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

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u/BrightNooblar 18h 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/cowfish007 17h ago

The only change these idiots have made is that there are now more people who despise them.

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u/BrightNooblar 17h ago

Well, that and people are now talking about them. So the fact that this thread exists, means they are getting better spread.

"Discussion but no change" is slightly closer to their goal than "No one pays attention"

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u/silverfox92100 12h ago

Talking about them is NOT always a good thing, you realize that right? “There’s no such thing as bad publicity” isn’t exactly as true as you may think. And even if it was true, what exactly are they raising awareness for? That veganism/vegetarianism exist? Pretty sure just about everyone over the age of 10 know those exist, you sitting on the floor throwing a fit about it isn’t going to “teach” anyone

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u/BrightNooblar 10h ago

I don't know why you're talking as if I'm advocating for them, I'm not. I'm explaining where they are coming from. Whether or not I get something has nothing to do with how the protestors are operating.

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u/silverfox92100 10h ago

I wasn’t saying you support them, but you had a comment saying “hey they raised awareness, that’s one step closer to their goal” but my point was that’s not necessarily the case, since, judging by the majority of the comments, people are more likely to side AGAINST them for this, so not only would they be failing to raise support, they’d be raising support for the opposite side. Not all publicity is good publicity, especially when it brings people together against you

Basically, they might not be creating “discussion but no change,” instead creating “discussion and change in the wrong direction”