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  • Rhoeri@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Exactly. Some people think that if you have an altruistic goal, you’re exempt from the rules everyone else has to follow.

    • Sarmyth@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 year ago

      Yes, I actually agree that there are laws worth breaking for protest. I just dislike sensational headlines.

      It’s the fact that you are willing to face those charges that makes the act powerful. But phrasing it in a way that makes it look like you are in a totalitarian state, and being punished for speech instead of the crime actually committed does the movement a disservice, as you start erecting your own strawman for people to knock down.