CyclopsRock
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I can't tell if you think protesting on runways is ok or you're just in this thread talking about things that aren't to do with this thread.
Black Lives Matter protestors close London City Airport runway
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I can't tell if you think protesting on runways is ok or you're just in this thread talking about things that aren't to do with this thread.
GeordieMark
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I agree with you, which is why I find it ironic that the idea of a protest vote is scorned by the majority of GAF, certainly in the Brexit threads. Same principle applies in my mind.
In this case, there is plenty to criticise without going near the method of protest. It worked; it got the attention of the press. Unfortunately, it might have been better if this one hadn't been quite so successful as it has put the spotlight on the dubious claims made by the protesters, which doesn't help the wider cause. I think the US BLM protesters have good cause to be a bit pissed at these UK folks for diluting their message with silly claims and wrong-headedness.
CyclopsRock
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Nope. This whole thread has been a joke. LOL!
Gordon Shumway
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TELL HIM!!
Shmuppers
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I don't like the thought of other leftist movements trying to take over BLM's message. We have a hard enough time getting representation without being dismissed, we don't need other folks coming in and trying to diminish the cause to a joke to suit their own ends.
I am understanding somewhat of BLM UK or whoever is in charge over there, cause they want their climate change issues heard, fine.
But co-opting another movement doesn't do you any favors besides make things harder for others. If you want to talk about climate change and immigration in particualr, you should rename your organization to something more pertinent to the direct Euro centric issues of your location, or something having to do more directly with Climate change.
I am understanding somewhat of BLM UK or whoever is in charge over there, cause they want their climate change issues heard, fine.
But co-opting another movement doesn't do you any favors besides make things harder for others. If you want to talk about climate change and immigration in particualr, you should rename your organization to something more pertinent to the direct Euro centric issues of your location, or something having to do more directly with Climate change.
andthebeatgoeson
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Protest votes do not exist in private voting because no one can read into your intentions. You do not control the narrative. They exist in public votes where you know you're going to lose and want to signal your position regardless.
It was worth it for one of the most amazing images of our time:
As amazing now as it was five years ago.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
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As someone who personally knows many of the Birmingham "rioters" :-
It was nothing more than a excuse to commit robberies, loot jewellery stores and act tough infront of police.
Dreams-Visions
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...huh.
I uh...huh.
I uh...huh.
It was worth it for one of the most amazing images of our time:
Hahaha thanks, I haven't seen that in so long that I forgot about it. That photo is amazing.
GeordieMark
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I agree on an individual level, but on the bigger scale I think they do.
Anyway, that's one for another thread. Don't want to derail.
DON'T DEAD. OPEN INSIDE.
It was worth it for one of the most amazing images of our time:
His mates told him they were going to rob Curry's.
excelsiorlef
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Protest votes aren't a protest. A protest needs to you know be visible
GeordieMark
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The results are visible.
That's not to say Birmingham wasn't hit hard. I know people who had their businesses broken in to and robbed. I know of families who had their family businesses burnt to the ground. I know people who were beaten up (by both rioters and police) simply because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time.
PdotMichael
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I like the claim that the airport is in the middle of a black dominated place, when in reality that Asians are the largest minority group around that area.
AcademicSaucer
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Dat airport security. ISIS is taking notes right now.
I think that solves most problems.
depths20XX
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Lol this seems like a joke. Why don't they just arrest them?
Your vote isn't. And that's the important part.
The takeaway in a Gore/Bush scenario w/ Nader voters isn't to indulge them. It's to write them off.
MilkyJoe
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Bravo, good Sir Knight!
I'm not sure what you are saying, but under no circumstance is it OK to erect a blockade, no matter how small, on a runway. A RUNWAY!!!
King Gilga
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I lived right next to the city airport, like literally right right there, always thought it was cool, some tiny ass thing, maybe it's because I was semi used to it from living near heathrow, but the planes taking off never really bugged me and I didn't notice them 90% of the time.
I don't care who the fuck says what, Pluto is still is and always will be a planet to me.
I don't care who the fuck says what, Pluto is still is and always will be a planet to me.
I said literally the same thing in the other thread and some people disagreed with me. It's a bit hard for me to take UK BLM seriously when the number of people killed by police in the UK can be anywhere from you can't divide by 0 to like literally 1/300th the annual number of people shot by US police.
Gordon is trying to trick you all anyways. He want's Pluto to be a planet to get tax breaks on setting up Cat Diners' there. Everyone with their ulterior motives I tell you.
excelsiorlef
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The results end up usually electing people who are ideological opposite to those protest voting. Which means the party they're trying to influence is more likely to move away from the ideological location of the protesters not towards.
Shame the message isn't. No one knows what this group is even protesting about. One of them on the news said something about the pollution of the airport was detrimental to the local black population. What about the non black population? Is the government secretly supplying them with air filters so they don't suffer? It's a confused message mixing random issues that just comes across as nonsense.
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