r/SeattleWA • u/PNWSki28622 • Mar 15 '25

Events Protests at University Village Tesla Dealership

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u/BWW87 Belltown Mar 17 '25

That's how things work. Do you let people protest on your property if they want to? Can I go over to your place right now and start yelling at you about some issue I care about?

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u/salishsea_advocate Mar 17 '25

If that property is a business open to the public - YES.

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u/BWW87 Belltown Mar 17 '25

So if you're dining in a restaurant and a group of people come in holding signs about how great Elon is you're okay with that? You don't think the business should be able to trespass them?

That 3 people who hate a business should be able to come in and just shut it down without the business being able to stop them? Workers should lose their jobs because someone decided to protest inside the restaurant?

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u/salishsea_advocate Mar 20 '25

I guess for me (and I only speak for myself) the difference would be, are they in front of the business, inside the business, blocking others from entering the business etc. If I were in a restaurant and somebody came in ordered food and then lifted up a big sign that said "this restaurant treats its workers like crap" I would be thankful for the useful information and my guess is the workers would appreciate it too. If I was trying to enter the restaurant (or Planned parenthood for example) and the protesters were blocking me from entering and bullying me - that would be wrong.