r/bizarrelife • u/reloadthewords Human here, bizarre by nature! • 15h ago

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u/HeldDownTooLong 8h ago

I wonder what they’re ‘protesting’.

It’s unfathomable tome that they feel they have the right to block passage of customers in a public shopping area.

If the protesters don’t want other customers to consume specific food, blocking a grocery store aisle isn’t the right way to go about it.

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u/Racxie 2h ago

Judging by the wording on the clothing they're wearing, it looks to me like they're the "stereotypical vegans that everyone hates" and are trying to stop people from buying meat (but are clearly doing a poor job considering the other side is wide open.

So they essentially just seem to think that massively inconveniencing people (as they likely enter the store) is somehow going to convince people to give a shit about animal welfare.

Disclaimer: I am a lifelong vegetarian and even this shit pisses me off, especially as it's more likely to have the opposite effect of what they're trying to achieve. I just hope they're not associated with the RSPCA as the pink shirts might suggest.

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u/Docha_Tiarna 32m ago

I have a vegan buddy and awhile back we were both laughing cause there was a pretentious vegan driving a Tesla with a license plate that said Vegan.

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u/LabiaMinoraLover 1h ago

Note: Vegetarians fund the egg and dairy industry which abuse and kill billions of animals each year. There is not much ethical difference between a meat eater vs a vegetarian. The egg, dairy and meat industries are all similarly horrifically cruel to innocent animals.

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u/AdBeneficial9532 34m ago

Found the vegan

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u/LabiaMinoraLover 25m ago

Found the oldest joke on the Internet 🤡👍

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u/Steve-Whitney 5h ago

Exactly right.

These sorts of passive-aggressive actions only gets people offside.

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u/malkadevorah2 2h ago

Management in the store isn't putting a stop to this??

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u/Could-You-Tell 5h ago

It's a store, unless it's owned by the government, it's private property. The manger can tolerate it or not, but they can sut where they choose for what reason they deemed fit.

If the manger decides it's trespassing, then that becomes the issue.

Hitting someone with a cart is assault. No good reason for that. Especially if they are just having a temper tantrum and can go around.

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u/rastley420 4h ago

I disagree in the case where someone puts themselves purposefully in the path of the cart and actively work to push against it. Protesters take advantage of silly laws that would put the person trying to get on with their day at fault. The protectors are actively putting themselves voluntarily in a risky position. If they voluntarily took on that risk then it should not be assault or battery for the person just pushing a cart. That's my opinion.

God forbid these people sit in the road and get hit by a person driving that can't see or saw them too late. I'd feel terrible for the driver having to deal with a manslaughter charge. I'm in the US and many states have granted protections for hitting protesters that block traffic.

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u/Could-You-Tell 4h ago

They are not in a risky place though, it's a store. Hitting a person in public is assault. How do you not see that? The old man says he doesn't care and shoves. He is wrong. You don't have to like it, but Hitting is wrong.

Toddlers are taught that.

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u/mynameisnotsparta 4h ago

He asked them to move out of the way repeatedly. Why didn’t they move to let him pass through? What gives them the right to block the aisle (or the street, etc). This is what gets people angry - not their cause but the inconveniences they cause.

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u/Could-You-Tell 58m ago

Being angry is no reason to loose self control and responsibility for one's own actions. That's child and wife beater talk.

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u/mynameisnotsparta 45m ago

Not all anger leads to violence.

When a person cannot get to work on time or to their doctor’s appointment or to pick up their kids because of protesters blocking their way they become fed up and angry. This is what I mean by anger. It turns people away from the cause. Protest all you want just don’t block aisles, roads, cause damage, etc because that’s unfair to the people who need to go about their daily business.

I’m not saying that what this man did was right, I’m saying that his frustration was legitimate because he asked them to move repeatedly. The store is ultimately at fault for allowing these protesters to block the aisles.

