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2593192, RE: I hear you. I really do.
Posted by COOLEHMAGAZINE, Wed Feb-01-17 10:06 AM
>>>collecting 6 figures from NYPD. Darren Wilson is still
>>>walking around free. George Zimmerman still out here
>kicking
>>>it. Jeronimo Yanez is still out there. Blane Aalamoni &
>>Howie
>>>Lake still on the job.
>>
>>You ain't lying
>>
>>We gotta let motherfuckas know how we feel, though
>>
>>Facebook is stupid, and elections are only every so
>>often
>>
>>So protest is how you let the world know how you feel
>>in a free democracy
>
>That's the thing, people like to protest to feel good about
>themselves and feel like they're doing something when they're
>not. Those 1960's tactics don't work in 2017.

They don't? Where is the proof? And what does work? And what would happen if no one protested in the streets anymore?

>
>And then there are people that support protesting from afar as
>long is doesn't affect them directly. During the Ferguson shit
>there were people on here in GD talking about "burn that mf
>down!" Why? Would you say that if it was your community that
>you have to live in?

Those people are reactionary idiots who didn't even leave their houses. None of that has anything to do with these protests, where no one is burning anything and it's not in anyone's community, for that matter.

The shut down of LAX caused a lot people
>to miss flights which can cost them money, money that they may
>not have.

Every protest ever cost people money. That's the point.

And at LAX I'm sure a lot of those folks were
>immigrants that their supposed to be protesting for. They
>prevented a lot regular folk that earn a hourly wage from
>getting to work.

They are all union and still get paid, so this is a red herring

All these people trying to go in on Sage
>wouldn't be so happy if their they life was affected and
>protesting was costing them money and disrupting their lives.

I live in New York City and lived in DC before that. My life has been disrupted by protests many times. Put your big girl skirt on, you'll be aiite.

>
>Meanwhile the people that are supposed to be the target of the
>protests are rarely affected and don't care.

Oh? Cause it seems like the protests actually have greatly affected this administrations first ten days. For better or worse, we will see but I guarantee you they have been affected and FORCED to care.

Basically, I disagree with 90% of what you said and it seems demonstrably irresponsible to suggest that public protests should be abandoned because they inconvenience people, whether airport employees or millionaires.