jeff@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agoWhy aren't there mass protests in the USA?message-squaremessage-square216fedilinkarrow-up1515arrow-down137file-text
arrow-up1478arrow-down1message-squareWhy aren't there mass protests in the USA?jeff@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square216fedilinkfile-text
I’m shocked that I haven’t seen one protest yet. Is the media suppressing them? If there aren’t any, why?
minus-squareCaptain AggravatedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down11·1 day agoWhat would “a protest” accomplish? What have they accomplished in my lifetime?
minus-squareWhatThaFudge@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 day agohttps://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/peace-protests-dallas-response/ Some may not have been in your lifetime but peaceful protests do get results. Outside of revolution all our civil rights around the world have been won through protest.
minus-squareCaptain AggravatedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down6·1 day agoDownvotes, but no answers. What good has ever come from people standing in a street waving a cardboard sign?
What would “a protest” accomplish? What have they accomplished in my lifetime?
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/peace-protests-dallas-response/
Some may not have been in your lifetime but peaceful protests do get results. Outside of revolution all our civil rights around the world have been won through protest.
Actual protests work.
Downvotes, but no answers.
What good has ever come from people standing in a street waving a cardboard sign?