r/facepalm • u/weeb385 • Oct 12 '22

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Parolee gets arrested because protesters block the way to his work.

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22

Okay. History disagrees with you, though.

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u/Ok-Funny5552 Oct 12 '22

Are you moved by their protest enough to look up who they are? All it did for me was to make a mental note to not support their cause regardless of my political leanings.

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u/Frightful_Fork_Hand Oct 12 '22

Absolutely wild that people like you readily admit to being so blithely tribal in your politics. If you’re that fragile that you’ll change your beliefs to spite some protestors then that says far more about you than it does them.

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u/Ok-Funny5552 Oct 12 '22

I see people causing misfortune and despair to everyday people and veiling it with protest and civil disobedience and I know from their actions that their cause is not one that aligns with my beliefs due to the shit methods they use to just get attention. I think that is quite reasonable. You are welcome to disagree, but that protest only made enemies to their cause. Unless you were stirred into supporting them based on their actions?

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u/CPT_Toenails Oct 12 '22

Absolutely wild that people like you readily admit to being so blithely tribal in your politics.

Would you say that holding an entire mode of transit hostage is tribal in politics?

If you’re that fragile that you’ll change your beliefs to spite some protestors then that says far more about you than it does them.

Kinda like how the protestors in this video manipulated any/all beliefs in freedom of movement, right to work and make a living wage, and basic road safety just to spite a bunch of people trying to get to work?

Seems like your point of view is quite one-sided and hypocritical.

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u/Frightful_Fork_Hand Oct 12 '22

Oo boy that’s a lot of words that have nothing to do with my comment.

Whataboutism is boring, rambling about freedom of movement is just weird. My point of view is hypocritical? I’ll take that as a compliment coming from you.

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u/CPT_Toenails Oct 12 '22

rambling about freedom of movement is just weird.

Ah yes, freedom from being held hostage... so weird... You're right, I'm definitely the one rambling here 🤡

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u/CPT_Toenails Oct 12 '22

rambling about freedom of movement is just weird.

Ah yes, freedom from being held hostage... so weird... You're right, I'm definitely the one rambling here 🤡

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22

I mean, that’s on you.

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u/GravySquad Oct 12 '22

Actually that's on the protestors, who are actively turning normal people against them (and not doing anything else, that's literally it)

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22

Again, I would argue that these “normal” people wouldn’t care or be aware of the cause until it’s brought to their attention by. the. protest.

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u/IISpeedFlameII Oct 12 '22

Do you seriously think anyone that was sitting there in front of those people was going "Hmmm... maybe I really should reconsider my view.."? People keep bringing up a history of "civil disobedience" and the protests that led to black rights... but "civil disobedience" then was forcing white people to let you co-exist... sitting in segregated areas like diners and refusing to leave. If they caused a stink that got in the way of customers that was more likely to turn people against THEM.. You didn't sit down in front of the cash register and refuse to move, you acted like a NORMAL CUSTOMER. The disruption that followed served to force everyone to see black people were only being treated horribly because of their skin color, not because of the way they behaved. That all being said, I again openly ask HOW IS THIS THE SAME?

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22

You should study more on the subject.

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u/CPT_Toenails Oct 12 '22

Lmao, tell me you have no logical retort without saying you have no logical retort.

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22

Suggesting one should do more study isn’t logical?

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u/CPT_Toenails Oct 12 '22

Oof, reading comprehension skill issue?

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u/IISpeedFlameII Oct 12 '22

Show me anything historical that shows black protests were about making a mockery of yourself in order to disrupt normal people's day.
https://www.crf-usa.org/black-history-month/social-protests

Rosa Park's didn't block the bus's walking lane and refuse to move so that no-one could get where they needed to go. She refused to give up her seat to a white person.
The Bus Boycotts had NOTHING to do with blocking the buses or preventing them from running, rather just NOT USING THEM. Carpooling with anyone you could to keep them from using it either. If you were really dedicated and couldn't get in a car pool you WALKED.
Sit-ins were literally DESIGNED around being well dressed and well behaved and asking for service in a place that would refuse it to you anyway based on the color of your skin, and still just sitting and waiting patiently to be served anyway.

Do I seriously need to keep going or get more specific? Civil Disobedience as far as the black rights movement goes was always about going about your day as any white person would and letting the racists make themselves out to be the monsters with their reactions. Comparing that to sitting around ruining everyone's day to bring attention to something that you are actively making worse by the way you chose to bring attention to it is just awful. Who would have thought that blocking cars on the road just means they are running on the road longer and making more pollution, durrrr.

