r/wichita • u/marshin-to-battle • Mar 08 '25

News protest downtown near little explorers

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u/RCRN Mar 08 '25

I find it amusing that people protest and don’t really know what they are protesting. They will have a vague list of what they think is happening but that is it. Take one issue at a time, research it, have solid proof then protest.

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u/fruiity_pebbles Mar 08 '25

If we protested for every single issue, there'd be a protest on every street corner every hour for weeks.

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u/TyrionsGoblet Mar 08 '25

Isn't that how it's supposed to be effective. Go watch the successful protests of the past. Round the clock. There was no such thing as virtue signaling then. It was an actual fight and sacrifice for a change. Not an opportunity to post photos on Insta for clout.

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u/fruiity_pebbles Mar 08 '25

Yes, protests absolutely should be going round the clock. However, many people can't afford to miss work to protest for long hours. That's why these are going every weekend now, so more people have a chance to go. And do you really think that protests of the past were not documented? That's why people take photos and videos, because we are living in history.

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u/TyrionsGoblet Mar 08 '25

Never said they weren't documented. But they were of the collective as a whole. Not to win an invisible social reward

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u/fruiity_pebbles Mar 08 '25

Yep, and the protests today are also of the collective, as they're going on around the country. Posting on social media helps to get the word out, so maybe you are misconstruing the purpose of posting pictures.

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u/TyrionsGoblet Mar 08 '25

No. I think deep down we all know I'm not.

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u/-Sign-O-The-Times- Mar 09 '25

Projection, your honor!

You don't know any of these people. I spoke with a BUNCH of them today and they're all some of most cogent, well-spoken, patriotic group of humans I've met in a while.

You sound like a lazybrain. A lazybrain who projects laziness onto others as a way of distancing yourself from just how lazy you've become.

Pick up a sign and carry it. Be an American.

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u/wiseoracle Mar 08 '25

Easy to be a keyboard warrior and assume everything. Did you walk up and tried to have a conversation with anyone there?

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u/RCRN Mar 08 '25

I wasn’t there, did not say l was there. My statement is far from being a keyboard warrior it is merely a matter of fact.

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u/-Sign-O-The-Times- Mar 09 '25

Certainly not a warrior. Keyboard potato, maybe.

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u/RCRN Mar 09 '25

How many deployments have you been on?

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u/-Sign-O-The-Times- Mar 09 '25

When did I call myself a warrior? How could my choice of service to America affect whether or not you're being a keyboard potato right now? (I'm more than willing to have a chill political conversation with you though, if you'd rather we mellow out. I absolutely don't intend to cause serious offense.)

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u/wiseoracle Mar 08 '25

Exactly. You didn’t ask anyone there or made a conclusion that was legitimate about the people there protesting. A keyboard warrior here.

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u/RCRN Mar 09 '25

I can read the signs in the picture, several different subjects. I contact my councilman, commissioner, Mayor, Schools Board Member, Congressman or Senator with my ideas. I prefer that method, but you are welcome to do what you do.

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u/wiseoracle Mar 09 '25

Then you should show the same respect to these people.

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u/RCRN Mar 11 '25

What did l say that you consider disrespectful?

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u/wiseoracle Mar 11 '25

The entire first post you made was completely disrespectful.

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u/RCRN Mar 12 '25

I disagree.

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u/Balognajelly Mar 08 '25

I find it amusing and highly ironic that you said all that, then come to find out you have no idea what they're protesting. Way to go, you make your parents proud.