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blubunyip

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9. Ha ha

Reply to Sympthsical (Reply #6)

Thu Jun 4, 2026, 12:41 AM

13 hrs ago

Nobody thinks protests "destroy" politicians. But they must be doing something effective, or why would you expend so many words to put them down?

As for street protests, all the constant honks of support from cars is "indifference"?

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Authoritarians have studied protests. They've adapted, and the effectiveness of protests has dropped. [View all] summer_in_TX 14 hrs ago OP

I'm subscribed to Christopher Armitage LearnedHand 14 hrs ago #1

Protests might be less effective at influencing wnylib 14 hrs ago #2

I don't think he means we should stop organizing, for exactly the reasons you say. summer_in_TX 14 hrs ago #4

Less effective is not ineffective. Prairie_Seagull 13 hrs ago #8

Thanks for the introduction to Christopher Armitage and the Existential Republic pat_k 14 hrs ago #3

Definitely bookmarking this for reading JBTaurus83 14 hrs ago #5

If your protest is selling merch Sympthsical 13 hrs ago #6

Ha ha blubunyip 13 hrs ago #9

The protests serve to inspire and strengthen us. When 50501 announced their first in March 2025, summer_in_TX 13 hrs ago #10

Pressuring legislators is absolutely a good tactic Sympthsical 12 hrs ago #13

All righty then. ShazzieB 10 hrs ago #14

This deserves a cross post in Activists Headquarters. littlemissmartypants 13 hrs ago #7

Thanks! summer_in_TX 13 hrs ago #11

It's just copying and pasting it into a new post in that forum or group. Caveat is... littlemissmartypants 12 hrs ago #12

Wrong. What we need are more and bigger protests... ananda 10 hrs ago #15

It will take both approaches, IMO. summer_in_TX 2 hrs ago #16