>>>>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?

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>>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.

Every protest are different and include different people with different agendas.


>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.

I usually doesn't cost money to the people that are the real target of the protest, they're usually not affected.

>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

Everyone that works at an airport isn't union and the ones that are don't automatically get paid in situations like this I don't know where you got that from lol


>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.

Would you like a cookie?

>>
>>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.

Please tell me how the protests affected this administration?

>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.

Can you tell me what protests have accomplished in this decade?