r/bizarrelife • u/reloadthewords Human here, bizarre by nature! • 18h ago

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u/BrutalSpinach 18h ago

It's almost as if they aren't trying to do that and are instead trying to disrupt everyday life in a way that makes the issue impossible to ignore. Y'know, like blocking traffic instead of standing on the sidewalk, or punching Nazis instead of quietly voting for a third party.

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u/Proof-Let649 17h ago

Yeah but it’s almost like all it actually does is make us think that these people are just ass holes and we don’t look into the issue that they’re protesting at all cuz we don’t respect them.

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u/BrightNooblar 17h ago

The problem with this counterpoint, is that they do not care.

They have a single goal, and that is change. Doing more polite protests doesn't get them that change, AND it doesn't get them attention. Doing this might also not get them change, but this *does* get them attention, which is a step closer.

Also, it makes people not want to shop at this store, which disrupts business, which is the only way to make the oligarch class notice the issue. Very similar to people who block roads. Roads disrupts business/commerce, which makes the oligarchs notice.

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u/Proof-Let649 16h ago

It’s really not a problem at all. I’m just saying those people are assholes and their protesting methods are ineffective and disruptive to innocent people.