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Soph0571

(9,685 posts)
Sun May 31, 2020, 06:12 AM May 2020

No 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
Soph, this is good, where did you find this? Thx irisblue May 2020 #1
The link is here: Soph0571 May 2020 #2
protest is the right of all americans, rioting and looting is not beachbumbob May 2020 #3
Rioting and looting, sounds like safeinOhio May 2020 #4
Now now... next you will be advocating... ret5hd May 2020 #5
give me a break. colonial america, the colonist had NO say in how they were taxed or even beachbumbob May 2020 #6
Kick dalton99a May 2020 #7
Organizing and voting are effective while protesting isn't. gulliver May 2020 #8

ret5hd

(20,491 posts)
5. Now now... next you will be advocating...
Sun May 31, 2020, 08:06 AM
May 2020

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
Sun May 31, 2020, 10:07 AM
May 2020

governed. Not comparable at all.

gulliver

(13,180 posts)
8. Organizing and voting are effective while protesting isn't.
Sun May 31, 2020, 10:31 AM
May 2020

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.

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