Voyarel@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · edit-219 hours agoThis is an official account of the US Governmentlemmy.worldimagemessage-square89fedilinkarrow-up1823arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1817arrow-down1imageThis is an official account of the US Governmentlemmy.worldVoyarel@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · edit-219 hours agomessage-square89fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarecassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·18 hours agoSo what is the utility of protests, of asking?
minus-squareIronBird@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·17 hours agohistorically they act as a show of force for what may ir may not happen if you ignore the peaceful request behind them
minus-squarecassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 hours agoSo, if you never do anything else and authorities don’t give a shit; nothing?
minus-squareIronBird@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-214 hours agoyup, hence… waves arms around, looking at state of the US
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 hours agoIt lets the state know who you are so they can attack you.
minus-squareFlexibleToast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·18 hours agoNone. That’s why it’s acceptable to do.
So what is the utility of protests, of asking?
historically they act as a show of force for what may ir may not happen if you ignore the peaceful request behind them
So, if you never do anything else and authorities don’t give a shit; nothing?
yup, hence…
waves arms around, looking at state of the US
It lets the state know who you are so they can attack you.
None. That’s why it’s acceptable to do.
Networking and testing the state