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I don’t see how any of that would hurt anyone but the people taking part in the protest. Friday is a huge shopping day but will be even more so tomorrow because of the weather; lots of folks need to resupply from the last big winter storm before the one coming on Saturday. Not going to work if you aren’t snowbound/icebound just means risking your income. It’s a similar situation with not going to school; either you’re a kid enrolled in a public or private school and therefore your guardians are legally required to account for your absence, or you’re a college student risking good standing with your school and possibly with your financiers. Nothing about this protest is designed to hurt ICE or the government, only the protesters.

These kind of arguments are part of the problem. The weather isn't new, you could have stocked up before. Kids in my area have been having walkouts, both high schools and colleges, and they are fine. Nobody is getting expelled or anything. One day not going to school is not going to fuck with your standing or your finances. It's a rare job that would fire you for calling out one day.

Americans always have reasons why things "will never work" or why it's impossible to participate and how "this won't do anything" for every offered tactic.

not the person above but 'You could have stocked up before' - yeah, maybe if more people know about it beforehand. I think more people are finding out the day before this protest so to say that you should have stocked up in case some random protest might happen is a really useless comment.

“Stocked up before…” Just totally ignoring that millions of Americans have had limited access to groceries for over a week now.

“Kids in my area have been having walkouts, both high schools and colleges, and they are fine. Nobody is getting expelled or anything.” I can’t see anything in the comment you replied to about getting expelled. That isn’t the only consequence that can hurt someone.

“It's a rare job that would fire you for calling out one day.” You sound like you’ve never heard of a career or right to work states. You sound like someone who has never had a work contract and is unaware that taking time off from work for a political protest can get someone fired and blacklisted.

This protest is designed only to hurt those taking part. It literally can’t hurt anyone else. That’s not an excuse not to protest, it’s simply pointing out that the people behind this are ineffective. Targeted boycotts and planned demonstrations can and have had an impact. Mass walkouts can and have had an impact but it is highly specific to a location and group. If the organizers had planned this further out, mass walkouts might have been an option. A total blackout on spending is just stupid. People need things they have to buy. A surprising amount of that comes from small businesses, the only other group that would suffer aside from participants. Combining walkouts with a total blackout on spending is a great way to do absolutely nothing but fuck over the small number of idiots who are privileged and stupid enough to partake.

You sound white and not American.

SA- Fuck that was meant for AYRT. You I agree with lmao

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Not only that, but while participating in boycotts/protests/etc that are short term, you are supposed to be building community and seeing what you can do to take care of one another when the longer shutdown/strikes occur.

The weather isn’t new? Have you been paying attention at all?

Not to mention that this is the type of situation where the forecast is constantly changing and may be way off from what actually happens. Last Friday they were predicting that we were going to be getting 18-24" of snow where I am. On Saturday they changed that to 8-12". We wound up getting barely 5".

You can plan ahead you know. You dont need to wait until the day before for a forecast.

You do know that plenty of people don't live in the path of this snowstorm?

If you can't participate, then don't participate. No need to discourage anyone else who is capable from doing so.

I didn’t know we were only talking about a snowstorm. My bad. I thought we were talking about how over 65% of the US population is expecting extreme weather conditions outside of the norm over the next four days and how it’s projected that another 300-500 people will die as a direct result.

It doesn’t matter if I can participate. It’s a poor protest that doesn’t target who it should. It will only cause harm to those who join the protest and have no effect whatsoever on who it should. This is amplified by the fact that it’s such short notice that there are no discussions about this protest in any of the usual online spaces.

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