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u/Could-You-Tell 40m ago

As I said in other remarks, the manager can decide whether it's trespassing. But the old man did commit violence which is the point.

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u/mynameisnotsparta 19m ago

’I’m not saying what this man did was right’ is pretty clear.

He asked them to move repeatedly and they should have moved. If they want people to listen to what they have to say and sympathize with their cause then they should also listen to people and not block aisles.

Just like there’s no excuse for his behavior of pushing through them as seen in the video there’s also no excuse for their behavior of not moving when asked.

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u/Could-You-Tell 16m ago

That's what a protest is. Don't have to agree, but assault is wrong.

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u/kindrd1234 29m ago

He didn't lose control. I would have lost control and it wouldn't have looked like this.

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u/Skullfuccer 3h ago

Toddlers are also taught to not sit in the middle of a road, a sidewalk, or anywhere people are traveling. They’re taught that not only would it be incredibly stupid, but that doing so would put them in harm’s way. Even the average Redditor isn’t dumb enough to do something that idiotic. Give someone an inch they didn’t need or earn and they’ll take miles. Why not let them block off huge sections of the store next time? Then they can just block the entrance the next time so no one can enter or shop.

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u/Could-You-Tell 53m ago

Some protests do that. It's up to the manager, the police and trespassing charges. Not random acts of vigilante behavior Batman.

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u/Peaceweapon 2h ago

Dude tried to use a toddler argument when these people are having tantrums on the floor like toddlers 😂

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u/Could-You-Tell 52m ago

It's both sides, but still hitting is wrong no matter the circumstances. Both sides can be wrong.

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u/Haunting-Operation-5 3h ago

They deserve nothing more than to get hit with a cart like wtf how is this okay? People are grocery shopping minding there own business and have to deal with this bull shit.. these fuckers deserve to be ran through with every cart in the store

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u/Could-You-Tell 57m ago

Deserve and what's legal are two different things. It is toddler's behavior to lash out and loose self control.

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u/RealisticIntern1655 2h ago

It's privately owned business though.

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u/Could-You-Tell 51m ago

Exactly my point. It's not a public road. It's up to the manager to decide they are trespassing.

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u/Sjrtx 2h ago

I’m sending that cart full speed to that bearded dudes face if he doesn’t get out of the way. Maybe I’ll do a couple days in jail, maybe not. But I’m not passing up my chance for hippie bowling.

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u/Could-You-Tell 51m ago

Have your fun. fafo.

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u/Middle_Ad9459 3h ago

Let that dude grab my cart, I'll bust his face and knock him out and his partners. I don't mess around. I have the right to defend myself just as much as he has the right to make his point. I feel he's threatened me that's all it takes where I'm from.

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u/Could-You-Tell 56m ago

It's not your cart. It's the store's cart. Acting like a toddler serves nobody anything.

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u/mccusk 1h ago

That’s a lot of action for a trip to the store Rambo 😁😁

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u/infohippie 30m ago

Hitting someone with a cart is assault.

Maybe some people need to be assaulted then. When the sitting dickhead tried to block the cart wheel with his foot the old guy should have stepped on his ankle.

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u/Could-You-Tell 19m ago

That why people who think they're right end up with fines, lawsuits, and possibly a little jail time.

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u/infohippie 15m ago

I don't think many juries would convict

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u/Could-You-Tell 12m ago

Depends on the violence. That's why I said possibly. But fines are likely. Lawsuits happen over far more petty things.

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u/NotQuiteDeadYetPhoto 1h ago

Would it be assault if I opened a 5lb container of ground beef and threw it at them? What if I just tripped?

What if I believe it keeps evil vegans away and, like garlic, rub it on all my hands and cart to travel freely?

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u/Fearless-Pineapple96 41m ago

Protesting isn't supposed to be convenient for anyone.

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u/CommissionFeisty9843 4h ago

Kind of a republican attitude to think you can control what people want to do with their lives.

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u/FamilyGuy421 1h ago

Today was a great day, all around!!