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originally posted by: stolencar18
a reply to: Asktheanimals
And the fact that they're copying the BLM "our streets" rant? It's a bunch of cowards behind masks and scarves who don't have the balls to stand up for anything
originally posted by: stolencar18
originally posted by: chewi
a reply to: stolencar18
I bet your against strikes as well.
Them lazy good for nothing slaves, sorry workers dare not have picket lines. I want them to earn, earn, earn.
There is more to life than REVENUE.
Protesters have probably given you the freedoms you now enjoy.
I'm undecided on strikes. Some I can support, but others, not so much. I often find it ironic that people strike for so long and lose so much on wages, and IF they get a raise or more perks, it works out to a few percentage points increase that takes years to offset what they lost.
Again...mindless protests driven by greed. How is it that so many people can get by just fine but others think they deserve something for nothing? I'm not saying everyone does nothing, so don't go twisting it - I'm saying people protest and think they deserve X amount more but they don't do any more to earn it.
originally posted by: Thecakeisalie
a reply to: stolencar18
If it were up to me I'd burn every Guy Fawkes mask I saw. 'Guy Fawkes? that's the Guy from V for Vendetta, right?' It's like seeing kids in Ramone T-shirts despite the fact they have never listened to a Ramones song in their life.
I've never been in a protest but I believe showing your face shows the human side, the many varied faces fighting for a cause that they believe in. Wearing a mask gives off mixed signals; 'I am one of you but don't want be seen with you.'
originally posted by: Learningman
originally posted by: stolencar18
a reply to: Asktheanimals
And the fact that they're copying the BLM "our streets" rant? It's a bunch of cowards behind masks and scarves who don't have the balls to stand up for anything
Wow, you do realise that BLM copied the occupy movement, who started using that slogan back in 2011?
And I suppose all of us on the site who aren't using real names and our faces are cowards?
originally posted by: trifecta
The only wrong doing I see here is that the protesters didn't go to the homes and executive offices of the oligarchs and their cronnies, and riot there. You want to get it right? Use their tech against them and track their appointments and vacation schedules. Show up there with the torches and pitchforks. Some of the he's egos from the elitist class need reigning in. If humans can't do it, the alternative is far scarier then one can image.
If you want to protest, protest. There's a million ways to do it legally or even semi-legally.
Look at some of the pictures. Expensive jeans. Great shoes. Higher end designed coats. Top end phones and DSLR cameras waving in the air recording the event.
I bet most of them don't even really care about the actual cause - they just want mayhem.
originally posted by: SlapMonkey
Most of today's youths are cowards, Anonymous notwithstanding.
Whatever happened to looking someone in the eye (without a mask) and airing your grievance like a human being and not an autonomous robotic group?
I think people quit having a spine ever since their spines were deformed from staring at smartphones all day and slouching on the couch playing video games with their "friends" online.
originally posted by: Shiloh7
a reply to: stolencar18
You are seriously naive, don't you realise that protestors are brave and honestly standing up for things that are being taken away from us?
Despite passing laws stopping us from photoing the police, especially when out of order etc, The police photo everyone taking part in a demonstration and apparently it was revealed on Question Time last night only, that even one of our Baronesses was on one of their undesirable lists because of her outspoken views. The repercussions of this are not as far fetched as you would think. One of my family wouldn't cooperate with the British Government and suddenly everything in his business was audited and, despite his accounts being OK'd suddenly not OK and it caused so much hassle and upset it was unbelievable. So don't think if you don't cooperate with the British Government, which remember is one of the most powerful in the world especially against its own citizens, in today's world you want to do it openly.
If you have a job, especially in London or you are going to be in the job market soon, what if your protesting marked you as an undesirable and it showed up on your police records etc? These records are not necessarily shown to the public and the Baroness had a job to get at hers (even with her title). Would you willingly risk that? There is an irony here in that - is it right in this age where we are supposedly pumping 'democracy' down other country's throats we feel so threatened ourselves we have to mask up?
originally posted by: stolencar18
originally posted by: trifecta
The only wrong doing I see here is that the protesters didn't go to the homes and executive offices of the oligarchs and their cronnies, and riot there. You want to get it right? Use their tech against them and track their appointments and vacation schedules. Show up there with the torches and pitchforks. Some of the he's egos from the elitist class need reigning in. If humans can't do it, the alternative is far scarier then one can image.
I wonder if you've ever heard of unintended consequences...
originally posted by: trifecta
originally posted by: stolencar18
originally posted by: trifecta
The only wrong doing I see here is that the protesters didn't go to the homes and executive offices of the oligarchs and their cronnies, and riot there. You want to get it right? Use their tech against them and track their appointments and vacation schedules. Show up there with the torches and pitchforks. Some of the he's egos from the elitist class need reigning in. If humans can't do it, the alternative is far scarier then one can image.
I wonder if you've ever heard of unintended consequences...
Oh you mean "collateral damage"? Isn't that more fitting? Isn't that how your superiors would spin it?
The etymology for Capitalism, freedom, and democracy have been hijacked. They changed the rules and conveniently forgot to change the nomenclature. Words and what they stand for have been bastardized and butchered.