• xerazal@lemmy.zip
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    11 months ago

    If it doesn’t disrupt anything, can it even really be considered a protest?

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      11 months ago

      Nope, it can’t. Good luck explaining that to the “I get that climate but inconveniencing commuters illegal” contingent, though…

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      11 months ago

      If it doesn’t disrupt anything, can it even really be considered a protest?

      Yes, it can. The goal of non-disruptive peaceful protests is sometimes just to stand up and make it clear that a significant number of people hold this view.

      Sometimes the intended audience is the protesters’ own society, but in other cases it is intended as a show of solidarity to let oppressed people know they are not forgotten.

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        11 months ago

        People are tired of wasting their time for no attention. If your cause needs attention, you don’t politely stand on the sidewalk.

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          11 months ago

          If you want to protest disruptively that’s fine. I’m not advocating for one style over another, I’m just pointing out that both are valid forms of protest.