• pooperNickel@lemm.ee
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    And if they protested people commuting into a city, a huge source of global emissions, they’d be criticized for that too. People always manage to label protests as the wrong time/place. What they really mean is “protest is fine as long as no one, especially me, is asked to actually pay attention to it.”

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      And if they protested people commuting into a city, a huge source of global emissions, they’d be criticized for that too.

      May, just maybe, those aren’t the only two choices. Maybe they could also protest in front of offices of politicians and actually reach the people who can change anything.

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        And maybe, just maybe, the protesters should have a goal of not only getting their message out but winning people over to their side. Maybe a goal of gaining support.

        I don’t think this strategy of “annoy as many people as you can” will succeed in gaining any positive attention

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          I don’t think this strategy of “annoy as many people as you can” will succeed in gaining any positive attention

          It’s literally the only strategy that has ever worked before, other than outright violence.

          After all, who gives a shit about “positive attention” for its own sake? What matters is actually effecting change, and that does not require people to like you.

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                  The Civil Rights Act was passed in large part because of it. Is your argument that the Civil Rights Act changed nothing? Because that’s silly. Or were you just not thinking, and trying to score internet points? Because that’s also silly. You’re being silly.

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          What if you want to make a movement lose support? Could you then do this as a tactic to hurt a cause?

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        100%. The moment you point out that this isn’t the way to go you’re instantly seen as the bad one, that you don’t want to be inconvenienced. It’s so dumb.

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          People have done that but the publicity isn’t nearly as large as a globally televised event.

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              Any publicity is good publicity, huh? Here’s a data point that says “nope”