Wood, I miss having one.
Give up one; Plumbing or electricity.

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For protests to be effective they have to disrupt the status quo pretty much by definition. If talking things out worked in politics we wouldn’t have a lot of powerful countries with atomic bombs designed for mass murder.
I’ve been arrested, shot at and had gas canisters used on me while protesting, what was I protesting for? A lower university education fee so that academia doesn’t become an exclusionary place. We blocked off streets and it was effective. I’d say protesting is pretty harmless when you consider what states do to their own people for personal benefit.
Also, protesting earned a lot of marginalised people a lot of rights and if you believe in freedom of speech you have to believe in the right for people to demonstrate their discontent as part of an active constituency.
Finally, what I’d argue about the violence and looting is that a lot of times it’s not protestors but opportunistic criminals who take advantage of the movements. This feeds into the narrative that protesting is antisocial behaviour which benefits the lawmakers by keeping people who would benefit from active participation away. The media runs with this narrative because it drives sales to the middle class who clutches at their pearls and goes on about how ‘subversive’ people are.
Block some streets, if your government isn’t afraid of your agency you’re doing it wrong.
Sometimes the police have been caught red handed starting the violence or looting as an excuse to attack protesters. This happened multiple times during the BLM protests.
The US also ignores UN rules against collective punishment. If one brick is thrown the police will start mass arrests. The false riot tactic has been used by the police since the 30’s when they were going after unions and finding excuses to arrest their members.
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I'm literally suggesting terrorism... and you think it wouldn't make the news... Obviously the Just Stop Oil way has only succeeded in making them an annoyance at best and a laughing stock at worst. I mean what has Just Stop Oil inspired you to do besides whine in the forum about nobody listening.
Go to their website. Read some of their speeches. Donate some money to their campaigns. Just like lots of other have. Helped me connect with some people on the European front.
You can learn a lot if you visit their website, as many have as a direct result of these protests. The fact that they have gotten a lot more volunteers and donations as a direct result from these protests. For instance, none of y’all would be talking about this without these protests.
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Quietly? I suggested going after their yachts and helicopters… you think that wouldn’t make the news over some dumbass gluing his dick to the wall?
And can you please link to one of these moving speeches?
No, it wouldn’t. These aren’t public places, they are places they will be quietly arrested with much more severe punishments than public actions. There is literally no audience on a rich man’s yacht. Once again, you don’t understand the point of a protest. It’s not for your convenience, it’s to tear your attention away from the corporate owned talk pieces and to hear out suppressed views.
Look up Winona Laduke speeches. They are always great. Dr. redsteer and Lisa Deville are also great orators. But there are literally thousands and thousands of speeches given a year that will never be televised. There were tons of speeches associated with these protests, press releases and information made available. But it’s easier for you to whine that there are no speeches being given than to pay attention apparently. Hell, there are dozens of speeches and information very well comprised on the Don’t Stop Oil website but you would rather complain there is no good public face for the movement rather than actually researching or checking them out.
Would also like to take this moment to remind you gremlins that MLK was considered a terrorist and danger to the American public while he was alive. If y’all were spouting this nonsense when he was alive you would be going on how it’s great that he’s been arrested and how he shouldn’t be breaking laws. Because that’s what makes you comfortable.
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The climate protestors aren’t giving speeches though… the few I’ve heard talk sound pretty stupid too. Just not a great look or protest. Just saying blocking traffic is angering more people that might be sympathetic than changing the minds of people that can actually do anything about it.
Just because you don’t pay attention to them doesn’t mean speeches aren’t given. Surprise, the media companies owned by the hyper wealthy aren’t giving them air time. What a shock.
And when you are not given a platform, you take one. That’s what these protesters are doing. Because if they didn’t you would not be talking about it at all right now. These protests are what drive what little media coverage the environmentalists get.
Everyone in this thread seems to prefer protesting be quietly done far away from where they can see it. Much like I’m sure the latter parts of white America wanted MLK to only preach in churches instead of the streets.
Once again, y’all dumb because you don’t even know the point of a protest. If they wanted an echo chamber they would just form a little internet circle jerk like many of the folks on this thread.
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Add a fine to that and it'll be suitable punishment for their dangerous irresponsibility. If it continues, sooner or later, somebody's going to get hurt.
You mean like hundreds of millions starving to death, wars over clean water, unbreathable air, or a complete collapse of our ecosystem? Yeah, somebody is going to get hurt if everyone keeps ignoring the climate protesters.
So I’m a vacuum of being aroused enough to want to masturbate so I can concentrate on not that, I can knock one out in 5-10 minutes. Normally I’ll want to enjoy myself and take my time. With a partner not holding back at all I can go even faster. Once again, I’d much rather make it last as long as possible.
What was the most pleasantly surprising move a partner pulled in bed?
Firmly against for many reasons. It’s flawed, intrusive, racist (seriously, tech is terrible with non-Caucasian faces and gives false matches constantly for dark skinned people), expensive, and ultimately leads to very little in terms of crime solving. With all the modern tech your average police crime solving rare is around 6% of crimes.
Should local police have access to military vehicles?
Poorly conducted studies and the new stations that report on them. The most infamous case of this caused that whole ‘vaccines cause autism’ bullshit. I ruined a professor’s class once because I just ranted about the methodology of a study we were discussing and not about the study itself.
Do you ever rant?
I had almost graduated with a degree in electronic engineering. My grades had been slipping and I was on my final project with a group member who was not pulling his weight. Went out for dinner with my partner and realized I cared so much more about the cheesecake I was eating for desert than my degree. I was self sabotaging school and since my partner was blowing off the final I changed careers on the spot to culinary.
Ever invest a lot of time and effort into something and discover you didn’t like it?