Microsoft’s 50th Birthday Was Interrupted, Twice, by Employees Protesting Against Israel
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/04/05/microsoft-50-employee-protests
Microsoft’s 50th Birthday Was Interrupted, Twice, by Employees Protesting Against Israel

Link to: https://www.theverge.com/news/644027/microsoft-50th-anniversary-protest

Daring Fireball
@daringfireball Dunno, John, but I’m reminded of when Colin took a knee during the anthem on the 49ers’ sideline and everybody told him he was being disrespectful. If your protest is quiet, it seems like it’s not a protest at all.
@ac Taking a knee in silence bothered the people it was intended to bother. Highly effective protest. Think about that.
@gruber @ac
And these current protests are bothering people like you, so mission accomplished.
@freediverx @ac So is the point to bother me or to get Microsoft to, what, drop its business with Israel?
@gruber @ac
I suggest spending less time reading Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal and a little more time reading up on the history of civl rights and how nothing meaningful was ever accomplished without challenging the ruling class and breaking some shit.

@gruber
Here's an article to get you started.

Protests Are Supposed to Be an Inconvenience

https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/climate-protest-broadway-play/

Protests Are Supposed to Be an Inconvenience

Critics of the climate activists who interrupted a recent Broadway play are missing the point.

The Nation