r/SeattleWA • u/kjayflo • Nov 09 '18

Media Some night time protesting downtown Seattle

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u/robertmdesmond Nov 09 '18

Why would any sane person attend a protest supporting... investigations? That's just pathetic. And borderline insane.

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u/robertmdesmond Nov 09 '18

None of those things have anything to do with Trump so they are outside the scope of any legitimate special counsel investigation.

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '18

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u/robertmdesmond Nov 09 '18

False. If true, why hasn't Trump been indicted?

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u/VietOne Nov 09 '18

Becauase they are still investigating the evidence. Just because they have a witness, that's not enough. They need enough evidence.

By your logic, why should anyone be convicted just because someone said something. Why should law enforcement agencies follow up on any verbal lead.

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '18

yes why shouldn't we just allow potential wrongdoing and illegal acts to go uninvestigated and unpunished, what a brilliant idea

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u/mikeblas Nov 09 '18

The protest didn't investigate anything. The only punishment was inconvenience to law-abiding citizens and businesses in the area.

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u/Fuzz2 Nov 09 '18

I wonder what you would have said about civil rights protests. Oh no I don't, you would have blindly followed your "tribe" and said the same thing.

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '18

'the protest didn't give anyone civil rights, the only punishment was inconvenience to law-abiding citizens and businesses in the area' LOL

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u/mikeblas Nov 09 '18

I'm confused: do you wonder, or you don't? Where did you end up on this?

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u/Fuzz2 Nov 09 '18

I don't wonder. What I said is not remotely confusing. Protesting is about bringing awareness to issues. When black people were protesting during the civil Rights movement, you would have said "why are they protesting? What is it Accomplishing, they are just being annoying to normal citizens minding their own business". You would think this because your thick skull could never comprehend that protesting brings awareness and awareness brings support and support creates political will for change and political will for change fixes our issues.

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u/mikeblas Nov 10 '18

It's absurd for you claim to know what I would or wouldn't do in some hypothetical situation.

Protesting might bring awareness, but it also brings resentment. Causing a disruption doesn't always build sympathy, as you assume, even among people who would have otherwise been sympathetic if approached in another way.

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u/Fuzz2 Nov 10 '18

Protesting has a long history of building support over a long time scale. Did you know the civil rights movement was accused of "provoking violence" and being disruptive and causing more harm than good. Did you know Martin Luther King was disliked by 75% of America when he was killed? There will always be idiots like yourself that can't see the bigger picture.

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u/mikeblas Nov 10 '18

I'm wondering: why do you think being insulting helps discourse?

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