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Topic	Protestors throw soup on Van Gogh painting to protest fossil fuel extraction
Zonbei 10/14/22 12:46:54 PM #66:	s0nicfan posted... As someone who believes in climate change, "We will continue to escalate our violence until our demands are met" isn't protesting. It's terrorism. Now, if you want to argue that terrorism is necessary here you go ahead and do that, but let's not mince words. No, thats literally the point of a protest. To say look. We can do this. Theres this many of us. We are choosing to ask nicely right now. Things will get worse if nothing changes. All protests are implied threats, if theyre functioning properly. Thats what you have to do when you ask nicely to stop being killed and nobody listens. --- It's a luscious mix of words and tricks, that let us bet, when we know we should have folded. <cite>Zonbei posted [p:968710728] in Protestors... [t:80197958]...</cite> <quote>s0nicfan posted... </cite><quote>As someone who believes in climate change, "We will continue to escalate our violence until our demands are met" isn't protesting. It's terrorism. Now, if you want to argue that terrorism is necessary here you go ahead and do that, but let's not mince words.</quote>No, thats literally the point of a protest. To say look. We can do this. Theres this many of us. We are choosing to ask nicely right now. Things will get worse if nothing changes.All protests are implied threats, if theyre functioning properly. Thats what you have to do when you ask nicely to stop being killed and nobody listens. --- It's a luscious mix of words and tricks, that let us bet, when we know we should have folded.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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