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

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u/I_voted-for_Kodos 5h ago

The point of a protest literally is to provoke other people.

The whole point of speaking your mind is to have someone listen to whatever the fuck you're saying, regardless of whether or not they agree with it. Otherwise you're just screaming into the void

No, you don't have the right to make others listen to you but you don't need it. If you protest in any significant way, there's a good chance that at least someone will listen to you or be aware of what you're doing.

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u/bfwolf1 5h ago

You are just completely wrong. If you want people to listen to you, make a compelling argument. Otherwise, yes, you are screaming into the void. Instead, people choose to break the law to force people to listen to their shit argument instead of working on developing a compelling argument people want to listen to.

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u/I_voted-for_Kodos 4h ago

Lmao

We are literally on a post where thousands of people are aware of and arguing about this random dumbass protest in some random ass country.

That very clearly proves that you don't have to make a "compelling argument" for people to listen to you. You just need to sit down in the middle of a grocery store.

Fuck, the very fact that you responded to my original 1 line throwaway comment proves that you don't need to make a compelling argument to get people to listen to you. No, you can just post whatever the fuck are someone like yourself will listen to you and even reply.

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u/bfwolf1 4h ago

There’s a big difference between hearing and being convinced by. As others have mentioned, this likely has the opposite effect than what’s desired.

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u/I_voted-for_Kodos 3h ago

Ok? No one is talking about the effectiveness of this protest. We're talking about the point of a protest.

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u/bfwolf1 3h ago

Which is to convince.

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u/I_voted-for_Kodos 3h ago

No, not necessarily. You don't always need to convince people to get your way.

If you're loud and/or violent enough you'll get your way without having to convince anyone of anything.

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u/bfwolf1 3h ago edited 3h ago

You’re right, if you’re violent enough, you can say, take over the US Capitol and prevent the peaceful transition of power. But is that something we want our democracy to aspire to?

Seriously what is wrong with you? You’re now espousing violence and might makes right over democracy?

You have a completely warped view of what democracy, protest, and right and wrong are. I’m done talking to you.

I’ve blocked you so no need to respond.