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In reply to the discussion: Black Lives Matter protesters block roads to airports in Minneapolis, San Francisco [View all]Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)1) Inconveniencing you is not "hurting" you.
2) If your support for people protesting for their human rights can be voided by them blocking traffic, your support was purely decorative in the first place.
3) Economic disruption is not just a valid tactic, it is the valid tactic. Men and women weren't sitting down at lunch counters because they just wanted a sandwich.
4) Success does not hinge on making people like you, it hinges on making people know why you're there and that you won't go away until you succeed.
5) Those outside a cause do not get to decide what is or is not "damaging to the cause." You want a say, you need to get involved, and earn your say.
6) Pissing people off is the goddamn point of any protest. It doesn't matter if they're pissed at you or for you, either.
7) The people putting their asses out there have done more thinking about it than you have. Guaranteed.