Tony Bark@pawb.social to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 days agoNew data shows No Kings was one of the largest days of protest in US historywagingnonviolence.orgexternal-linkmessage-square160fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkNew data shows No Kings was one of the largest days of protest in US historywagingnonviolence.orgTony Bark@pawb.social to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 days agomessage-square160fedilink
minus-squareMangioneDontMiss@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·19 days agobecause protesting is useless bullshit. people need to get more comfortable with direct action.
minus-squareMangioneDontMiss@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·19 days agoless time spent impotently protesting and more time spent doing things that might actually have some effect is probably for the better.
minus-squareRob Bos@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 days agoProtesting demonstrates that people are available to be radicalized. It’s the first step.
minus-squareMangioneDontMiss@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·18 days agoI think it’s already pretty fucking clear that there are people available to be radicalized.
minus-squareRob Bos@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 days agoYeah, because they’re out there protesting, which, to circle back, is not useless.
minus-squareJerkface (any/all)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·19 days agoPeople also need to have community to engage in collective action. Do you not understand that the things you want to happen cannot happen without the social foundation?
because protesting is useless bullshit. people need to get more comfortable with direct action.
Both are needed.
less time spent impotently protesting and more time spent doing things that might actually have some effect is probably for the better.
Protesting demonstrates that people are available to be radicalized. It’s the first step.
I think it’s already pretty fucking clear that there are people available to be radicalized.
And yet they need to be visible.
They are.
Yeah, because they’re out there protesting, which, to circle back, is not useless.
People also need to have community to engage in collective action. Do you not understand that the things you want to happen cannot happen without the social foundation?