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[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

A handful of my friends are going. A couple friends I can't convince to leave their house, so they'll be staying home enjoying the safety of being straight white cis abled bodied men, I guess.

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

What have you tried to do to convince them?

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Nothing effective. Invited them to come out with me to the protest. Suggested we hang out after. Tried to appeal to their civic duty. Tried to appeal to their obligations to the more vulnerable.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I fear for all our safty. If he will have a sitting Senator arrested what will they do to us? Woke up to a nightmare of being wisked away and thrown into a prison cell. It felt so real, I was just about having a panic attack when my wife woke me up. And I am a cis white male and I am frightened.

Also I am a far left almost socialist, so definitely enemy of the state.

[–] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Should shake your dick at them until they run

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world -4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm curious, what exactly is offered to these friends for them to leave the comfort of their homes?

personally, I plan to stay home and enjoy the no kings weekend and not participate in the fascist circle jerk. probably work on my garden. and if I go anywhere probably go see my sick in-laws.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Do I have to try to convince you that you should care about other people? Specifically, people you don't already know personally.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world -4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

you don't know me. you don't know what lengths I go to to protest this sham of an administration. you have no idea how much impact what I do has on the efforts of protesting this administration.

so please, explain to me, from your tower, how I'm not doing enough.

while you're measuring your protest-pp against mine, how about you whip yours out and explain how big your protest-pp is.

nevermind, I'm not interested in seeing your pp because I don't judge others based on the perception of helping others. I just help others because it needs to be done without my ego getting in the way.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You're right that I don't know you. All I got was your post.

When you wrote, "what exactly is offered to these friends for them to leave the comfort of their homes?", it came off as very transactional. Like, "I don't care about other people and their struggles, unless I'm being offered something.". That's why I ask if I'd need to sell you on the idea of caring about people.

I don't know how much you're doing. Your whole tangent about comparing weiners is kind of a non sequitur.

Your line "I just help others because it needs to be done without my ego getting in the way." specifically seems to contradict "what are you offering them?"

So I don't know what your deal is.