What would you do?

[Dixie McCall]

What would you do?

I would have rammed right through as hard as I could and it would have felt great .And then proudly gone to jail.

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[Dragapult]

Ask them to let me pass by. If they refuse, I can either go down another aisle, or inform a store manager that customers are blocking an aisle. I would prefer to let them handle it rather than do what they want, which is to attract attention and get myself in trouble.

 

[Dixie McCall]

Ask them to let me pass by. If they refuse, I can either go down another aisle, or inform a store manager that customers are blocking an aisle. I would prefer to let them handle it rather than do what they want, which is to attract attention and get myself in trouble.

Yeah but if you (the world) keeps placating these losers it just emboldens them .The store manager didn’t appear to have much gumption. I talk tough over my keyboard but I probably would have just verbally lost it on them while secretly hoping one would touch me so I could wail on them then.

 

[Dragapult]

Yeah but if you (the world) keeps placating these losers it just emboldens them

Someone expressing their beliefs that might be different from mine doesn't make them losers. And if you want to cause them physical harm, what does that say about you?

The proper course of action is to inform the store manager. If they are too weak-willed to do anything, that's not your problem. You can make a free market decision not to shop at that store anymore. Nothing brings about change more than lost revenue. When the store starts to look at their books and wonder why they're losing money, they'll have to question their management policies. Are the products bad? Is the service bad? Are people complaining because shopping there is frustrating? That's what voting with your wallet can do.

Also, the store manager can call the police if they still refuse to leave. Getting physically involved to the point of wanting to harm people because they are doing something you don't like makes you no better than them, and opens you up to legal consequences.

 

[Dixie McCall]

Someone expressing their beliefs that might be different from mine doesn't make them losers. And if you want to cause them physical harm, what does that say about you?

The proper course of action is to inform the store manager. If they are too weak-willed to do anything, that's not your problem. You can make a free market decision not to shop at that store anymore. Nothing brings about change more than lost revenue. When the store starts to look at their books and wonder why they're losing money, they'll have to question their management policies. Are the products bad? Is the service bad? Are people complaining because shopping there is frustrating? That's what voting with your wallet can do.

Also, the store manager can call the police if they still refuse to leave. Getting physically involved to the point of wanting to harm people because they are doing something you don't like makes you no better than them, and opens you up to legal consequences.

Oh brother. It’s not about beliefs in the least it’s about pushing their crap on other people and making other people’s lives inconvenient. Actually I have no idea what they are protesting and don’t give a . Express your beliefs all you want just don’t obstruct my life in any way whatsoever.

And yes, they are losers who seem to have time to protest during work hours (professional agitators?) and think it’s okay to obstruct other people’s lives for their cause but heaven forbid other people stop them then they are the victims. Yeah the world is tired of their

People just want to go about their day without all these pathetic drains on society, getting in their way.

I have a heart condition so if I’m on my way to the hospital and one of these groups blocks the road to the hospital so am I supposed to wait until they feel like moving or run their **** over in hopes I get to the hospital in time?

If my child was having seizures in the car and we were three blocks from the hospital.. etc.

Of course any normal human wants a peaceful resolution to everything BUT these protesters hav gone from road blocks to grocery stores now.

This video below is the way it should be done. These freaks believe they are then the victims like they actually had the right to block a main road as if they owned it.

Right to protest is awesome but not when it’s detrimental to safety and gets in the way of commerce and living.

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[Suzanne O]

Extreme rebellion are an annoying group of protesters

 

[Dragapult]

It’s not about beliefs in the least it’s about pushing their crap on other people

In what way? Where I live, people scream and shout all day long about things they believe in. They want me to sign this and sign that. Sometimes they'll run for local office and try to get some legislation enacted. Sometimes it's successful, most of the time it's not.

That's called living in society. Everyone has a voice. You're not always going to like what other people say, but they have every right to say it. Right now you are pushing what you think and believe onto others, by posting here. Some people might think the things you believe and say are crap.

This is why you stay civically active. Vote in every election. You don't like what is happening, vote against it. Sometimes you'll win. Sometimes you'll lose. But deciding who does and doesn't get to have a voice is never the right answer. After all, what happens when someone decides the stuff you're saying is crap and it's time to silence you?

 

[Dragapult]

This video below is the way it should be done.

So "the way things should be done" is physically ramming through people? Oh, I'm sorry, you meant "freaks." People who don't share your beliefs are freaks? Why stop there? Why not just murder people you don't like? Then they'll be out of your way for good.

So my takeaway is you're an extremely angry and bitter person who wants to do physical harm to anyone you don't like, and anyone you don't like is a freak.

 

[Dragapult]

Actually I have no idea what they are protesting and don’t give a .

So you're not even taking the time to learn why people are protesting, and why they might feel the way they do? So not only are you angry and bitter, you're extremely ignorant because you won't even take the time to learn about opposing ideas and viewpoints. It's very sad that people like you vote, because you are completely unwilling and seemingly unable to understand that different people have different world views and different life experiences.

 

[Mr Lucky]

This video below is the way it should be done. These freaks believe they are then the victims like they actually had the right to block a main road as if they owned it.

That video shows the police recklessly driving through a peaceful protest without checking to see if there was a toddler behind the sign they needlessly ploughed into.

 

[Dragapult]

Another thing I'd add is being proud of your ignorance is what leads to these issues in the first place.

Here's an idea: talk to these protesters. Ask what they are protesting. Learn why. Politics is (or should be) about compromise and balance. The idea is every group is able to have a little bit of what they want. That's the entire point of elections, especially local ones. They are supposed to represent what people think and what people want.

When people feel ignored and marginalized, they get loud. And angry. And start to demonstrate in ways that become harder to ignore. When people feel represented in politics, they are less inclined to act this way. Perhaps the problem is certain people think of them as freaks and don't take any time to learn, which only causes those people to continue to behave the way they do. If these protesters are feeling ignored and believe their causes are not being listened to or acted upon, they are going to keep at it. Why would they stop? Resistance is human behavior, not giving up on what you believe in is something that I learned very young to be an important virtue. That if you don't like how the world is, you should try to change it.

And the irony is this entire thread is doing nothing but giving them free publicity. That's exactly what they are looking for. Love them or hate them, making an entire thread about them means you aren't ignoring them. People who have never heard of them or what they believe in now have. And maybe someone will now be inclined to support them. It's a type of grassroots campaign that can prove successful. If they stood quietly in the corner, who would notice?