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[–] [email protected] 67 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Protest for or against whatever you think is important and not what others think is important.

Also usually people can protest for or against more than one thing.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 4 months ago (1 children)

ppl who disagree with your second paragraph confuse me to no end

literally the “i like waffles”, “OH SO YOU HATE PANCAKES?” meme

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

You often get that from people who are arguing in bad faith.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Even if they did accomplish a lot and the person is just talking about never reading it in headlines they look at every other week.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

be me

stoopid

sabotage everything I'm involved at

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Bro you should get involved in capitalism

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

too much incompetent competition

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

By the virtue of not putting any effort but a shallow uninspired imitation of it, one can safely damage the institution they work in.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

so true i guess im a little confused abt how this relates to the post tho

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

True. It came off a bit random. I thought about it like protesting without protesting, the gray zone the duality of this post doesn't cover.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Kinda misses the point, no?

The question needs an answer, even if the person asking also has their own questions to answer.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 4 months ago (1 children)

bad faith questions like this don’t deserve an answer, no

“you like waffles? so why do i see you eating pancakes right now”

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Okay, yeah. If it's in bad faith I totally agree.

Still, I do have to wonder why some genocides are more important to people than others. There's a genuine question there too

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago

thanks for understanding haha. and yes there is probably a context where someone could ask this question in good faith but that’s not the context of this post :)

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

For example what is it about Palestine that is driving the current set of protests that the last 5 years in Ethiopia lacked?

In this case I would assume it's the fact that many western nations are involved with Israel in some way.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'll do you one better, what is it about Palestine this time?

Israel's been getting away with genocide for decades, of course none of them see a problem with finishing the job now. What has suddenly changed such that the American public are finally able to realize the apartheid government they've been financially supporting all these years is actually evil?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

People are better informed.

Are you upset that people are protesting now? Sure, they should have been protesting before but unless you have a time machine there's nothing we can do about that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Hypocrites shouldn't be taken seriously. If someone professes X should be done and is choosing not to do it, they belie their own stance.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

People put far too much emphasis on hypocrisy. Being a hypocrite has nothing to do with whether you are right or wrong.

If a murderer says "murdering is wrong", does him being a hypocrite make that statement any less true?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

the banding on this jpeg made me think my OLED had blown up

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

how high do you have your contrast set lmao? i turned my brightness all the way up and i can barely identify any artifacts

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

sorry i didn't see your message, but it's an OLED, it has the most contrast by definition