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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNo Protest Is The Only Protest They Want
There is much truth here... Although I don't necessarily think that they think life is just perfect for black or brown people, I do not think they care enough about their lives to make a determination on that. These white supremacists in charge of governing really do believe that POC should be grateful that they get to live in 'their' land, and having the audacity to demand a free and fair society is beyond the pale...
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No Protest Is The Only Protest They Want (Original Post)
Soph0571
May 2020
OP
give me a break. colonial america, the colonist had NO say in how they were taxed or even
beachbumbob
May 2020
#6
irisblue
(32,974 posts)1. Soph, this is good, where did you find this? Thx
Soph0571
(9,685 posts)2. The link is here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/PoliticalHumor/comments/gtjcj7/this_country_is_perfect_how_dare_you_protest_maga/
But I find it through google images here
https://www.google.com/search?q=maga&tbm=isch&tbs=qdr%3Ad&rlz=1C1CHBF_en-GBGB753GB753&hl=en-GB&ved=0CAEQpwVqFwoTCMDM5M3q3ekCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAI&biw=2031&bih=1041#imgrc=1ErDi6pUrGoQ_M
But I find it through google images here
https://www.google.com/search?q=maga&tbm=isch&tbs=qdr%3Ad&rlz=1C1CHBF_en-GBGB753GB753&hl=en-GB&ved=0CAEQpwVqFwoTCMDM5M3q3ekCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAI&biw=2031&bih=1041#imgrc=1ErDi6pUrGoQ_M
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)3. protest is the right of all americans, rioting and looting is not
safeinOhio
(32,677 posts)4. Rioting and looting, sounds like
the Boston Tea Party to me.
ret5hd
(20,491 posts)5. Now now... next you will be advocating...
for something radical like flogging the money changers outside the temple and destroying their tables.
Slippery slope I tell ya, slippery slope. Only complete submissiveness is acceptable...yassa, no sa, right on it sa.
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)6. give me a break. colonial america, the colonist had NO say in how they were taxed or even
governed. Not comparable at all.
dalton99a
(81,486 posts)7. Kick
gulliver
(13,180 posts)8. Organizing and voting are effective while protesting isn't.
Protesting is easy and fast but emotionally satisfying. Voting regularly and organizing are difficult and on the boring side. The former is "instant gratification," a telltale sign that it will fail. The latter is the right thing to do, a more difficult choice to make.
I would be 100% for protests, but only if they worked. They don't.