Voyarel@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · edit-219 days agoThis is an official account of the US Governmentlemmy.worldimagemessage-square106fedilinkarrow-up11.01Kfile-text
arrow-up11.01KimageThis is an official account of the US Governmentlemmy.worldVoyarel@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · edit-219 days agomessage-square106fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarecassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·19 days agoSo what is the utility of protests, of asking?
minus-squareFlexibleToast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·19 days agoNone. That’s why it’s acceptable to do.
minus-squareIronBird@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·19 days agohistorically they act as a show of force for what may ir may not happen if you ignore the peaceful request behind them
minus-squarecassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·19 days agoSo, if you never do anything else and authorities don’t give a shit; nothing?
minus-squareIronBird@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-219 days agoyup, hence… waves arms around, looking at state of the US
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·19 days agoIt lets the state know who you are so they can attack you.
So what is the utility of protests, of asking?
None. That’s why it’s acceptable to do.
Networking and testing the state
historically they act as a show of force for what may ir may not happen if you ignore the peaceful request behind them
So, if you never do anything else and authorities don’t give a shit; nothing?
yup, hence…
waves arms around, looking at state of the US
It lets the state know who you are so they can attack you.