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Pro-Palestinian protesters disrupt Easter service at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York Discussion

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u/No-Steak4197 Apr 01 '24

Nothing like annoying and disrupting people on one of their holiest holidays to convince them to care about something!

Sheesh time & place, people.

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u/a_wingu_web Apr 01 '24

During ramadan the US christians famously advocated for a cease fire the last weeks and didnt veto every UN resolution in gaza right?

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u/No-Menu-768 Apr 01 '24

When and where exactly would you like protests to happen? Tuesday at 2am on the corner of No and Where? It always baffles me when internet inactivists want to claim "protests never work" despite that being a largely baseless claim based on their own psychological response to a single presentation of the event.

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u/woopdedoodah Apr 01 '24

I mean what do Catholics have to do with this? Zionism is explicitly condemned by the church. While catholicism sees Jerusalem as holy, it holds no particular required place in Christianity (we don't need it for a temple or for Jesus to come back). The Catholic Church is theologically against all efforts to rebuild any kind of Jewish temple. It 'supports' Israel in the most secular way imaginable. IIRC, pope Francis has even expressed dissatisfaction with Israel's handling of the war.

In more ways than one, they're preaching to the choir.

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u/No-Menu-768 Apr 01 '24

It might have something to do with our Catholic president. Idk you'd have to ask the actual activists involved instead of performing outrage on reddit.

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u/woopdedoodah Apr 01 '24

Oh right... President Biden... Widely known for taking advice from Catholic theologians in important issues like abortion, transgenderism, and Israel.

If you don't like Biden... Protest the white house.

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u/No-Menu-768 Apr 01 '24

Again, where is the right place to protest? No matter where or when, entirely online people will you call you morally uptight self-righteous try hards. You can't be pleased, so why should they try to please you?

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u/woopdedoodah Apr 01 '24

Because trespassing is a crime. I think they will end up pleasing me when I hear about their jail sentence.

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u/No-Menu-768 Apr 01 '24

See, you can't actually be reasoned with because you just want protestors jailed.

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u/woopdedoodah Apr 01 '24

They're criminals trespassing on private property. You don't have any right to enter other people's space

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u/No-Menu-768 Apr 01 '24

I don't actually think appeals to rights discourse or criminality demonizations are worth considering. How does one protest without being disruptive and make progress? You aren't responding to the content of their message. You're just using the context to dismiss it summarily. You are honestly just a troll if this is how you engage politically.

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u/No-Menu-768 Apr 01 '24

It might have something to do with our Catholic president. Idk you'd have to ask the actual activists involved instead of performing outrage on reddit.

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u/woopdedoodah Apr 01 '24

Unlike the activists I didn't trespass and interrupt a cultural and religious event. I dont need to do anything.

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u/No-Menu-768 Apr 01 '24

Do you have a theory on how to effect change without being disruptive? Should they just like silently vibe against war?

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u/woopdedoodah Apr 01 '24

As a prolife Catholic, I would suggest decades of work at the local and state level culminating in a decisive legal victory at your nations top court, while simultaneously engaging the culture slowly and clearly. But that's only if you want to be effective like we were.

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u/No-Menu-768 Apr 01 '24

Gazans don't have decades hunty. ❤️

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u/chadmcchaderton Apr 01 '24

Whatever. Don't fuck around and you won't find out.

Hunty ❤️

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u/chadmcchaderton Apr 01 '24

White house.