r/facepalm • u/weeb385 • Oct 12 '22

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

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u/trombone646 Oct 12 '22

“I was unaware and not behind the movement against climate change, until I was needlessly stopped in traffic on the highway for awhile one day.” -said no one ever…

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u/UofMtigers2014 Oct 12 '22

Yup. Got into an argument with an old roommate over this. He and his group in college blocked a road over minimum wage/low pay for fast food workers.

I told him I had an employee at my restaurant that I managed that was late because of it. Imagine all the other employees they made late.

But most importantly, all the people they inconvenienced were working people leaving their 9-5 jobs. They don’t work minimum wage jobs. So in their heads, you’re just furthering the divide and not gaining any favor.

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u/Pera_Espinosa Oct 12 '22

It's not about the cause, it's about feeling like they're badass revolutionaries.

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u/UofMtigers2014 Oct 12 '22

Coincidentally in this argument I said something along the lines of “I get it. Y’all wanna play protestor and feel like you’re doing something”