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"I see your point, but... downvotes" -Lemmy
The person proposed that people protesting climate change shouldn't block roads because cars are more important (or something - they didn't argue all that thoroughly and their one example wasn't as they described it)
I think they deserve the down votes
I think the point is that making people hate you isn't going to bring them to your side. If you look at the successful protests throughout history, you'll find that none of them tried to make the general public hate them.
The goal isn't to get random people hearing about it to support you. The goal is to sabotage and disrupt fossil fuel production or consumption. Being inconvenient is the entire point.
If that was the goal, they are even less successful than I thought. No wonder the big oil companies are willing to fund them.
This is indeed what the masses do on every social platform. Too lazy to have a discussion or formulating a response. Down vote, and on with my day, let's go. 👉
I see at least a dozen of answers, and they all add something to the discussion instead of just repeating "don't block traffic".
I said "the masses".