It’s a riff and disparagement of the saying “Black Lives Matter”, which in and of itself rules out any funniness, imo. That it’s about threatening violence against pedestrians just makes it worse.
Could be taken as a riff on “all lives matter”, the racists’ retort to Black Lives Matter. But then you’d need to have tiki torches and klansmen being run over.
Yeah, that’s kinda my point: How the hell is the oil industry being inconvenienced by obstructing traffic?
What they are accomplishing by standing in the street is convincing the general public to make jaywalking a felony.
What they are doing is illegal; they clearly don’t have a problem violating the law to achieve their goals. That doesn’t bother me so much; civil disobedience is a cornerstone of civic action. What pisses me off is that they are targeting victims of the oil industry, rather than the perpetrators.
If they insist on taking illegal actions, there are plenty they could take without targeting victims. The could rob gas stations or muffler shops, for example. They could threaten to torch new ICE cars on dealer lots. That would force them to hire overnight security, and would raise the insurance rates on every ICE car dealer.
Target the fucking oil industries, and stay the fuck out of the roads.
The last time an ICE car dealership was torched in connection with a protest was four years ago in Kenosha, and it wasn’t even for environmental activism.
Muffler shops are only necessary for ICE vehicles; When has a muffler shop ever been involved in a protest?
Many states have emission testing requirements for ICE cars; when have testing facilities ever been targeted by environmental protesters?
JSO could immediately increase the costs of doing business to ICE dealerships, (and gain notoriety), simply by writing letters to ICE dealerships demanding that they put only electric vehicles on display.
I don’t like the attitude behind it, but taken by itself, the phrase “all lives splatter” is kinda funny.
Still, you’re a dick if you put this on your car.
It’s a riff and disparagement of the saying “Black Lives Matter”, which in and of itself rules out any funniness, imo. That it’s about threatening violence against pedestrians just makes it worse.
Could be taken as a riff on “all lives matter”, the racists’ retort to Black Lives Matter. But then you’d need to have tiki torches and klansmen being run over.
Agreed, you’re a dick if you put this on your car.
You’re also a dick if you stand in the road, blocking traffic instead of, say, a gas station.
Protests must cause inconvenience or they are simply ignored.
Yeah, that’s kinda my point: How the hell is the oil industry being inconvenienced by obstructing traffic?
What they are accomplishing by standing in the street is convincing the general public to make jaywalking a felony.
What they are doing is illegal; they clearly don’t have a problem violating the law to achieve their goals. That doesn’t bother me so much; civil disobedience is a cornerstone of civic action. What pisses me off is that they are targeting victims of the oil industry, rather than the perpetrators.
If they insist on taking illegal actions, there are plenty they could take without targeting victims. The could rob gas stations or muffler shops, for example. They could threaten to torch new ICE cars on dealer lots. That would force them to hire overnight security, and would raise the insurance rates on every ICE car dealer.
Target the fucking oil industries, and stay the fuck out of the roads.
Oil companies get targeted all the time, but it’s mostly the protests that affect many people that make it to the news
The last time an ICE car dealership was torched in connection with a protest was four years ago in Kenosha, and it wasn’t even for environmental activism.
Muffler shops are only necessary for ICE vehicles; When has a muffler shop ever been involved in a protest?
Many states have emission testing requirements for ICE cars; when have testing facilities ever been targeted by environmental protesters?
JSO could immediately increase the costs of doing business to ICE dealerships, (and gain notoriety), simply by writing letters to ICE dealerships demanding that they put only electric vehicles on display.
Common logic, mass downvoted by Lemmy; not surprising at all.
They’ll come around eventually. Have a little faith.