Microsoft calls protest a 'destructive' act by outsiders

geekwire.com

19 points·pinewurst··6 comments

“…demonstrators returned Wednesday to again take over a portion of the plaza at Microsoft’s East Campus. They poured red paint on a company sign to symbolize blood, and blocked a bridge…

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…the 20 people arrested in the Wednesday protest included one current employee, and three former employees…

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Almost all of those arrested [Wednesday], including some carrying fake company ID cards…”

This is counterproductive. Acting like an idiot in public and disrupting peoples’ work doesn’t gain sympathy. (At best it gains awareness. But that isn’t the problem Palestinians face.)

They're not acting like idiots though?

And they're trying to raise awareness that Microsoft helps Israel surveil and attack Palestinians, not raise awareness that there is a war going on.

Your comment is a typical one that protests should be less disruptive, but only disruptive protests have historically been effective.

But how does raising awareness help anything in this case? In the current political climate, companies are likely more afraid of presidential punishment for not supporting Israel than of any public disapproval for supporting Israel.

The funny thing is that suddenly employees became trespassers without being fired.

> employees became trespassers without being fired

Only one was an employee. Article didn’t say what he’s being charged with.

Most if not all were trespassers with fake ids. The rest seemed to be ex-employees with no more right to be there.

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