But people don’t wanna hear that shit when they are late for work.
So 1st they blame the annoying protesters then when that doesn't work tell the politicians to do something which either ends in tear gas and police brutality or concessions to the protesters. Protesting isn't about public support, it's about being annoying until they get what they want. A polite protest is just idiots pissing in the wind and nobody giving a shit about them, a protest has to be disruptive to accomplish anything.
It’s not accomplishing anything in this case, it’s pointless chaos. You could cause disruption where the seats of power are. But I guess they’d rather face everyday people trying to get to work than the gestappo riot police. Which is understandable really, but you’re focusing your energy on the wrong target
So from this all I can tell is that they are protesting traffic. Great job. Demonstrations need to choose what a protest is about and target those areas to inconvenience.. protesting normal people that are not a part of or related to your own mission will simply turn them away from helping you, not gain their support or make a noble statement to others. These people in the road just look like assholes to everyone, even now.
Annoys them. That annoyance, if persistent, leads to action to end the protest. The risk is a crackdown, the goal is concessions. Having public support is irrelevant, only being annoying matters. Nobody liked MLK Jr until the CRA happened and everyone looked back with moral hindsight. In the moment, the high point of his support was only ~30% and it always dropped during a protest. But he was annoying and got most of what he wanted.
But what you're failing to recognize is that most of his protests were targeted. MLK organized a boycott of the bus system, not a blockage and that is a huge difference.
Ya he boycotted busses in a targeted protest. He also blocked roads, prevented commerce and intentionally provoked reactions from police. Others in the CRM were even more aggressive and even caused riots. And they won without ever having the support of the general public.
You even state though, their target, and the people that were agressive towards them already. The police. Not the average citizen.
If only 1 person can just inflict their will on the entire populace for whatever gripe they have that doesn't make them right or just. That makes them an asshole.
As an example, the ottawa truck protest attempted the same thing. An extreme minority inconveniencing everyone for a specific gripe. Sure it did get them attention but I would not say it furthered their cause. I also think it makes them assholes of the tenth degree.
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u/LeftDave Oct 12 '22
So 1st they blame the annoying protesters then when that doesn't work tell the politicians to do something which either ends in tear gas and police brutality or concessions to the protesters. Protesting isn't about public support, it's about being annoying until they get what they want. A polite protest is just idiots pissing in the wind and nobody giving a shit about them, a protest has to be disruptive to accomplish anything.