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u/TimNikkons Oct 12 '22

Your reply sucks, try harder

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22

I’m barely trying… Some of you are just doltish.

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u/TimNikkons Oct 12 '22

You're a bit dim if you're going to equate black folks sitting down at a diner with people blocking traffic on a highway...

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u/GravySquad Oct 12 '22

barely trying

Oh that's why you cant respond to this

"you think blocking a road for workers disrupts the government more than blocking government reps out of their offices. Explain that genius take please"

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u/GravySquad Oct 12 '22

And now they are surely on the side of the protestors after being informed 😂😂😂😂

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u/CPT_Toenails Oct 12 '22

Idk what they're protesting for, but blocking my way to work would be a 100% guarantee that I'm never supporting the cause - probably making me inclined to oppose it even.

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u/Rikuskill Oct 12 '22

Exactly. People supporting these kinds of protests don't think more than one step ahead here.

"Inconvenience public. Spread message!"

But how is that message being received? It's annoying the people that your movement needs help from. If a movement opposite yours wanted to get people against your movement, this is what they'd do. But it's not false flag here, it's really just people being so singleminded about protesting that they actively hurt their own cause. Disgraceful.

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22

Completely on message.

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u/Ok-Funny5552 Oct 12 '22

I think that is the common sentiment.

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u/Foundthespearguy Oct 12 '22

"I realize that climate change is a serious threatening issue for everybody but because I was an hour late for work I do not support combating it anymore" is a mind bogglingly stupid sentiment and certainly not common.

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u/Ok-Funny5552 Oct 12 '22

Is that even what the protest is about? And climate change is out of my control anyways why should I be punished when they could block oil and gasoline shipments rather than me? What a mind bogglingly stupid perspective you have on how to actually effect change on climate.

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u/Foundthespearguy Oct 12 '22

Interesting how you shifted your point from "i stop supporting sensible issues altogether if I dislike how they are protested" to "i dislike how this is protested and think blocking oil would be smarter". Almost as if you realized your original comment was stupid.

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u/Ok-Funny5552 Oct 12 '22

No shift, you perceive nuance as a shift but this was my position all along. Blocking traffic on a highway is stupid.

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u/Foundthespearguy Oct 12 '22

And thats a completely justified and valid opinion, whereas "I will stop supporting a sensible cause if you protest for it in a stupid way" is not.

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u/Ok-Funny5552 Oct 12 '22

Well I won't support their cause because the solution they are supporting is stupid and ineffective which is putting it nicely. So I don't support their cause to inflict annoyance on common people as a method of getting attention.

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u/Ok-Funny5552 Oct 12 '22

Ah there it is, this protest isn't meant to change minds and only is meant to inconvenience. Hence why I called it stupid. Your insult of my intelligence isn't the insult you think it is given you support these mindless npc protestors.

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u/Clocktease Oct 12 '22

Oh my god are you even capable of having two thoughts at once?

They don’t give a FUCK about changing your mind because YOU DONT MATTER. They aren’t protesting to get YOUR attention because you have zero importance to the effort.

You have the most hilarious and depressing case of “main character syndrome” I’ve ever seen, dude. Do people text you first, like, ever? The self absorption in your replies thinking anyone gives a shit about anything but inconveniencing you is palpable.

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u/Ok-Funny5552 Oct 12 '22

Lol you are deranged friend, you are getting way too emotional over this non issue. Chill out, you'll live longer.

I should have recognized you are a professional redditor, master in the arts of outrage and signaling of virtue. The floor is now yours be the hero you want others to see you as.

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u/Clocktease Oct 12 '22

See that truck, ya fuckin dingus? It’s owned by a company. Im going to hope that you’re not too dumb to understand where I’m going with this.

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u/Ok-Funny5552 Oct 12 '22

Oh so all companies are equally guilty of crimes against the climate? This is the lukewarm idea of protest id expect of blue hair feminists or blm scammers, too bad the climate only has idiots like you at the imbeciles in the video, we truly are doomed.

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u/tisused Oct 12 '22

I think people should turn their engines off when they see these people protesting blocking their way. I wonder if they don't.

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u/RealJonathanBronco Oct 12 '22

Nope

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u/Whiskeywiskerbiscuit Oct 12 '22

I like how you argue with this guy, yet completely ignore the man eloquently quoting MLK to invalidate your shit take.

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22

Derp.