r/sadposting • • 6h ago

This breaks my heart šŸ’”

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u/Successful_Bus_8772 5h ago

Far too many take issues with their government and take it out on their fellow citizens. If you are going to target a building at least pick your targets right.

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u/PraireGentleman 1h ago

It’s because we made it a habit to never criticize protesters. Any criticism of a protest meant you are automatically against the protesters’ cause. We made protesting into a participation trophy where what you accomplish matters less than showing up. Even when you’re literally just throwing soup on art because they were made with oil paints, there was some people legitimately defending that protest because of something that means nothing; ā€œits for a good causeā€, ā€œat least they’re getting a conversation startedā€, ā€œand ā€œit’s more than most people doā€.

If I went outside and screamed in the middle of my street for an hour, then when I got arrested said I was ā€œgiving a voice to silent peopleā€, I’d have done as effective a protest as most modern ā€œprotestersā€