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Man, it would be so easy to show proof of this if it happened.
But Musk paying millions for votes (in a "lottery") is a-ok though.
If protesters were paid, I'd be one of the 1%. I've been boycotting Nestle for DECADES.
Not that they can come to logical conclusions, but have they ever considered who is supposedly paying them if all the billionaires and corporations are supporting Trump and the fascist government?
It's all valid projection. The Jan 6 folks had free bussing and likely many were paid. Republicans are trained to accuse others of the very things they do. The criminals don't worry now that the commander in crime and pedophilia has their backs.
Something something George Soros.
Boycott NFL
Same. And the hatred still burns bright white and hot
Trees exploding in the cold isn't an urban myth. I've heard it, and seen the aftermath. It's gotta be really cold. Like -40 cold, but ya fact, not myth.
Also fuck this guy and his paid protester narrative. I'm so over fascism. Shit it is just getting tedious...
Yes, exploding trees are real. The sap in them freezing is what causes them to explode, although maybe the confusion is that people expect a fireball or smoke when something explodes? I don't know, but I've seen a lot of people saying it's an urban legend even though it's real.
Also, yes, fuck this guy. If we were getting paid, we'd be filthy rich.
He's a Nazi, an idiot, or both.
Probably shouldn't shock us that he's a chud.
He’s saying they weren’t really there as protestors, but as actors to look like protestors. Organizes should absolutely be getting paid for their work.
I dunno that I deserve to be paid just for showing up and flipping a few birdies at assholes. (Though the food was lit and coffee well appreciated.)
Coping hard
Why shouldn't protesters get paid? Is Paul Allen trying to bring back slave labor?
He’s saying they weren’t really there as protestors, but as actors to look like protestors. Organizes should absolutely be getting paid for their work.
I dunno that I deserve to be paid just for showing up and flipping a few birdies at assholes. (Though the food was lit and coffee well appreciated.)
I never even understood where these assholes were getting this shit until recently. Like who would pay people to protest police brutality or fascism? Like if you care and have that kinda coin, just buy some senators?
BUT when I watched a doc on P Diddy and saw supporters or protesters outside of each of his trials with signs, I thought, some or all of those ding dongs have to be paid to be there, right? It would actually make sense for a billionaire in the middle of a jury trial to pay people to hang outside the courthouse and help sway public opinion.
Kind of a tangent but it just reminded me that a bunch of these oligarchs have probably only experienced protests where either people were protesting them or where they hired people to support them, so their whole perspective is completely bonkers. Not that it explains this sports radio dick who can’t possibly be a billionaire.
Well you see. With a lot of these things, it's a lot like how a young child tells lies.
It starts with something like "no, I didn't eat the cake," but because the evidence is right there, with the empty cake pan, they have to then blame someone else. A random burglar maybe. Who just came in to steal the cake.
Then they have to explain why there's crumbs all over their room.
Well, you see, the random burglar decided to break into there room, and eat it there, and they spread the crumbs around very messily to frame the kid.
and then they have to lie about why the frosting is on their face, and how come the dog got some on theirs, too, so the dog now used mind control to force the robber to give him some.
And on and on it goes. round and round and round, with each 'but what about', getting a new lie, and a bunch of new holes, making each and every new lie more problematic and more ridiculous by the moment.
The only real difference is that they want to believe. They don't want to admit trump lied to them, that they've been duped into believing and following a fascist, that they are the problem, that their favorite sports jock turned radio host lied to them. (or himself is an incomprehensible idiot. which really. Sports commentator. being an idiot kinda comes with the territory. Madden, need I say more?)
I know what he's saying, and I'm saying there's nothing wrong with protesters getting paid (if someone out there is willing to pay them).
I dunno that I deserve to be paid just for showing up and flipping a few birdies at assholes.
Getting paid for it would be better, right?
I mean, I... would much rather the money be spent on legal aid funds or something... if they even had the kind of money to pay us. 18k protestors last friday. even just a 5 dollar discard is $90,000.
The food and coffee and stuff were pretty much donated, lol. (shout out to misfit coffee for anyone in the area. They didn't close. They were still open. but they were handing out free coffee to protestors.)