Million Mask March?

[szug-bot]

Is that so bad? It probably is a trademark thing.

[doo dah]

Originally Posted by szug-bot

Is that so bad? It probably is a trademark thing.

Just seems strange to me that the protestors are so willing to use a commercial image.

[szug-bot]

Originally Posted by doo dah

Just seems strange to me that the protestors are so willing to use a commercial image.

Well, that's OK, I guess. You can't live 100% without the use of corporate goods and services. That is not selling out, like aging rock bands do.

[doo dah]

Originally Posted by szug-bot

Well, that's OK, I guess. You can't live 100% without the use of corporate goods and services. That is not selling out, like aging rock bands do.

What a strange comparison.

[Pughnose]

Originally Posted by airwave09

The entire point of a protest movement and what powers it are the ideas behind it. What the people wear or act like is completely irrelevant.

Wrong. People judge others by their actions and choices, and rightly so. Talk is cheap; walking the walk speaks strongly. (On the other hand, failure to do so is called "hypocrisy" and tends to bring disrepute upon both the ideals and the advocate.)

Of course, I admit that noisy groups bring out the contrarian in me. I ate a Subway sandwich for the first time in years when I saw a sign-wagging crowd blocking the door in protest, and last week a chanting group of protesters outside a Planned Parenthood inspired me to enter (through two sets of monitored locked doors, I might add) to make my first donation to that group.

[szug-bot]

Originally Posted by Pughnose

Of course, I admit that noisy groups bring out the contrarian in me. I ate a Subway sandwich for the first time in years when I saw a sign-wagging crowd blocking the door in protest,

what was the beef with Subway?

[Pughnose]

Originally Posted by szug-bot

what was the beef with Subway?

Dunno, guess they just had their buns in a knot.

Actually, it was in Seattle during the run-up to the $15 minimum wage initiative vote. They were making the rounds of fast-food joints in high-traffic areas.

[airwave09]

Originally Posted by Pughnose

Wrong. People judge others by their actions and choices, and rightly so. Talk is cheap; walking the walk speaks strongly. (On the other hand, failure to do so is called "hypocrisy" and tends to bring disrepute upon both the ideals and the advocate.)

I agree that people judge others all of the time, but what does this have to do with a protest movement? Most large protests (and this was indeed one that spanned the entire world), have an extremely diverse group of people coming together under one or several common goals.

What a small subset of said group does or wears is irrelevant to the overall movement goals and should not prevent people from sympathizing or joining a protest when they agree with those goals. Feel free to judge a few mask wearers all you want, but my point still stands.

Of course, I admit that noisy groups bring out the contrarian in me. I ate a Subway sandwich for the first time in years when I saw a sign-wagging crowd blocking the door in protest, and last week a chanting group of protesters outside a Planned Parenthood inspired me to enter (through two sets of monitored locked doors, I might add) to make my first donation to that group.

So basically, you just go against whatever protest is happening nearby without knowing or caring what they are about. Sounds to me like a pretty pointless thing to do, but hey whatever floats your boat I guess.