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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Walk_On@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net

[I originally posted this in chapotraphouse, but it was deleted for being “pro-cop” even though that very much wasn’t the case. (I believe PSL was actually involved in organizing the protest if I’m not mistaken.) The mod that deleted it openly broke the sectarian rule too.]

Been seeing a lot of people hating on what the protest marshals did during the pro-Gaza protests at the DNC and I feel they definitely did the right thing. Instigating stuff like going up against the cops under the guise of “revolutionary” action just gets a lot of people arrested and doesn’t accomplish anything.

EDIT: Users who were present at the protests have said, counter to what is claimed in the screenshot, that the protest marshals did NOT call for the police. Thank you for clearing this up, comrades!

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[-] TheKanzler@hexbear.net 31 points 2 months ago

The issue is that in the US it's gotten to the point where being too close to a cop is "confrontation," and protestors in the US keep ceding more ground each time. You're going to end up in a situation where any form of civil disobedience is considered "too confrontational"

[-] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 27 points 2 months ago

Even MLK's civil disobedience was seen as "too confrontational." People threw a shitfit over sit-ins, freedom riders, bus boycotts, and the Million Man March lol

[-] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago

It’s only not too confrontational if it’s quiet and out of the way and able to be ignored completely

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