r/comics • Smuggies • Jul 28 '26

OC Please resist responsibly

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u/ArchedRobin321 Jul 28 '26

Yeah, the double standard is definitely unfair asf. I was mostly talking about how certain news outlets use purposefully misleading wording to make protests seem a lot worse than they are. I personally feel like a little graffiti or smashing windows is an inconvenience at most, tbh. Violence is like assault and stuff lke that, not inconveniences towards businesses that can definitely afford to fix those inconveniences.

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u/Queen-Roblin Jul 28 '26

I think it changes if there are people in the building (which is what I was imagining when you said smashing windows). Because that can cause people to feel unsafe and that could be seen as a violent act.

If there's no one there then it's just vandalism and should only be done against small businesses if they're part of the problem.

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u/Rarte96 Jul 28 '26

"should only be done against small businesses if they're part of the problem." Sorry but WTF, small business are already f over by the goverment for you to say that is okey to attack them in protest

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u/Queen-Roblin Jul 28 '26

Depends what you're protesting. If you're campaigning for equal rights for queer people and they've been explicitly homophobic or transphobic or something then yeah, they're going to get some.

If it's just general businesses with nothing to declare, leave them alone.