• Big P@feddit.uk
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    1 year ago

    Protests can’t just be conviniently moved out of the way

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      1 year ago

      No countries recognize a right to protest at any time and location. Imagine if someone could protest the government by just forming a human circle around the leaders shouting, “you can’t move us!” or by standing in a library and yelling constantly.

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        1 year ago

        True, I don’t want someone to be able to “protest” in front of my front door and stop me going in. The purpose of protest is to be inconveniencing through as only allowing it in places where it can be ignored only serves to allow you to shout into the void