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    3 months ago

    It’s not a protest if it doesn’t inconvenience who you’re protesting. All real protesters are arrested, because they inconvenience power (who have but the way made all inconvenient protests illegal).

    I’m proud of these guys for standing up for what they believe in. Solidarity.

    • CatTrickery@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      3 months ago

      Protest should intend on being an inconvenience, though arrest should be avoided if at all possible. It absolutely kills longevity and leads to people making arrest a core intention while rambling about non-violence. Really what you want is to have strategy and numbers that spook cops enough to not bother because they won’t if they think its going to be too much trouble for them.

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        3 months ago

        Most protest arrests in the US are released the same day or the next day. Nobody looking to make a movement is getting taken off the board.

        Of course the people in power do keep trying to change that. But as of yet, they’ve been unsuccessful.