LGBTQIA+ on Sidechat | I 100% back protesting against ICE and the government whenever I can, but I think people saying not go to work or school or don’t use services from specific companies are saying that from a place pf privilege.

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LGBTQIA+ 1w

I 100% back protesting against ICE and the government whenever I can, but I think people saying not go to work or school or don’t use services from specific companies are saying that from a place pf privilege.

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Anonymous 1w

Most of what I have seen has said that many people understand that sometimes it’s not possible to participate in protests like this. And I could understand how people may consider me “privileged”. I was lucky enough to not have work, so I just didn’t participate in economic growth, such as shopping. But honestly it’s totally fine if you can’t participate to the extent others are. Any support is good support.

Anonymous 1w

Right like I can’t get fired from my job or fail school rn

Anonymous 1w

I think there’s an awareness that you shouldn’t obviously harm yourself, but it’s rather reducing as much as you can within your means. Aka the message is kinda aimed at privileged people

Anonymous 1w

Honestly at this point there’s a lot more you can do than economic stuff. Stockpile food and medicine, buy a gun, learn how to use it. Meet your neighbors in case they get kidnapped by the government, etc

Anonymous 1w

The jobs and school yes but saying not to order Starbucks or go to target is not a privilege. There are better and cheaper options

Anonymous 1w

Bean soup theory. If you literally can’t then don’t but like if you can then it is a very effective protest move.

Anonymous 1w

I think it’s mostly aimed at people who have the ability to.

Anonymous 1w

I didn’t even know about this protest until I was already coming home

Anonymous 1w

You are right. Unfortunately because it’s taking us this long to organize we don’t have mutual aid networks that span every state. Realistically I think the only way we could do this so if a celebrity or oligarch of some kind invested heavily in it and influenced employers to allow for this. I do not see that happening unless Dolly Parton suddenly gets half of Hollywood on board into funding those specific networks.

Anonymous 1w

I think it’s one of the most lazy forms of protest

Anonymous

#1 1w

Bruh you can't get fired out fail if everyone stands together in solidarity. That's the whole point but you idiots succumb to fear. I have almost nothing and I'm not going to make rent this month but I still did my part. It's a shame not many people did.

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Anonymous

#10 1w

Hey so my job doesn’t care about the protests at all and WILL fire me if I miss so many shifts. This is such a small-minded response. “Succumbing to fear” isn’t what’s happening, it’s people supporting how they can while trying to survive

Anonymous

#10 1w

You not making rent though month won’t get you an award for activism or something. It just means you could be kicked out of your apartment

Anonymous

#9 1w

Like with good old boycotting at least then you had to go out of your way like when they boycott the bus they still did what they want. They just refused to use the bus. Like sometimes less is more instead of boycotting a list of things boycott like 3 big things.

Anonymous

#10 1w

It’s important to protest and be active in your community the best of your ability. But don’t risk loosing your housing or fail out of school??? That’s unnecessary

Anonymous

#10 1w

Maybe you should work for a nonprofit if you’re such a good activist because rn you’re just becoming another thing people will protest over

Anonymous 1w

I’m telling 10 that it is not sustainable to get kicked out of your apartment because you couldn’t make rent because you were protesting or being an activist if that is who you are as a person work for a nonprofit for a cause you believe in you’ll get paid at least

Anonymous 1w

I 100% agree that you don’t need to make yourself jobless and homeless and that doing so doesn’t help anyone

Anonymous

#9 1w

My bad #9! I didn’t read the numbers right

Anonymous

#1 1w

Nah you good also in my area personally no protest are happening i don’t live in an area where people protest and my job probably cares about the cause but not enough not to fire my ass

Anonymous

#12 1w

I think what’s realistic for our current reality is this will continue to get worse. Middle class Trumpers will start feeling the pinch and pressure. They’ll lose a couple more rights. Then they will crack and only then will things start moving in that direction.

Anonymous

#1 1w

Yeah that's exactly what's happening. You're afraid of losing your job. Having a job worth keeping is a privilege. I lost my entire support system and I'm still living. I still found a way.

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Anonymous

#10 1w

Dude you don’t get a award for suffering the most

Anonymous

#10 1w

What is up with this superiority complex lol

Anonymous

stabby_sapphic 1w

I was abt to say the same thing