just a reminder: attending protests is a privilege.

madamethursday:

youarenotyou:

being able to take time off from work/school (especially for long periods like w/ occupy wall street), being able to get arrested without getting deported (which is what happens to non-citizens when they get arrested), not having disabilities that prevent you from being there, not having children to take care of

you get the idea

sometimes i get annoyed with activists who assume that everyone can go to these things

THIS ^^^. 

THANK YOU.

I’d also like to add that going to a few protests does not an activist or a useful fighter of oppression make. At the end of the day fighting oppression and changing the system isn’t JUST about a few flashy displays of anger with signs and yelling. Those things matter, too, of course and they have their time and place. But it’s also about changing daily realities for people, about what happens when people aren’t protesting, when they’re working, going to school, living their lives.