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Isn't the essence of democracy, that it includes every person's voice, whether they have face paint and funny hand gestures or not?

Not just the voice of the "normal people" who own 8 fast food franchises and pay their employees minimum wage, while selling a product that makes people sick and destroys the rainforest and the climate?

I want the face painted freaks to have as much of a say in their country as the millionaires and billionaires,

Because, frankly, one of those groups is morally and ethically bankrupt, and the other group just happens to be visually and socially awkward.

>> ^Peroxide:

Isn't the essence of democracy, that it includes every person's voice, whether they have face paint and funny hand gestures or not?
Not just the voice of the "normal people" who own 8 fast food franchises and pay their employees minimum wage, while selling a product that makes people sick and destroys the rainforest and the climate?
I want the face painted freaks to have as much of a say in their country as the millionaires and billionaires,
Because, frankly, one of those groups is morally and ethically bankrupt, and the other group just happens to be visually and socially awkward.


I agree with you 100% @Peroxide - I think the point of this bit is that the people who they're trying to influence are dismissing their ideas because they're acting like they're at Burning Man.

Without a doubt, we need protests like this to affect political change.

The problem is the people this bit is criticizing are silencing their own voices by alienating people like me who agree in principle, and would like to identify with these people, but also know they're acting like crazy people.

The problem of course is ironically, the vast majority of people who would camp out indefinitely like this to protest something that is very important, and worthy of protesting would by definition be... crazy people.

>> ^Peroxide:

Isn't the essence of democracy, that it includes every person's voice, whether they have face paint and funny hand gestures or not?
Not just the voice of the "normal people" who own 8 fast food franchises and pay their employees minimum wage, while selling a product that makes people sick and destroys the rainforest and the climate?
I want the face painted freaks to have as much of a say in their country as the millionaires and billionaires,
Because, frankly, one of those groups is morally and ethically bankrupt, and the other group just happens to be visually and socially awkward.

I want to see one of these protests where everyone shows up in clean suits. Wouldn't that be awesome?