Someone said something offensive? LET'S PROTEST!

Thun · May 19, 2016, 05:24:25 PM

What a massive waste of everyone's time. What the fuck does the protest even accomplish?

A high school near me just had a massive walk out of students due to a "BUILD A WALL" banner that was hung in their cafeteria. Like, are you trying to get the district to do something about? They can't really do anything besides disciplining the perpetrator/s. It just seems like the wrong course of action and looks pretty dumb to me.

SecondClass · May 19, 2016, 05:25:30 PM

if the banner was hung by the administration, that's one thing

this is just dumb

Thun · May 19, 2016, 05:27:38 PM

Quote from: SecondClass on May 19, 2016, 05:25:30 PM

if the banner was hung by the administration, that's one thing

this is just dumb

Exactly. Even neighboring schools had walkouts. Seems like they just wanted a day off, in that case I don't blame them :^)

Solonoid · May 19, 2016, 05:34:12 PM

That's p retarded.

But strikes are excellent for changing political and workplace climates.

Mordo · May 19, 2016, 05:44:53 PM

I guess it's their prerogative to protest even though no one besides their little social justice posse is listening.

Tyger · May 19, 2016, 06:26:27 PM

Make OPs school great again

MyNameIsCharlie · May 19, 2016, 06:45:02 PM

Protests actually are quite effective on issues about the government. It shows politicians that their voters are pissed. In this instance it isn't the students the administration would be worried about, but the parents. Protests against corporations (especially privately owned ones) are pretty useless unless it's on a topic that involves public policy

Aether · May 19, 2016, 07:35:07 PM

Walkouts almost certainly mean not much more than an excuse to get out of school.

Staying there and holding a rally would be more effective in spreading a message, but it really should only be done if the message is worth spreading.

Thun · May 20, 2016, 12:04:41 AM

Quote from: MyNameIsCharlie on May 19, 2016, 06:45:02 PM

Protests actually are quite effective on issues about the government. It shows politicians that their voters are pissed. In this instance it isn't the students the administration would be worried about, but the parents. Protests against corporations (especially privately owned ones) are pretty useless unless it's on a topic that involves public policy

Hmm, I guess if the parents were concerned enough they could pull their kids out of schools. But the problem can't be fixed that way.

MyNameIsCharlie · May 20, 2016, 12:06:07 AM

Quote from: Thunder on May 20, 2016, 12:04:41 AM

Quote from: MyNameIsCharlie on May 19, 2016, 06:45:02 PM
Protests actually are quite effective on issues about the government. It shows politicians that their voters are pissed. In this instance it isn't the students the administration would be worried about, but the parents. Protests against corporations (especially privately owned ones) are pretty useless unless it's on a topic that involves public policy
Hmm, I guess if the parents were concerned enough they could pull their kids out of schools. But the problem can't be fixed that way.

Sure it would. Schools are funded by attendance. Kids get pulled and administrators lose jobs.

Thun · May 20, 2016, 12:09:21 AM

Quote from: MyNameIsCharlie on May 20, 2016, 12:06:07 AM

Quote from: Thunder on May 20, 2016, 12:04:41 AM
Quote from: MyNameIsCharlie on May 19, 2016, 06:45:02 PM
Protests actually are quite effective on issues about the government. It shows politicians that their voters are pissed. In this instance it isn't the students the administration would be worried about, but the parents. Protests against corporations (especially privately owned ones) are pretty useless unless it's on a topic that involves public policy
Hmm, I guess if the parents were concerned enough they could pull their kids out of schools. But the problem can't be fixed that way.

Sure it would. Schools are funded by attendance. Kids get pulled and administrators lose jobs.

Are we still talking about he racism issue? Because that was the students' fault, not the administration. I don't see how on Earth they can deal with it apart from telling them "don't or you'll get detention". It's not like they can whooop dey ass.

MyNameIsCharlie · May 20, 2016, 12:24:36 AM

Quote from: Thunder on May 20, 2016, 12:09:21 AM

Quote from: MyNameIsCharlie on May 20, 2016, 12:06:07 AM
Quote from: Thunder on May 20, 2016, 12:04:41 AM
Quote from: MyNameIsCharlie on May 19, 2016, 06:45:02 PM
Protests actually are quite effective on issues about the government. It shows politicians that their voters are pissed. In this instance it isn't the students the administration would be worried about, but the parents. Protests against corporations (especially privately owned ones) are pretty useless unless it's on a topic that involves public policy
Hmm, I guess if the parents were concerned enough they could pull their kids out of schools. But the problem can't be fixed that way.

Sure it would. Schools are funded by attendance. Kids get pulled and administrators lose jobs.
Are we still talking about he racism issue? Because that was the students' fault, not the administration. I don't see how on Earth they can deal with it apart from telling them "don't or you'll get detention". It's not like they can whooop dey ass.

I didn't say racism.

Thun · May 20, 2016, 12:27:45 AM

Quote from: MyNameIsCharlie on May 20, 2016, 12:24:36 AM

I didn't say racism.

I was talking about protesting in reaction to the racism. Yes, protesting works sometimes, but in this case it's pointless. The school did literally nothing wrong and CAN'T do anything more than disciplining these kids.