Telorand
joined 1 year ago
Well, now I'm gonna. You can't tell me what to do! /s
Do you think the Civil Rights Movement succeeded because White Moderates "voted" in favor of it?
It would not have succeeded otherwise, since they were the ones in power.
Similarly, Just Stop Oil's path to victory has absolutely fuck-all to do with popular "approval" of their tactics, but everything to do with becoming so disruptive that it becomes worth it to capitulate to their demands to make the protests stop.
And look how well that's working out: https://web.sas.upenn.edu/pcssm/commentary/public-disapproval-of-disruptive-climate-change-protests/
Spamming the false notion that approval matters all over the thread is nothing but the reactionary pearl-clutching of a concern troll.
Sounds like somebody is butthurt that they realize they don't actually have a good defense other than nihilism. Refute my points, if you have a problem, but ad hominem attacks aren't a valid justification why my points are invalid.
Re: protest history: Like how the suffragettes sent letter bombs to people? It is not a cut and dry, "I'm right, therefore anything I do is unimpeachable."
Nobody deserves a free pass to use any means they deem necessary by virtue of fighting for what we/they consider the "right things."
Those people who disapprove vote. They absolutely matter, and pretending they don't is why JSO will continue to lose.
We all know what the Streisand Effect is, so the logical result here is that more and more people will hear about the practice, more people will do it, and the public and those in power will get the message - you can't weaponise the legal system against us anymore.
I know what it is, but I do not agree that it's the logical result, and we do not know for a fact that it will cause people to become activists as a result. What you're essentially saying is that the governments will clamp down harder and harder, and The Free People will Unionize™! Meanwhile, we have contemporary and historical examples where that didn't happen.
So I reject your following premises as wishful thinking. The people in power aren't scared of nullified juries, because judges can override juries, and the powers that be have the additional capability to use extrajudicial tactics while claiming plausible deniability in the public square.
I understand and appreciate people's desire to revolt—movies and books have made it appear very romantic—but activists are not going to change the world without the power of the governments. They would be better served by running for office rather than running from the State.
Hard to find Rams' Blood in a can at the grocery store, this time of year.
Who needs to be woken up? Who hasn't heard of climate change or Big Oil? Is defacing a public artifact going to sway Conservatives or Centrists?
Because at 86% of people saying that these acts either don't change their views on climate activism or that they negatively affect them, this seems like it's just "putting people to sleep."
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5 years later Valve finally gives Windows compatibility tool Proton a logo
(www.gamingonlinux.com)
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/12541544
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Tecno Pocket Go is like a Steamdeck that replaces a screen with a wearable display
(www.notebookcheck.net)
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I hope he eventually dyes his hair the same color, too.
Either one of them. It would be weird either way.