Here’s a quote from Martin Luther King that I think is very relevant:
First, I must confess that over the last few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen’s Council-er or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate who is more devoted to “order” than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says “I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I can’t agree with your methods of direct action;” who paternalistically feels he can set the timetable for another man’s freedom; who lives by the myth of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait until a “more convenient season.”
Shallow understanding from people of goodwill is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection.
@Ilovethebomb@ThatWeirdGuy1001 Some protests are instead designed to raise the cost of an abusive behavior so the rich ruling class will buy less of it.
Don’t waste time trying to speak truth to this kind of power, speak power to oppressors instead. Make sure they understand that we can match ANY level of escalation on their part.
This is how we killed Huntingdon “Life” Sciences: the public already opposed vivisection, but vivisection was on both sides of the ballot.
No. Protests are supposed to change the mind of the average person, or at least bring their attention to a given cause.
Holding someone’s time to ransom doesn’t help your cause, it just makes people resent you.
Has the UK become more environmentally aware since Just Stop Oil kicked off?
Here’s a quote from Martin Luther King that I think is very relevant:
You posted this twice.
It’s relevant twice. Did you read it?
Yes, only once though.
@Ilovethebomb @ThatWeirdGuy1001 Some protests are instead designed to raise the cost of an abusive behavior so the rich ruling class will buy less of it.
Don’t waste time trying to speak truth to this kind of power, speak power to oppressors instead. Make sure they understand that we can match ANY level of escalation on their part.
This is how we killed Huntingdon “Life” Sciences: the public already opposed vivisection, but vivisection was on both sides of the ballot.
How is any of that related to blocking roads? How is that “speaking power to oppressors”?