• stabby_cicada@slrpnk.net
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    10 days ago

    You don’t understand. That protest provoked an emotional reaction in me and I didn’t like it. Responsible protests don’t hurt people’s feelings. They went too far.

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      10 days ago

      Responsible protests don’t hurt people’s feelings

      I’m sure all the equal rights protests MLK orchestrated were highly accepted by the moderates and racists across the country and didnt hurt their feelings at all

      Oh wait, protest arent about your feelings but instead are about making critical changes in infrastructure and society

      Hatred and violence are not things protests are meant to inspire. But changing how you feel about an issue is exactly what they are meant to do

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        9 days ago

        How naive. True change doesn’t come from offending moderates - true change comes from making moderates comfortable, so they feel secure and confident that the change you won’t harm them. Any protest that makes people uncomfortable about society or their own actions is counterproductive and just makes things worse.

        Take Colin Kaepernick. Taking a knee during the national anthem before a football game was exactly the wrong way to protest racism, because it angered people who loved football and loved America, who should have been his natural allies. What Colin should have done was been even more patriotic and sung the anthem even louder, to express how much he loved America and how he wanted to see it become better. That would have inspired people who supported his cause, without offending people who disagreed with him, and there would have been no controversy.

        That’s the way white moderates want to see people protest. Being conformist and forgettable is how we make change.

        Am I still being too subtle?

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        9 days ago

        You’re welcome to do it in their stead. I’ll happily wait for confirmation that you’ve done the thing you want others to do but aren’t willing to do yourself.

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    9 days ago

    A day later the same group did it to private jets, and absolutely fucking everyone was like ‘yeah that makes perfect sense, go buck wild.’

    Good intentions don’t make bad PR good.

  • fsxylo@sh.itjust.works
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    10 days ago

    Thing is I’m already aware of climate change. So these assholes are just ruining things I like.

    Ps. Exxon doesn’t give a fuck about stone henge.