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gulliver

(13,180 posts)

8. Organizing and voting are effective while protesting isn't.

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Sun May 31, 2020, 10:31 AM

May 2020

Protesting is easy and fast but emotionally satisfying. Voting regularly and organizing are difficult and on the boring side. The former is "instant gratification," a telltale sign that it will fail. The latter is the right thing to do, a more difficult choice to make.

I would be 100% for protests, but only if they worked. They don't.

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No Protest Is The Only Protest They Want [View all] Soph0571 May 2020 OP

Soph, this is good, where did you find this? Thx irisblue May 2020 #1

The link is here: Soph0571 May 2020 #2

protest is the right of all americans, rioting and looting is not beachbumbob May 2020 #3

Rioting and looting, sounds like safeinOhio May 2020 #4

Now now... next you will be advocating... ret5hd May 2020 #5

give me a break. colonial america, the colonist had NO say in how they were taxed or even beachbumbob May 2020 #6

Kick dalton99a May 2020 #7

Organizing and voting are effective while protesting isn't. gulliver May 2020 #8