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This is going to be downvoted, but it needs to be said: voting and petitioning is part of the political process, but so is participating in politics as an elect
by HarryHirsch 13y ago
This is going to be downvoted, but it needs to be said: voting and petitioning is part of the political process, but so is participating in politics as an elected or unelected official.
Being a politician gives you an entirely different set of powers, because you get to decide what people get to vote on. You can put facts on the ground. "Direct action" also puts facts on the ground and gives some balance to the political process.
- tptacek 13y agoI don't know what you're trying to say here because you use a term, "direct action", that means different things to different people. The people I know personally who are involved in labor politics use the term "direct action" to refer to sit-ins and picket lines. But hobbyist black bloc forums use the term as a euphemism for throwing bricks through glass. So let's be specific: did the comment you just write try to communicate your belief that throwing a brick through the back of a bus full of people "puts facts on the ground" and "gives some balance" to the process?