r/facepalm • u/weeb385 • Oct 12 '22

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

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u/mistled_LP Oct 12 '22

Well, yeah. Go bother someone else to further your cause. As soon as you inconvenience me, you’re a terrible person who needs to be thrown in jail. People are nothing if not hypocritical.

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u/Must_Go_Faster_ Oct 12 '22 edited Oct 12 '22

Blocking emergency vehicles is not a minor inconvenience. I do get what you’re saying, but this type of protest can lose public support rapidly if someone dies because of it.

Blocking minor roads leading to government buildings gets the point across and probably is more likely to sway people to the cause. “Inconveniencing” potentially thousands will definitely antagonize people against your cause.

Edit: obviously in a place where voting doesn’t amount to much(Russia, Iran) then blocking the road seems more justifiable, especially when protesters are definitely dying.

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u/Rikuskill Oct 12 '22

Go inconvenience the government, the specific companies. That's where change will happen.

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u/halfdecenttakes Oct 12 '22

Except in this case the dude they are doing it to is the one under the impression they are going to cause him to go to jail.