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minus-squareEbby@lemmy.ssba.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoThe cause is second to the desire for attention. But the people suffering in the wake are everyday americans. Not perple in charge of implementing changes. There are more appropriate ways to be heard. Write a letter like the rest of us.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoThe Estates General thought sending a letter to the king in France in 1789 would work too. Spoiler: It did not.
minus-squaresnooggums@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoDo the absolute least effective thing that can be ignored in private away from the eyes of the general public. Great idea!
minus-squareEbby@lemmy.ssba.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoYup, it sucks sometimes. And it’s slow. But it’s the system we have in place for exactly this.
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoAnd since it’s working as designed, you want to make felons of anyone who wants to use effective means to fix it. If they’re gonna be felons anyway, may as well do real felonies while they’re at it.
minus-squareafraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoYeah if you don’t get your way you throw a tantrum and burn everything down. Exactly the kinda logic I expect from someone defending this criminal behavior.
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months ago Yeah if you don’t get your way you throw a tantrum and burn everything down. Yeah you get your own way every time a cop murders a protester.
minus-squareafraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoThe way you murdered that strawman argument?
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoI thought that’s what we were doing here.
The cause is second to the desire for attention.
But the people suffering in the wake are everyday americans. Not perple in charge of implementing changes.
There are more appropriate ways to be heard. Write a letter like the rest of us.
The Estates General thought sending a letter to the king in France in 1789 would work too.
Spoiler: It did not.
Do the absolute least effective thing that can be ignored in private away from the eyes of the general public.
Great idea!
Yup, it sucks sometimes. And it’s slow. But it’s the system we have in place for exactly this.
And since it’s working as designed, you want to make felons of anyone who wants to use effective means to fix it.
If they’re gonna be felons anyway, may as well do real felonies while they’re at it.
Yeah if you don’t get your way you throw a tantrum and burn everything down. Exactly the kinda logic I expect from someone defending this criminal behavior.
Yeah you get your own way every time a cop murders a protester.
The way you murdered that strawman argument?
I thought that’s what we were doing here.