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When did our country get so damn complacent with "authorized demonstration areas"?
I don't have much of a stake in the whole conflict over there other than I hope the needless misery and suffering end immediately. But this woman's comments are just so damn out of touch and pathetic. Protests are meant to disrupt and make people uncomfortable. That's literally the point. You don't get shit done by being polite when everyone is ignoring you and trying to shove you in a closet to make you go away. You get louder and more aggressive until others realize that ignoring you isn't going to work in the long term.
Oh no no, we’re very progressive and advocate for protesting! But you have to warn us beforehand, and you can only protest over there where it’s far away and no one will see you, and you can only protest about certain things, and if we think the protests are actually working, regardless if you follow the 800 rules we require, then we have the right to arrest and break it up anyway.
But otherwise we’re progressive and will let you protest! ☺️
This is the US where rhe KKK marching on the statehouse grounds is perfectly fine because eVeRyOnE gEtS a VoIcE, but BLM is demonized.
Of course they made petty protest restrictions so they could use it on anyone who opposes the status quo. This country loves to talk about freedom while denying it when anyone who actually needs to be heard wants to speak.