Comment on People dont believe protesting works if they will only do it on their day off.
Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days agoIts your interpretation that I am saying “protest dont work.” Again, as if you feel some doubt in in their effectiveness and are in denial. The point of my post was to comment on the protesters resolve.
garbagebagel@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Okay, so reading your title again, you are saying pretty much what I am saying - people that only go to protests on their day off (and don’t engage in any other type of activism), think that protests don’t work. Is that what you were trying to say with your title?
Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
It has to be, right? If they felt they could truly effect change, looking at this world, they would be out there day in and out.
garbagebagel@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I disagree with you because protesting every day wouldn’t be an effective way to enact change. Like I mentioned, the point of protests is networking and solidarity. The change happens from the other actions that are less visible/get less media attention (fundraising, community building, letter-writing campaigns, putting pressure on local governments, boycotting, disrupting events, etc.). Going out to a protest every single day would ignore the actual work that needs to happen, and it would burn you out almost immediately.
Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
There’s a difference between protesting every day and being willing to sacrifice. If you think you can effect change through passionless inaction Id ask for you to show me. Show me one good examlle.