• nednobbins@lemm.ee
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    11 days ago

    Maybe the point of the protest is to bring awareness to the public?

    Maybe. How useful is “awareness”?

    When I look at the biggest protests in the US there’s plenty of awareness about around all the biggest protests. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_protests_and_demonstrations_in_the_United_States_by_size

    Going down that list, it’s hard to find evidence that the awareness got us anywhere.

    1. George Floyd - We keep saying his name. Has there been any change in police violence or accountability?
    2. Earth day - We’ve been talking about this forever and we keep breaking records on extreme weather events.
    3. 2017 Women’s March - We just elected the chief pussy grabber.
    4. March for Our Lives - Guns are still everywhere.
    5. 2018 Women’s March - See number 3.
    6. RickyRenunicia - I have to pass on this one. I have no idea what the state of corruption in PR is.
    7. Great American Boycott - Democrats switched to agreeing with Republicans on immigration.
    8. LGB - You can reasonably argue that sexuality related rights have improved. It’s not clear that this protest was a particular catalyst for that. If we want to pin things on a single event, Stonewall probably had a bigger impact.
    9. Anti Nuclear - More countries than ever believe they need nukes to survive. We’re now unironically talking about the use of tactical nuclear weapons.
    10. Million Man March - See number 1

    I could go on, but the track record for the 10 biggest protests isn’t great.

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        11 days ago

        It’s cute that you can call me names.

        Can you also articulate positive changes that have resulted from the 10 biggest protest?

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          It’s not me that needs to write that history essay, it’s you. I’m not doing your work for you. Try reading a book.

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            How about you can the “I’m-not-gonna-do-your-work-for-you” shit and just answer the question, if you can? Because it sounds like you’re just trying to save face because he has your ass over a barrel and you know it.

            Maybe we should stop being in denial about how useless the left is in this country and actually organize into an effective voting block.

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              And once I write his essay, taking up my time from the ongoing civil war coverage and totally unpaid labor you feel entitled to even though it’s my body… once I write that, he will move the goalposts again to nowthe top 20 protests or whatever. I already listed a source that was more than adequate with many examples. Why do you need me to rewrite expert opinion? Do you lack the reading level necessary to read it yourself? If so, there are old civil rights speeches you can watch.

              ass over a barrel

              First off, no, he looks stupid and uneducated about a civil rights issue with decades of expert literature and second this is an insane thing to say to a woman in the middle of ‘your body, my choice.’ Stop with the rape talk.