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[–] 2 points 8 months ago* (6 children)

if you are at a protest and the police are not instructed to intervene, you know that the protest is performative. bring allot of people with guns. a protest is only as effective as the leverage it demands.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Protests are an opening offer.

    If you aren't willing to escalate, then they're meaningless.

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago

    Protests are also networking events, where you show the public that opposition exists and is welcome to new members.

    We started as five people in a rural coffee shop last year, and now we're over 100, with the majority of the new members joining at protest events after saying "Oh wow, I've been commuting because I didn't think there would be resistance here!"

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    bring allot of people with guns.

    Sounds like a great way to depress turnout. If I hear the protest is going to have a lot of people with guns, then I'm not going to that protest. You know the cops have guns, too, right?

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  • [–] 0 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    that is unfortunate, because otherwise a protest is easily ignored and pushed around, and is only useful in placating the people as a means to think they are making a difference without inconveniencing those who would harm the nation.

    especially when the media is adversarial to your cause.

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