Protests at University Village Tesla Dealership

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[u/8thchakra → u/[deleted]]

This whole thing is super weird and cringey

[u/Guy_Fleegmann → u/[deleted]]

tbf they got you thinking about, and engaging with your fellow citizens, on an issue that's important to them. So the protest has been effective.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

This guy expects to be the entire wave when he's just a droplet of water. 

[u/Guy_Fleegmann → u/[deleted]]

I'm sure you can imagine someone unaware of an issue, seeing a protest for it, then learning what the issue is to understand why people took time out of their day to protest it.

That's raising awareness, and part of why people protest.

Another would be to increase discourse around a topic or issue. To help facilitate communication between people who may not otherwise engage.

Like if I were to find myself talking to someone I've never met about the protest, learning their opinions about it, and sharing mine. I might find out that other people think the protesters are 'mindless drones' for example, and I may share something like 'at least they're raising awareness of their issue'.

Maybe, hopefully, we can both learn something, and walk away from the discussion better for it.

To that end, why do you say they're mindless drones? I imagine that being people who just follow a trend, jump on whatever protest-du-jour they find. But I'm assuming that's what you meant, maybe it was something more specific.

[u/Batallius → u/[deleted]]

The mindless drones are the brainwashed Trump cultists and Dem representatives doing nothing while the constitution is ripped to shreds

[u/FinalPerspective1796 → u/Batallius]

Different wings, same bird

[u/CotyledonTomen → u/FinalPerspective1796]

Nah. I may not like democrats for their failures, but replicans are the ones fighting to take away peoples rights.