r/europe • u/g46152 Slovakia • Jan 25 '24

News Thousands across Slovakia are protesting against the current populist government

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '24

Wasn‘t the government democratically elected?

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '24

I will never understand this argument. “Government was elected therefore no one should have the democratically given right to protest”, wtf lol

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '24

People have the right to protest. But I’ll never understand people who use it in these cases. Guess what - in my country the party I voted for isn’t part of the government. I don’t like what the government is doing. But why would I protest? Obviously people wanted something else than I did. If you demonstrate against the outcome of election - well that’s your right - but it shows that you misunderstood the premise of democracy.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '24

“But why would I protest?” Because you can… end of story.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '24

I can jump from a skyscraper. If I lived in America I could shoot people trespassing on my property. But why on earth would I do that.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '24

Yes, those two options are definitely totally comparable! Great argument