Just Stop Oil protester, 78, has jail term extended after no suitable tag found

[drmoose@lemmy.world]

You say it's impractical and I say it very much is. What now?

[alexstarfire@lemmy.world]

Your stance feels more like a "everyone disliked that" to me.

[modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world]

Vote for progressive candidates (even if they are dem) in the midterms, and advocate that others do so. That's the easy thing. Low chance of success, similar effort to claiming everyone else should care about things they don't.

Next up, run for local office. But don't campaign, just pay the application fee, put your name in, and send in a write up for the voter guide that says to support the real progressive candidates. Slightly more effort, but slightly more impact.

There are tons of small things you can do. Even donating $5 to a progressive candidate would be more effective than saying people should care.

[swingingthelamp@midwest.social]

They kind of have a point about blocking roads being ineffective, but for entirely the wrong reason. Having been stuck in traffic caused by protests blocking streets several times myself, I know that for most of the drivers, it's utterly indistinguishable from all the other traffic jams. Unless you're right up front to see what's causing it, it could very well just be another event at the fairgrounds, or one of the regularly-scheduled crashes.

Put another way, maybe driving is actually a protest against cars? It is pretty damn effective at blocking streets.

[soulg@sh.itjust.works]

Same to you, child

[soulg@sh.itjust.works]

"Become homeless and starve because eventually it might happen anyway"

Why are you on an electronic device if it won't be worth anything in q few decades? You won't be able to eat it.

[rubberelectrons@lemmy.world]

Thanks, numbnuts.

[soulg@sh.itjust.works]

You're not even smart enough to reply properly lol

[rubberelectrons@lemmy.world]

You're welcome, numbnuts.

[rivalarrival@lemmy.today]

I chose that cartoon to show how a large portion of Americans saw MLK

That same "large portion of Americans" saw MLK's cause as the problem. They disagreed with his methods because they disagreed with his cause. Critics of MLK wanted to treat him as a subordinate, an inferior. They did not want him to be a peer.

JSO is not being criticized for their cause. Criticism of JSO is being criticized for the inept and counterproductive actions they are taking in support of their cause.

[whynot_1@lemmy.world]

You are not masturbating correctly.