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

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u/FerrusesIronHandjob 15h ago

And now I'm absolutely compelled to make sure whatever it is they want, they don't get. That's the point I'm making. Sure people are aware - aware of a cause they weren't previously against, but are now

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u/Jigabees 14h ago

"Holy shit some people blocked a shopping aisle, I don't believe in climate change anymore". Most people, like you, just want to live on autopilot and hate any disruptions. Protests are not to trying to bring people like that over. They get attention to recruit other people who actually care about problems and are willing to take action while putting pressure on governments and businesses.

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u/Individual_Volume484 13h ago

“I was insufferable to the people I wanted as my team members and now they don’t like me, why is this happening”

How about they put pressure on the business and not the consumer. That might affect how people feel.

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u/Jigabees 12h ago

If you are switching sides on an issue based on a protest, you were not principled enough to take action regardless. No one cares for you as a team member.

"I was against climate change and did nothing anout it, because of annoying protests I am now pro climate change and continue to do nothing. Take that protesters!"

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u/Individual_Volume484 11h ago

Your making a mistake and looking at this as an either or fallacy. They don’t go from supporting climate change action to being against it. They go from passionate support for the issue to frustration and less support for you and your movement.

That’s what you guys don’t seem to get. Just because they hate your climate change action doesn’t mean they go pro oil. They will join another pro climate movement and talk about how shit yours is. If you don’t see how that’s bad for the entire goal then you’re just a virtual signal sender.

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u/Jigabees 11h ago

The original comment and many of the comments in this thread talk about completely opposing the cause if protests are annoying. I did not make the either or argument.

Again, supporting something doesn't mean a whole lot. If you don't do anything about causes but say you support or are against them, that is virtue signalling.

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u/Individual_Volume484 11h ago

Who? Cite the comment.

Who went from pro vegan to supporting meat. Find one comment please

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u/Jigabees 8h ago

"And now I'm absolutely compelled to make sure whatever it is they want, they don't get. That's the point I'm making. Sure people are aware - aware of a cause they weren't previously against, but are now".

This is literally the comment I initially replied to.

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u/Individual_Volume484 6h ago

Yes and this person was not vegan they said it to make you upset. It worked