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3·2 days agoLet them eat cake.
Do you want Luigis?
'cuz this is how you get Luigis.
172·4 days agoThere appears to be a lack of “centrist”, non-political, or right-wing voices (and I don’t mean extreme MAGA-type views, but rather more moderate conservative positions).
They hang out in /modlog.
7·5 days agoYeah, this is about the 15th time they’ve done that.
It’s easier and more effective to just get yourself banned.
11·8 days agoTikTok engages in interstate commerce by selling ads on its platform. Congress can’t prevent TikTok’s speech, but they can shut down their business.
Obstructing general traffic is only a valid form of protest if your cause is “increase the penalties for jaywalking” or “general misanthropy”.
The only valid metric to measure against is their stated intent. Harassing the general public is only a “better option” if their intention is to stiffen the laws against jaywalking, as that is the only effect they have managed to achieve.
The last time an ICE car dealership was torched in connection with a protest was four years ago in Kenosha, and it wasn’t even for environmental activism.
Muffler shops are only necessary for ICE vehicles; When has a muffler shop ever been involved in a protest?
Many states have emission testing requirements for ICE cars; when have testing facilities ever been targeted by environmental protesters?
JSO could immediately increase the costs of doing business to ICE dealerships, (and gain notoriety), simply by writing letters to ICE dealerships demanding that they put only electric vehicles on display.
Yes, that’s called “Winter”.
They have had more success convincing governments to increase the penalties for jaywalking.
They would have better results picketing a gas station.
They’d have much better results targeting ICE cars on dealer lots.
Exactly.
This wouldn’t be a problem if average workers were compensated, in part, with shares of the business. When automation comes and takes your job, you lose the hourly portion of your pay. But the shares you own suddenly start paying more.
They’ll come around eventually. Have a little faith.
Yeah, that’s kinda my point: How the hell is the oil industry being inconvenienced by obstructing traffic?
What they are accomplishing by standing in the street is convincing the general public to make jaywalking a felony.
What they are doing is illegal; they clearly don’t have a problem violating the law to achieve their goals. That doesn’t bother me so much; civil disobedience is a cornerstone of civic action. What pisses me off is that they are targeting victims of the oil industry, rather than the perpetrators.
If they insist on taking illegal actions, there are plenty they could take without targeting victims. The could rob gas stations or muffler shops, for example. They could threaten to torch new ICE cars on dealer lots. That would force them to hire overnight security, and would raise the insurance rates on every ICE car dealer.
Target the fucking oil industries, and stay the fuck out of the roads.
Agreed, you’re a dick if you put this on your car.
You’re also a dick if you stand in the road, blocking traffic instead of, say, a gas station.
Post with a screenshot someone posted elsewhere in the thread
Yeah, they were responding to me. :)
I’ve never had any emergency alerts here in AZ be remotely this useless.
Ohio’s include descriptions of suspects, victims, vehicles, locations, etc.
A bunch of people, you included, told me they read the article, and then cited that article as their source. I asked for a screenshot of the alert, and explained how to get it. Eventually, someone provided the screenshot I requested, and demonstrated that this particular alert differs from every other alert I have ever seen:
Yes. End-to-end encryption solves that.