Have You Ever Formally Protested or Boycotted Anything?

[sunshinehighway]

Those stating they marched Saturday are also making a political statement.

And?

 

[sunshinehighway]

I do understand why I got points, I'm not trying to play innocent. Nice name calling by the way. I'm simply pointing out one side is having a political conversation in an echo chamber. Any opposing view is being silenced.

I didn't call you any names.
An opposing view isn't being silenced.

 

[3 MEN AND A BOAT]

I didn't call you any names.
An opposing view isn't being silenced.

Look at your previous post, I bolded it to make it easy to figure out.

Come on. You know why you got points for it. You were trying to be cute and make a political statement and got called out for it. Why play dumb and act like you can't possibly understand how your post could be anything but completely innocent?

 

[sunshinehighway]

Look at your previous post, I bolded it to make it easy to figure out.

How is that calling you a name? You do realize that "playing dumb" is a common idiom..or..phrase. Saying someone is playing dumb doesn't mean you are calling them dumb. Actually if you think about it, it's the opposite. When you accuse someone of playing dumb you are actually saying they are smart enough to know better.

 

[3 MEN AND A BOAT]

How is that calling you a name? You do realize that "playing dumb" is a common idiom..or..phrase. Saying someone is playing dumb doesn't mean you are calling them dumb. Actually if you think about it, it's the opposite. When you accuse someone of playing dumb you are actually saying they are smart enough to know better.

And I suspect your smart enough to see that some people are making veiled political statements unchecked so long as they are for certain ideals. While any opposing view goes poof.

 

[wilkeliza]

I do understand why I got points, I'm not trying to play innocent. Nice name calling by the way. I'm simply pointing out one side is having a political conversation in an echo chamber. Any opposing view is being silenced.

The difference is that many people have said they marched for many different causes and have not had their posts deleted or gotten points. You got points because instead of pointing out what you have done (which is what this thread is about) you posted what could be considered instigation because you said you "didn't march because you are happy". That's the difference. Why not say simply I have not marched before or I have marched for in the following movements.

 

[wilkeliza]

Because someone simply stating "they have marched in the past" is different from someone stating "they marched this past weekend."
I wonder what happened this past weekend? Why would anyone March or Protest this past weekend?
So for the same reason they protested or marched, I was happy but I got in trouble.

Again yours was due to the fact you said you didn't march this weekend and gave the reason why (because you are happy). There are subtle difference in the statements. Saying you marched this weekend (btw it was a bi-partisan event) doesn't automatically create an instigation just like we have talked about our support for or against many national retailers and food chains. Those posts are still there and no one got points. The moderators had their reasoning that your post crossed a line but do not act like it is to silence a difference of opinion.

 

[robinb]

I perceived Saturdays protests as pro-women - and know women from BOTH political sides who participated. Just because one is a republican does not mean you cease caring about womens issues!

Exactly. A high school girl that my DD knows went to the inauguration one day and the march on the next day. It's all good .

 

[Marchand63]

Really? Even after his "wetbacks", N-word and anti-semitism rants? Eweee. How can you find that attractive in a man? Gross.

After reading up on Scientology I refuse to watch anything with Tom Cruise or John Travolta.

It's not just those 2. There is a whole slew of them who are completely silent on a woman just vanishing.

 

[TLSnell1981]

The difference is that many people have said they marched for many different causes and have not had their posts deleted or gotten points. You got points because instead of pointing out what you have done (which is what this thread is about) you posted what could be considered instigation because you said you "didn't march because you are happy". That's the difference. Why not say simply I have not marched before or I have marched for in the following movements.

Discussing fashion is taboo, but commenting on last Saturday is okay. Like I said, slippery slope. I find myself backspacing or deleting..trying to stay on the "safe side" of a topic.

 

[DisneyFan32WI]

Discussing fashion is taboo, but commenting on last Saturday is okay. Like I said, slippery slope. I find myself back spacing or deleting..trying to stay on the "safe side" of a topic.

Exactly!

 

[Party.Of.4-NY>>>FL]

Really?
Mexico City gag rule
Planned Parenthood
Contraception
Roe v Wade

Control of our own bodies may not be possible in the future. Its worth marching for.

PS - I did not start the march - you would have to ask those who did why they picked that day.

I agree the marches were political. However, saying you protested on Saturday, IMO, and apparently that of the mods, is NOT political. Expounding on why you protested (or why you didn't) apparently could be considered political.

Did you happen to question the mod who gave you the points for clarification?

I agree with your assessment @sam_gordon . But, why then, wasn't the post I quoted above yours not deleted?

 

[Domo]

I participated in a vote against a political notion - not law or anything - that attracted over four million signatures in three days (the protest did, not the notion!). Didn't do much good, but hey

 

[sunshinehighway]

I agree with your assessmen @sam_gordon . But, why then, wasn't the post I quoted above yours not deleted?

Who knows why they decide to let one post stay but not another. If you go back through the thread and look, you will see posts that talk about that "opposing view". There's even at least one post that mentions going to a pro life march. Honestly it's probably the tone of the complaining poster's post that got it poofed. It seems to me people are posting about boycotting, protesting and frequenting all different types of things. The reasoning on a lot of those is quite clear and they really show different sides.
It's ridiculous to pretend only posts with a certain viewpoint are allowed based on the poofing of one post which was clearly meant to stir the pot.

 

[disney junky]

I just want to say I love the book Three Men and a Boat. It's hysterical.

 

[chicagodisneyfan]

Like I said, political.

And I suspect your smart enough to see that some people are making veiled political statements unchecked so long as they are for certain ideals. While any opposing view goes poof.

It's interesting to read that. I've always felt the board moderation leaned more to the right. And I've been on here a long time - the debate board used to get pretty hot.
But you appear to think otherwise.

Again i don't think being pro-women is political. It's a sign of being a human being.

 

[DisneyOma]

But the fact remains that white men did in fact march, fight and protest. And those "white landowner guys" were the Forefathers of our Country. God forbid we acknowledge them.

Would have been nice if they had fought for all of us, male, female, white, black, etc. They were fighting for their own rights to govern themselves, setting up a government of white male landowners.

Congratulations on your lineage. You must be so proud! Although I'm not really sure what that has to do with anything. LOL.

ETA:
Just out of curiosity and if I may, what SHOULD have our forefathers been fighting for in your opinion?

For all people's rights, male, female, black, white, landowners, tenants, etc. Then we wouldn't still have to fight for them today.

 

[Party.Of.4-NY>>>FL]

It's interesting to read that. I've always felt the board moderation leaned more to the right. And I've been on here a long time - the debate board used to get pretty hot.
But you appear to think otherwise.

Again i don't think being pro-women is political. It's a sign of being a human being.

Yes. I would have to agree with that. Being pro-women IS a sign of being a human being.
I think a better, more encompassing way to say that would be being pro-human being is a sign of being a human being. Not political at all. Just love for the beauty of all things human.

 

[Party.Of.4-NY>>>FL]

For all people's rights, male, female, black, white, landowners, tenants, etc. Then we wouldn't still have to fight for them today.

Yep. That would have been great if they did.

They did, however, fight for something that would eventually pave the way for all people in this country to speak out against inequality. Which, until then, existed no where also on earth. So that's one good thing I guess.

 

[Hikergirl]

Would have been nice if they had fought for all of us, male, female, white, black, etc. They were fighting for their own rights to govern themselves, setting up a government of white male landowners.

Again, that doesn't change the fact that they fought. Something that was said in this thread that white males never had to do.
On top of that the risked death by committing treason in the name of freedom.
Clearly you don't think that was good enough so we will just have to agree to disagree on that.