Demonstration at Home of Google Developer. Google Bus Blocked in Berkeley

Post by nollidge » Thu, Jan 23, 2014, 2:04 PM UTC

aaronem wrote: post #272

nollidge wrote: post #240

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That's not an axiom, it's just an opinion. Personally, I find passion pretty compelling to read/hear, and I won't present my side with a false posture of academic distance if that's not how I feel. Additionally, I'm not really interested in winning over the people who are more concerned with the tone of an argument than the actual facts presented.

Well, exhorting the choir is very satisfying, of course, and I can see the tactical benefit in so doing to the exclusion of any attempt to increase the size of the congregation. This does, of course, imply an abandonment of any desire to find a modus vivendi , but the impression I have is that such abandonment is more or less implicit.

Post by droopybuns » Fri, Jan 24, 2014, 4:27 AM UTC

g333k wrote: post #285

droopybuns wrote: post #224

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Right. It is important to cast this protestor out rather than try to understand their perspective. Thats the kind of response that has no consequences. No defense is possible for the truly evil and nonviolent behavior of that sinister protestor.

Wait, what? I'm not sure which levels of sarcasm you are applying to which parts of your post. Do you think there are real negative consequences to casting out this moron? Morons are going to find things to protest. Some address real issues, others invent issues, or build them out of poor research. It's generally a good thing to ignore the latter.

Post by Houshalter » Fri, Jan 24, 2014, 11:21 PM UTC

hack_edu wrote: post #90

keidian wrote: post #6

Is this serious or supposed to be satire or something? Cause it reads like something a deranged person would write to me... Making comments about how Google employees automatically bring police, "All of Google's employees should be prevented from getting to work", etc. Yeah they do bring police.. to deal with nutjobs that decide to randomly show up at their houses and stop them from working, stop a bus in the middle…

Political theatre, for its own sake, is a very effective way of attracting press coverage and staying in the news. Has been a go-to in the radical playbook for nearly a century now.