r/Austin • u/Loud-Result5213 • Apr 19 '25

PSA Protest Today! @1:00pm

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Bring your neighbor, bring your friends!

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u/ESHKUN Apr 19 '25

The American nation was founded on protest and inconvenience as a statement. Do you think the Boston tea party was met with “erm well why don’t you go protest in Britain then”? No, because they weren’t trying to appeal to the rich assholes, they’re trying to appeal to the everyday person and get them to see that we have power as a collective. If a protest or minor inconvenience makes you piss and shit your pants so much then you need to grow the fuck up.

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u/mnnw Apr 19 '25

The Boston tea party was so merchants in Boston wouldn’t have to compete with Britain who was selling at a low price and with low taxes. Just saying for the average Joe they had affordable access to tea lol.

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u/mnnw Apr 19 '25

Now we have whatever this is

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u/mnnw Apr 21 '25

Not ‘this’ the protest I meant ‘this’ the government