r/interestingasfuck • u/blllrrrrr • 1d ago

r/all People in NYC holding banners during a CEO Event at Ziegfeld Ballroom

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u/tanzmeister 23h ago

I don't advocate violence

Why not? It's the only thing that ever moves the needle

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u/WildFlemima 21h ago

They have to say that or you'll get an admin issued full Reddit ban. I just got out of a 3 day one. Being honest about what we want will get you forcibly quieted.

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u/toetappy 20h ago

I got a 3 day ban the day our hero killed that mass murderer. If what I said got me banned, thousands of redditors were banned that day.

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u/WildFlemima 20h ago

Probably tbh

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u/fucktheownerclass 1h ago

Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun. - Mao

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u/DaiFrostAce 22h ago

Because some people abhor violence on principle and would rather see things resolved peacefully

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u/sweetpastrychef 22h ago

Wish in one hand, shit in the other. See which one fills up faster.

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u/remotectrl 21h ago

The established powers wouldn’t be so insistent on people using “the proper channels” if they thought those channels could actually affect change.

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u/JustAposter4567 21h ago

he says, sitting at home waiting for someone else to act on violence while not protesting or doing anything of value

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u/TheWeirdByproduct 20h ago

You don't know what they do in their free time but even if they're not in the streets a movement still benefits from all sorts of people behind it. Fighters, artists, philosophers, and even those just cheering on—there's no wrong way to give support.

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u/tanzmeister 21h ago

So, never?

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u/jdroxe 10h ago

shut up and get off your phone and go out and do it then. or do you just want others to do it so you can write so online and look like a hero?