• Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    No your not. Your volunteering to go into the street to be rounded up by the cops. It’s the stupidest fucking thing. You literally have the equivalent of the printing Press giving to every person and you all think it’s easier to organize people to publicly show up in a town three states over then it is to use get those people to use the propaganda machine to spread a message.

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      I get your point social media really is a powerful tool for spreading messages and organizing. But public protests also have a symbolic impact that online spaces can’t always match. Sometimes people feel like showing up physically is the only way to make leaders pay attention

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      15 hours ago

      Thank you, this is a wonderful example of exactly the kind of ignorance I was talking about. I appreciate the support!