"people seem to be thinking of these protests as social events".
I'm not actually sure that's bad, though? Because maybe connecting with other people who are pissed off and fed up at the situation would be a good thing actually?
And maybe improving morale by getting together in big numbers and getting that energy going could be good too?
Not all protests are for the same purpose, and that's actually a good thing.
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in reply to Artemis • • •Some folks I think are too caught up in an identity as “a protester” or “an activist” and so we (which I say bc I also fight against this tendency in myself” see a goofy-ass protest and struggle to reconcile what we are seeing with what we want to imagine ourselves being a protagonist in.
It doesn’t have to be like this — it’s totally ok to either not go to the goody thing and instead participate in a complimentary other rebellious activity, and also ok to go to the goofy thing just like many of us also regularly go to goofy-ass fuck shit like sporting events, 4th of July parades and pop concerts
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in reply to Spencer • • •@spencer and/or for me I think sometimes the cop in my head says “these other people should be more radical, how can I personally help radicalize them??” Nah, doesn’t have to be my responsibility all the time
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in reply to Artemis • •All the contrarianism you're reporting makes me wonder what these people's model of radicalization or formation of a social movement really is.
Like... do they expect every liberal to be simultaneously visited by Santa Marx in one night, to awake fully clad in black bloc and with a copy of the Communist Manifesto on the nightstand?
I know that's a bit uncharitable, but yeesh. Can't we appreciate the value of beginning?
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in reply to Ludwig Vielfrass • • •Exactly. Most people are going to go through a *process*. Taking steps along the way is good actually.
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in reply to Artemis • • •especially when Fox and the rest of the faux billionaire news services lie through their fucking teeth about what is actually happening.
People need to SEE the lie. It's how they break through the crazy.
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Viss
in reply to Artemis • • •the news here was saying that the protests on saturday were the biggest ones in the nations history!
everyone who went out and protested literally made history
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in reply to Artemis • • •I figure it's good practice, it's good for morale, it gets people connected, and it's a chance to hand out KYR and other educational literature
It's not a shooting war so what am I gonna do any given weekend? Sit home or protest? Protest.
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