there is no design, course, or purpose to history, only the doings of men and god
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Replying to @alicemazzy
it is a common topic of argument on the center to middle left whenever any kind of protest comes up, "nonviolence" vs "diversity of tactics"
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Replying to @alicemazzy
but it presupposes whig view of history. reform-oriented types debating whether their problem children are liabilities or necessary foils
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Replying to @alicemazzy
(the argument I'm making is often made on the far left except their conclusion is "that's why we're the good guys")
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Replying to @alicemazzy
I really don't understand when it became popular protest tactics to block traffic and generally be as dickish as you can
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Replying to @ShadeLiesHeavy @alicemazzy
YEAH LET'S BLOCK THE ENTRANCE TO THAT BUILDING BECAUSE FUCK THESE PEOPLE TRYING TO STUDY
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how's this one, today protestors blocked caltrain (train between san francisco and silicon valley)
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Replying to @alicemazzy @ShadeLiesHeavy
me I'm a programmer and can just send an "lol protestors, working from home" email. they really only fuck over working class
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Replying to @alicemazzy
These tactics won't win them support, it's just gonna piss people off trying to get to work and or whatever else
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Replying to @ShadeLiesHeavy
we are a long way from the 60s when televisions were proliferating and this stuff got coverage because it was new and scary
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so they ramp up disruption to get attention because attention is the yardstick by which they measure success
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