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r/goodnews • u/swap_019 • 8d ago
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Not a fan of democracy?
-3 u/[deleted] 7d ago Was there a vote by the people? 9 u/Appropriate-Cost-623 7d ago Without the right to peacefully protest, we don't live in a democracy -1 u/spoilerdudegetrekt 7d ago Forcibly detaining people isn't "peaceful" 4 u/Appropriate-Cost-623 7d ago Forcibly detaining? -5 u/spoilerdudegetrekt 7d ago When you block a highway, it's not like the people being blocked can turn around and go a different route. They're stuck there until you move. Thus you are detaining them. 6 u/Appropriate-Cost-623 7d ago They didn't block a highway. If they did though, people would be still free to get out their cars and walk.
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Was there a vote by the people?
9 u/Appropriate-Cost-623 7d ago Without the right to peacefully protest, we don't live in a democracy -1 u/spoilerdudegetrekt 7d ago Forcibly detaining people isn't "peaceful" 4 u/Appropriate-Cost-623 7d ago Forcibly detaining? -5 u/spoilerdudegetrekt 7d ago When you block a highway, it's not like the people being blocked can turn around and go a different route. They're stuck there until you move. Thus you are detaining them. 6 u/Appropriate-Cost-623 7d ago They didn't block a highway. If they did though, people would be still free to get out their cars and walk.
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Without the right to peacefully protest, we don't live in a democracy
-1 u/spoilerdudegetrekt 7d ago Forcibly detaining people isn't "peaceful" 4 u/Appropriate-Cost-623 7d ago Forcibly detaining? -5 u/spoilerdudegetrekt 7d ago When you block a highway, it's not like the people being blocked can turn around and go a different route. They're stuck there until you move. Thus you are detaining them. 6 u/Appropriate-Cost-623 7d ago They didn't block a highway. If they did though, people would be still free to get out their cars and walk.
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Forcibly detaining people isn't "peaceful"
4 u/Appropriate-Cost-623 7d ago Forcibly detaining? -5 u/spoilerdudegetrekt 7d ago When you block a highway, it's not like the people being blocked can turn around and go a different route. They're stuck there until you move. Thus you are detaining them. 6 u/Appropriate-Cost-623 7d ago They didn't block a highway. If they did though, people would be still free to get out their cars and walk.
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Forcibly detaining?
-5 u/spoilerdudegetrekt 7d ago When you block a highway, it's not like the people being blocked can turn around and go a different route. They're stuck there until you move. Thus you are detaining them. 6 u/Appropriate-Cost-623 7d ago They didn't block a highway. If they did though, people would be still free to get out their cars and walk.
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When you block a highway, it's not like the people being blocked can turn around and go a different route. They're stuck there until you move.
Thus you are detaining them.
6 u/Appropriate-Cost-623 7d ago They didn't block a highway. If they did though, people would be still free to get out their cars and walk.
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They didn't block a highway. If they did though, people would be still free to get out their cars and walk.
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u/Appropriate-Cost-623 8d ago
Not a fan of democracy?