficeMut
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Think about what you're saying. If not a single person protested but instead shared ideas over the internet, what fear would a politician have stepping out of his office if no one is there to physically oppose him? You can choose to easily ignore things said on the internet. Should you venture outside and see people you're forced to at least come into contact with these very people. Whether that's impactful is dependent on the politician but it sure as hell is more effective seeing the outrage right in front of you than it being discussed over Twitter.
What do you feel your protest tomorrow is going to accomplish?
"Do you feel in charge?"What a time to be alive...
Wasn't the one of the purposes of the tea tax help the british east India company? They sound like a perfect target
I don't know that it's going to accomplish anything directly, but I want to do something to publicly oppose Donald Trump. And I think it fosters a sense of community and shows people that they aren't alone in this fight.
Generalpsyduck
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Do you think bitching about protests is going to accomplish something?
International Iron Man
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Funny how Trump supporters are yelling at protestors to "go get a job", but the whole point of them electing Trump they claimed was that there were no jobs.
So which one is it?
So which one is it?
You can't outsmart people who aren't thinking.
Fair enough.
No, but I felt the need to ask since he said the people smashing the starbucks wasn't helping at all. I honestly don't feel the protest they will go to tomorrow will be any more helpful or productive than the brothers in DC right now smashing some windows or burning some trash bins.
BackLogJoe
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Oh fuck yes, I see on Twitter someone slugged Richard Spencer. Says there were 6 cameras in him at the time. Can't wait to see.
Guileless
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The zip codes around DC are among the most affluent in the country, so I would think jobs abound there.
The main purpose was to pay for protecting the colonies during the French and Indian War.
Of course, the colonists had no representation to say anything about the taxes. Like a certain district in the US.
while i can't agree with a dumb absolutist statement like that, i certainly haven't said otherwise in this thread, so kindly fuck off
NullPointer
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Yes. That too.
Dreams-Visions
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my goodness.
How About No
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Like with a fist?
How terrible my bleeding heart goes out topffffuuahahhahahahahhaa
disappeared
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Have all the feeds dropped the protest coverage or am I just not seeing the right feeds?
Not for long.
I live in the Maryland suburbs and these Trump supporters around here really should be worried that they might lose their jobs.
Even if they don't work for the government, service industries patronized by government employees or companies that accept government contracts are the reason thus area is so wealthy. A reduction of government spending will negatively impact the whole area.
Atom Heart Mother
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guys you can protest but don't actually harm people
Where's this idea that Riots don't spur change? You don't even have to go back to the founding of the country.
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4th, 1968. Hundreds of riots erupted in nearly every major US city. The Civil Rights Act of 1968 was signed on April 11th, 1968.
Now I will not equivocate black people being frustrated at Dr. Kings death with white anarchists, but this ahistorical view that "destroying people's property is ineffective" just highlights how many of you are stupid when it comes to history.
In this capitalistic, materialistic society that routinely values property and physical assets over human lives, breaking shit en masse is, and has been an effective way to effect change, regardless if you want to sit from your ivory tower and "take the high road"
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4th, 1968. Hundreds of riots erupted in nearly every major US city. The Civil Rights Act of 1968 was signed on April 11th, 1968.
Now I will not equivocate black people being frustrated at Dr. Kings death with white anarchists, but this ahistorical view that "destroying people's property is ineffective" just highlights how many of you are stupid when it comes to history.
In this capitalistic, materialistic society that routinely values property and physical assets over human lives, breaking shit en masse is, and has been an effective way to effect change, regardless if you want to sit from your ivory tower and "take the high road"
WeirdoStalkerJr
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Right, protesting is fine. But, taking it to the extreme like; burning down someones business is just NOT OK!
Combating violence with violence no one wins when the dust settles. And as a matter of fact, is cowardly.
outunderthestars
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I agree, but "anarchist" is often used by the media as a way to discredit any protest movement. Let's not fall into the mental trap of assuming that the protesters are anarchists just because the media cherry picks a few good shots of people dressed in all black.
white professional agitators have been a thing in nearly every single BLM protest in the last two years.
I'm not saying all the protestors there are white anarchists, I'm saying the ones who started breaking shit first probably were. However I do see your point and hope that clarifies up my point.
Chie Satonaka
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There's no truth to this at all.
The modern world was shaped by violence, both as a resistance to movements and as a tool of fear and subjugation. Of course, you already know that, but ultimately people like you are fine with things as they are, and are more concerned with order than liberation.
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