Messofanego
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You were going off about hypothetical concerns ("sick kid in the car, late for a job interview"), which is often an argument among people against road protests. Nana Ruth is a culmination of this kind of concern.#idontgetit
You were going off about hypothetical concerns ("sick kid in the car, late for a job interview"), which is often an argument among people against road protests. Nana Ruth is a culmination of this kind of concern.#idontgetit
Blocking your God damn bus route is not an excuse for a riot cop to beat a man senseless what the ever loving fuck.
No wonder shit ain't getting better if a fucking twenty minute delay on people's commute is enough to turn off their empathy
That old lady, lmao
Baffles my fucking mind.The people shutting off their empathy in this thread aren't even the ones who got delayed! They're pretending they got delayed. They're theorizing on a hypothetical delay they may or may not ever actually endure.
The people shutting off their empathy in this thread aren't even the ones who got delayed! They're pretending they got delayed. They're theorizing on a hypothetical delay they may or may not ever actually endure.
What...if...tho?!The people shutting off their empathy in this thread aren't even the ones who got delayed! They're pretending they got delayed. They're theorizing on a hypothetical delay they may or may not ever actually endure.
They're of little merit and are done in bad faith. Especially when people bring up ambulance cars, when ambulance wouldn't have problems getting through.You are aware that realising that protests can disadvantage hypothetical people other than yourself is actually a sign of empathy right ?
Right? Like they'd sit there while someone bled to death in the back of an ambulance like some cackling Saturday morning cartoon villain.You wanna know what Memphians did when an ambulance had to come through when Black Lives Matter was blocking the bridge? Let the damn thing go through. Because protesters tend to not be assholes.
Get this shit outta here. It ain't about these poor commuters and their poor jobs and their poor dying old ladies and it ain't never been about that.You are aware that realising that protests can disadvantage hypothetical people other than yourself is actually a sign of empathy right ?
You were going off about hypothetical concerns ("sick kid in the car, late for a job interview"), which is often an argument among people against road protests. Nana Ruth is a culmination of this kind of concern.
You are aware that realising that protests can disadvantage hypothetical people other than yourself is actually a sign of empathy right ?
Y'all really don't understand how protests actually work huh.Not everybody stuck is just having their time wasted. Even then you're not making allies by disrupting some random person's day. You're just being a nuisance are shouldn't be surprised when the cops are cheered for removing you.
It's not even like this is BLM where it's about black people and their treatment being ignored by the majority. The average person being disrupted in Portland didn't even vote for Trump.
The people shutting off their empathy in this thread aren't even the ones who got delayed! They're pretending they got delayed. They're theorizing on a hypothetical delay they may or may not ever actually endure.
Y'all really don't understand how protests actually work huh.
Protests aren't always about forcing wide spread immediate change. Many are just so that they can spread awareness and get their message out. And given that this is now a national news story.
They worked. The protests are working.
And they targeted symbols of British oppression.
They didn't randomly interrupt the livelihood of their fellow Colonials to try to gain the sympathy of the public or piss off the British form afar.
Not everybody stuck is just having their time wasted. Even then you're not making allies by disrupting some random person's day. You're just being a nuisance and shouldn't be surprised when the cops are cheered for removing you.
It's not even like this is BLM where it's about black people and their treatment being ignored by the majority. The average person being disrupted in Portland didn't even vote for Trump.
Why is your giant communal gathering designed purely to be disruptive disrupting my life, cried the world.
Don't worry about our hypothetical people. We're too busy raising hell for the real ones.
This same argument every single protest event after 6 days of Trump I just dont get it.Not everybody stuck is just having their time wasted. Even then you're not making allies by disrupting some random person's day. You're just being a nuisance and shouldn't be surprised when the cops are cheered for removing you.
It's not even like this is BLM where it's about black people and their treatment being ignored by the majority. The average person being disrupted in Portland didn't even vote for Trump.
If I set out to deliberately do nothing but disrupt your life you'd (correctly) think I was an ass irrelevant of my reasons for doing so. Why are you expecting people to view this any differently ?
thank god states are making it legal to ruN them over. sure protest fAscism whatever, but don't make me fuckiNg late to work/am coffee.
No way to get their message out. if Anything this will tuRn more people towards trUmp that don't want to have to deal with this bullshiT. we have civil rigHts already, thanks.
If I set out to deliberately do nothing but disrupt your life you'd (correctly) think I was an ass irrelevant of my reasons for doing so. Why are you expecting people to view this any differently ?
Who or what the fuck is Nanna Ruth?
Does that logic apply to all protests that "disrupt" lives?
No, the point of a protest is to disrupt a system to create an avenue for attention. It's as "disruptive" to your life as employees at Verizon protesting and making it harder for you or buy a case for your stupid phone.People in this thread are claiming that the point of protests is explicitly to disrupt lives of people completely unrelated to the things people are protesting about. It applies to that kind of protest.
This same argument every single protest event after 6 days of Trump I just dont get it.
People seem to be surprised that protests that they claim are explicitly not designed to make allies / win friends are actually resulting in making enemies of people, which should be really easy to see coming. You're either out to disrupt people or you can get upset when people find you disruptive and approve of you being removed, pick one.
People in this thread are claiming that the point of protests is explicitly to disrupt lives of people completely unrelated to the things people are protesting about. It applies to that kind of protest. People seem to be surprised that protests that they claim are explicitly not designed to make allies / win friends are actually resulting in making enemies of people, which should be really easy to see coming.
If it rains too hard traffic gets delayed twenty minutes I mean...
Let's be real here.
We all know what this is actually about.
Ain't nobody gonna hold your hand and ask you nicely to please stop letting black kids get shot.
This cause (whatever it ends up being) is almost always backburnered, if not ignored entirely. Sometimes faint lip service is paid ("I don't like police brutality" or "I think women's rights are great!" or whatever) as quickly as possible before getting to what's really important: The hypothetical inconvenience of people who aren't you that might have to deal with the political protest.
If I set out to deliberately do nothing but disrupt your life you'd (correctly) think I was an ass irrelevant of my reasons for doing so. Why are you expecting people to view this any differently ?
You are aware that realising that protests can disadvantage hypothetical people other than yourself is actually a sign of empathy right ?
.Actually I've pretty consistently had a position against the militarization of police and them treating civilians as hostile
Poetic
You "I don't see race"d your way out.Its funny you think that proves anything. Its entirely possible that I can both sincerely think that and think your protest logic is flawed. You have no idea how I spend my time or money for political causes but do carry on, I'm out since there's no point in discussion here. Treat it as a victory if you wish.
Its funny you think that proves anything. Its entirely possible that I can both sincerely think that and think your protest logic is flawed. You have no idea how I spend my time or money for political causes but do carry on, I'm out since there's no point in discussion here. Treat it as a victory if you wish.
If I set out to deliberately do nothing but disrupt your life you'd (correctly) think I was an ass irrelevant of my reasons for doing so. Why are you expecting people to view this any differently ?
So glad you're back
Its funny you think that proves anything. Its entirely possible that I can both sincerely think that and think your protest logic is flawed. You have no idea how I spend my time or money for political causes but do carry on, I'm out since there's no point in discussion here. Treat it as a victory if you wish.