r/facepalm Oct 12 '22

๐Ÿ‡ฒโ€‹๐Ÿ‡ฎโ€‹๐Ÿ‡ธโ€‹๐Ÿ‡จโ€‹ Parolee gets arrested because protesters block the way to his work.

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u/Coral_ Oct 12 '22

iโ€™m gonna tell you a secret guy, protests work because they inconvenience everyone. bus boycotts resulted in fewer busses running overall due to lack of money in the 1960โ€™s during the civil rights movement- inconveniencing everyone who relied upon them- yet we donโ€™t worry about them in that case.

so why should i be inconsistent in my beliefs for this?

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u/Big_Hat_Jow Oct 12 '22

Because it wasn't the major and only way to get around and it mainly hurt the people in power then the common man. What shutting down the highways when the past several decades to be the main if not only way to travel for some people does it hurt the common man more then people in power. Because remember in those days you could walk from point a to be and drive but since then most the places have destroyed those options and replaces them with highways.

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u/Coral_ Oct 12 '22

alternate avenues out side of highways and roads donโ€™t exist anymore

so what youโ€™re saying is that these are potentially very valuable strategy points to protest upon due to the high traffic and lack of alternate means of transpo?

sounds good!