08-07-2019, 07:48 AM
new reality... so few are directly affected
I’m on the mainland.
When I mention telescope protests, the general reaction is “what telescope?”
That’s with people who regularly follow the news, which currently covers dozens of people getting shot, real racism affecting millions, real prejudice, real problems. Not the misdirected accusations by a small contingent of campers who picked the TMT as an easy & convenient scapegoat instead of the agencies and entities responsible for their concerns.
The protesters are legends in their own minds.
I’m on the mainland.
When I mention telescope protests, the general reaction is “what telescope?”
That’s with people who regularly follow the news, which currently covers dozens of people getting shot, real racism affecting millions, real prejudice, real problems. Not the misdirected accusations by a small contingent of campers who picked the TMT as an easy & convenient scapegoat instead of the agencies and entities responsible for their concerns.
The protesters are legends in their own minds.
“We do this thing not because it is easy, but because we thought it would be easy.”