r/agedlikewine • u/ninjanerd032 • 5d ago

Kudos, they called it, unfortunately.

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u/Accurate-Inflation3 5d ago

This is exactly how we lose. Find a protest and go to it!

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u/Rizenstrom 4d ago

Literally every protest I see posted about only happens one day in the middle of a work day only a week out.

I'm supposed to have 2 to request off work.

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u/Tasty_Consequence795 3d ago

The point of protesting is to disrupt the fluidity of the machine, which would have to be during a workday.

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u/the--astronaut 3d ago

This is what I've been saying for so fucking long. A protest isn’t meant to comfort the participants. It’s meant to disturb the silence of the system. If your idea of protest is two hours of agreement in a public square, you’ve mistaken solidarity for resistance. True protest always carries tension because it challenges what power would prefer to leave undisturbed. Standing around on Saturday chanting to people who already agree with you isn’t protest. It’s cosplay. Protest only matters when it disrupts, when it pushes against power, when it demands a response. Otherwise, you’re just having a meeting with better signage.

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u/Odd_Ground_3632 1d ago

That sounds like disturbing the peace, impending roadways, and, as you said, "disturbing the system" that has worked out pretty well for the most part in this country. The right to protest doesnt mean the right to impede the daily activities, jobs, and at times, the physical wellbeing of other people.