The year is 2045 Protesters in the United States are expressing their discontent by burning down random businesses and blocking freeways Do you support this form of protest?
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Surprise! Its the Westboro Baptist Church led by Fred Phelps re-reanimated corpse and theyve moved beyond protesting funerals
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#BLM were to abandon arson, assault, and traffic violations and simply peacefully protested at police funerals That would be ok right?7 replies 1 retweet 13 likesShow this thread -
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#BLM moved to peacefully protesting outside of hospitals that treat injured police w/ signs showing horrifying gory images of police murders of kids and pets to pressure hospitals to stop treating police No one could object to this protest form right?12 replies 0 retweets 17 likesShow this thread -
I genuinely dont have a point Just trying to map out tribalism vs systematic approaches to protest validity evaluation and what that even means The whole space feels pretty underconsidered and discourse around it is awful
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this especially because protests are intrinsically transgressive "When is transgression not Bad transgression" "well when its Good transgression" ok well then Im not attacking anyone with this its just hard to work past this knot internally Hm
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even granting this arguendo using this principle results in "no one gets to protest ever" because protests are based on Three Word Slogans which are universally reductive and ill-considered and thats consistent but doesnt really Fit and is unworkable
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