• Isa@feddit.org
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    1 month ago

    Splattering lives is okay,but shattering such windows is the promotion of violence? Honestly? 🔨

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        1 month ago

        Remember: You can take lives to protect property, you cannot damage property to protect lives.

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        Property is more valuable than human life everywhere in the world. For example, two million children die from hunger each year. 7$ will protect a child from malaria for a season. I could save so many lives by selling everything I own and donating it to charity, and yet I don’t. And neither do you, or most of the rest of the world.

        Life has value. Each of us estimates our own life to be invaluable, but the life of those farther and farther away has less and less value for us. Not because it’s not actually worth less, but because we’re tribal beings. We care about ourselves first, then our tribe, then if we have any extra resources we might care about other tribes too.

        But yeah, what I’m saying is I’d let the entirety of lemmy die for a crisp 1$ note and I’d lose no sleep about it, y’all were born in the wrong tribe.

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          You’re a bad person and you should stop pretending your selfish disposition is natural and immutable simply because you’ve noticed others are too. There are reasons people behave the way they do and those reasons can change.

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        In fairness, my dogs are considered “property” and I value both of them far more than the human who put this on their vehicle.

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      The mod might be referring to the sticker itself. “Don’t post bumper stickers that promote violence.”

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    Another reason to stay out of the usa. Not just anecdotal, we’re talking about a country where walking on a public street can be illegal, and people who do are sometimes called a slur.

    Because cities aren’t for people to live in, they’re for cars to drive trough

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      In general, the US seems to be weirdly pro-violence.

      Being beaten up is portrayed as perfectly normal in media and advocating for violence (like here) seems to be totally okay for many.

      That’s fucked up.

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    My favorite retort to those advocating for running over protesters:

    If it’s OK for you to run over protesters blocking your path on the highway, it’s also OK for me to set fire to your car if you park it in the bike lane.

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      I wouldn’t park in a bike lane because I’m not an idiot.

      I also wouldn’t block a live roadway for a protest as it is just inconveniencing others and would only alienate them from the cause I’m trying to advocate for, also because I’m not an idiot.

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    Hot take: DON’T FUCKING BLOCK ROADS WHILE PROTESTING!!

    There’s a difference if you announce prior the specific highways or roads that’ll be blocked, but sitting in front of cars that are going about their business is shitty behaviour. Looking at you “Just Stop Oil”.

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      “Don’t disrupt anything with your protest. Be small, and unseen.”

      “Also, don’t interfere with the operation of your boss’s business when striking. It’s really shitty when they lose revenue, and when I don’t get my doodads in a timely manner!”

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        Way to miss the point there buddy. Don’t interfere with regular civilians is the point. Absolutely, disrupt businesses if that’s the point of your protest. Look at the BLM protests as an example. They blocked out large swathes of roads so that no one would be able to enter. They didn’t disturb those who were already driving.

        Also, no one says the protest has to be small. Press exists for a reason.

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          The entire point of a protest is to disrupt and inconvenience people, including civilians. Protests have no teeth otherwise.

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                Way to misrepresent my argument there buddy. I’m saying that it can still be direct without inconveniencing civilians going about their day, but most of you Lemmy liberals are too chaotic. Enjoy alienating potential supporters of your cause then.

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                  I’m not a liberal. Liberal’s prime justification for sticking with the status quo certainly is that they’re “alienated”, though. That’s not the actual reason of course. The actual reason is they’re fat and happy on the current system and don’t want radical change. That’s the benefit of creating pain points, so it’s not so easy to ignore.

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    I’m all for protests, but please don’t block major roadways or interstates.

    emergency services use the same roads and your protest will kill someone. pile up on the sides of the road, throw paint balloons in the streets, throw your shit at cars passing by. I really don’t care.

    just keep the streets clear for emergency services.

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    Looks like a photoshop, not a real sticker. Not a lot of pixels, but it doesn’t curve right, reflect or warp with the window. Squared up with tbe image orientation, not the window or defroster lines like a human would apply a sticker.

    Everyone grabbing pitchforks all the same.

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      That’s not the point. The OP straight up advocates maiming or killing people in a known Terrorist TTP. But the guy who talks about a window gets banned.

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    I don’t mean to be pessimistic, but “Nobody cares about your protest” seems true. Fuck cars BTW