Im not saying be violent. Im saying be committed.
Comment on People dont believe protesting works if they will only do it on their day off.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 weeks agoThen look to what MLK did and preached: non-violent protest.
Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
naticus@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
They’re snubbing their noses at you because you’re gatekeeping what it means to be committed to a cause. People need to keep their jobs out of responsibility and necessity and you are telling them it’s not good enough. You’re posing a false dichotomy about what it means to be committed. When the protest is over, they still need to pay bills.
Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
Their snubbing their nose because they cant imagine a world where they have to do something beyond the bare minimum.
You can call me a gate keeper but the gate is wide open.
Yes, yes, I have to pay bills they have to pay bills we should all do are best not to disrupt the system and be compliant with our owners.
naticus@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Generalizations will get you no where. You don’t know what’s going on with other people and there are plenty of activists who do more than you give them credit for. Tell me exactly how going to a protest during a work day actually promotes your cause over taking a day off, because my coworkers and my job are not my enemy here. Maybe yours is, but that’s not universal.
chosensilence@pawb.social 4 weeks ago
he may have advocated non-violence but he did not condemn violence. he understood it as an inevitable and necessary response under continued oppression. please don’t whitewash him.
we are not going to protest our way out of fascism. i hope we all know there is much more to be done.