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traveler01 ,

It’s almost like they are trying people to hate on them so oil companies can get their way.

Don’t support these protesters.

DarkThoughts ,

No. That's what people like you do who don't even understand the context of the protest.

Edit: And OP, who's likely doing this intentionally to spread his agenda.

AA5B ,

Yep, OP’s agenda is succeeding: there was no message getting across, no support gained, and I’m purposely avoiding finding out what their organization is so I don’t have to avoid donating/helping

pooperNickel ,

Yeah why don’t they know their place, where no one will notice them???

CmdrShepard ,

Yeah don’t they know about the free speech circle that exists on the other side of town underneath the freeway overpass next to the river? That’s where protests belong!

MajorSauce ,

Noted! I will go burn a few tires to teach them.

Cethin ,

It’s almost like the media is trying to make people hate them so oil companies can get their way.

Don’t support these companies.

What’s the “acceptable” form of protest in your opinion? Literally anything they do gets an article about how wrong it is, because they are trying to upset those with power.

traveler01 ,

Tell me how these protests are upsetting people with power.

woelkchen ,
@woelkchen@lemmy.world avatar

Tell me how these protests are upsetting people with power.

They downvoted you because they have no answer to your question.

gmtom ,

People in power want people to be apathetic and uneducated. Any protest that reminds people how fucked we are, and that there is this massive looming problem that the people in power are doing nothing about upsets the people with power.

traveler01 ,

Any protest that reminds people how fucked we are, and that there is this massive looming problem that the people in power are doing nothing about upsets the people with power.

Again, how this protest reminds the people in power?

gmtom ,

any protest that reminds people

The people in power want the general population to be apathetic and forget how fucked we are. So any protest that reminds them of the problem hurts the agenda of the people in power.

traveler01 ,

The people in power want the general population to be apathetic and forget how fucked we are. So any protest that reminds them of the problem hurts the agenda of the people in power.

How warning the general population will bother the people in power?

If you want to bother them you should go to them, not some random bikers.

gmtom ,

Are you even reading the comments I’m posting?

traveler01 ,

I am, don’t see any valid reason.

AA5B ,

An acceptable form of protests not only gets the message across but wins people over to your side. Meanwhile you seem to be claiming that any publicity is good publicity, as if anyone is unaware of your message, and don’t care that you’re alienating the people who could be helping you

CmdrShepard ,

How do you protest something without inconveniencing anyone in the process?

CmdrShepard , (edited )

Yep. Years back the Occupy Wallstreet protests were really gaining traction until corporate media decided to go to the camps and find the most insane examples of people to interview to represent the protest as a whole. The whole thing crumbled shortly after and Wall Street is still ruining running our lives to this day.

lemann ,

Why… just why?

fuser ,
@fuser@quex.cc avatar

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keeling_Curve

chart showing rising CO2 concentrations in earth’s atmosphere

preussischblau ,
@preussischblau@lemmy.ca avatar

I stg posts like these are just part of some sort of psyop at this point.

hglman ,

Maybe bc cycling fans will listen

dcat ,

all this does is to make sure to alienate the cyclists who would actually listen.

hglman ,

Mother fucker we all about to die from climate change and you worried about how it might make people feel bad.

Duke_Nukem_1990 ,

Where did you get that it is environmental protestors?

JohnOliver ,

cyclingnews.com/…/elite-mens-road-race-halted-by-…

Thundernerd ,

I find this so silly. I feel that all this does is make people mad instead of getting them aware and informed on what they’re protesting about.

pooperNickel ,

So you’re advocating for people being so selfish that the death of a livable environment is secondary to being fully comfortable today?

Thundernerd ,

Yes that is exactly what I’m saying. Not.

I want it to be brought to people’s attention, I want countries to take action. All I hear around me is that people who do this are seen as loonies, as idiots who don’t have anything better to do, which paints a bad picture for the cause they’re trying to bring attention to.

pooperNickel ,

Oil companies love that you think any noticeable protest is crazy.

Thundernerd ,

Stop alienating people. You’re most definitely not helping the cause either.

I also never said I think it is crazy. I find the way they’re going about it strange, sure, but if I have to choose between nothing happening or this then I’ll choose for this.

pooperNickel ,

“I think this is so silly” isn’t alienating? Ok.

Thundernerd ,

I indeed did not think that that is alienating. It might be because English is not my native tongue but thought the word silly didn’t have any negative connotations. If that is the case then my apologies for that. Do you have any suggestions which word I should’ve used? I could’ve gone for ‘strange’ or ‘weird’, but those are negative to me in this context.

I do wonder why you’re coming up against me with such a negative attitude. The way you’re writing your comments are full of blame already, even though you don’t know my stance. Just because I think the way protests like these go about it isn’t the best doesn’t mean I am the devil and I support oil companies and whatnot, that’s such a leap to make.

Especially your comment “Oil companies love that you think any noticeable protest is crazy.” is funny to me, because from my perspective YOUR comments are what oil companies love, you make me not want to associate with this subject at all.

Compactor9679 ,

Hahaha fucking idiots

intensely_human ,

The men’s road race wasn’t temporarily interrupted. When a race is interrupted, it’s done for good because you lose all the positions and momentum.

cosmicrookie OP ,
@cosmicrookie@lemmy.world avatar

You’re not watching the race are you…

intensely_human ,

Nope. But I don’t need to in order to know that races that get interrupted can’t be started again and still be valid.

cosmicrookie OP ,
@cosmicrookie@lemmy.world avatar

Well it did even after a 45 minute break.

shitpost ,

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