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- Comment on People dont believe protesting works if they will only do it on their day off. 3 days ago:
You can’t… that’s my point. I’m really confused about what you’re trying to say here. If you don’t think that doing all of the other actions I mentioned are a sacrifice, I’m not sure I can help you see any of the points I’m trying to make. Sure those actions are not as visible as protesting, but people do them every day, and that’s where change starts.
A few years ago a small group of transit riders in my area teamed up to put pressure on local governments to provide free transit to children. With enough pressure those municipalities came together and agreed to do it, and now we see free transit for children across our province. This wasn’t done through “passionless inaction” but the hard work of people spreading awareness and putting pressure on their local governments. They continue to spread their message to improve transit by attending rallies and protests, but the majority of their work is behind the scenes. This might look like inaction to you, I guess, if you are not a part of one of those communities.
- Comment on People dont believe protesting works if they will only do it on their day off. 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.
- Comment on People dont believe protesting works if they will only do it on their day off. 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?
- Comment on People dont believe protesting works if they will only do it on their day off. 3 days ago:
I’ve met people at protests who have organized boycotts, advocacy campaigns, fundraisers, and many many more things that enact measurable change. These people often meet through these types of events and I can guarantee you, if it wasn’t for rallies, I wouldn’t have even known where to start or how to find people that are doing the work.
Your “truth” is only true if you (or whoever the fuck you’re talking about) isn’t benefiting from the protest/rally/event. So maybe you should go to a protest and find a network and do some work if you feel like you’re not getting what you need from protests.
And just to be clear, I’m not judging people who only go to protests and then go home. That’s fine too. The whole point of activism is to do the best you can, and if it just means showing up on a weekend for 2 hours, that’s fine. Other people will see you, they will feel your support, and they will feel motivated to keep working toward whatever they were advocating for in the first place. That is the real point of protests.
- Comment on People dont believe protesting works if they will only do it on their day off. 3 days ago:
Protesting is one part of a variety of anti-establishment responses. I’m tired of hearing people say it doesn’t work - obviously, on its own it doesn’t, but combine it with the many other aspects and there can be change. Of course, not everyone is fit to do every single one of the things required, but stop shitting on people who are trying to do even one of the things.
Protests are what get people fired up. Protests are part of what connect people and provide networking opportunities to organize other actions. Protests make people realize that they arenot alone, and that they CAN do something. Will they? Some of them will, and that’s the fucking point. Protests are a warning. Telling people “protests don’t work” only harms the fucking movement, so fucking stop it.
- Comment on What are the demands of the No Kings protests? What's the plan if they win? 3 days ago:
I’m not trying to be pessimistic or disparaging, but wasn’t the issue with the 2011 Occupy movement exactly that they couldn’t agree on a destination?
- Comment on [USA] Is "there are ICE agents roaming the streets" a good reason/excuse to avoid going outside? Or is it just a part of reality that you have to learn to accept? 4 days ago:
First, your mom is being toxic af and you are not a coward. However, she is not wrong that going outside can help with depression. It likely won’t “cure” you as it sounds like you are in a difficult situation, but it can be helpful to take short walks every day.
That being said, the ICE shit is scary af. I’m not American but I worry every single day for my family members living there. We are Mexican and the fear, IMO, is warranted, because they don’t even seem to care about legal status. I’ve been avoiding visiting for this same reason, and will not go down there until I feel it is safe to do so.
From my understanding though, they are not everywhere as much as social media makes them seem. My uncle and cousin down there (Chicago and San Diego) go about their regular days and even travel between the US and Mexico frequently and tell me they still feel safe doing so.
Even if you don’t go outside, I would highly, HIGHLY recommend disconnecting from social media for a while or limiting your intake. The difference I feel mentally when my usage goes from like 2-4 hrs down to ~30 mins or less is huge. Find another hobby like crafting or even video games if you don’t feel safe doing stuff outside yet.
Lastly, also, I said this to you a few days ago and will say it again, YOU MATTER. You are not a coward & being afraid of this insane fucking world is a reasonable response. I hope you can escape your parents house soon. You got this!
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- Comment on Protect yourselves! 5 days ago:
This is not what I needed right before bed.
- Comment on Are there video media (e.g TV shows, Movies, anime, video games, youtube videos, etc...) with a majority of the dialogue in an fictional language? 1 week ago:
Lol the sims, which also is a completely learnable language.
But no, probably other better ones listed here.
- Comment on What's a bad habit you use to have for a long time but finally fixed? 1 week ago:
Nice, same! Switched over to bubbly water first but after my dentist told me too much of that is also not great, I’ve cut down to a couple of sparkling waters a week and a very rare soda once every couple of months.
- Comment on Beware!!! 1 week ago:
“I mean, Hamas owns” ?
- Comment on Any swifties here to verify this? 1 week ago:
I’m sorry, are those first examples meant to be good? Like they’re better than the new one no doubt but nowhere near great lyrics.
- Comment on Texas National Guard arriving in Chicago 2 weeks ago:
I thought petey said no fatties allowed
- Comment on If you were a superhero and you knew a 21- to 23-year-old dating older people, what would you do? 2 weeks ago:
Yeah if I was going to use superpowers to target anyone’s sex life, it’d be to stop actual pedophiles and not adults in consenting (yet sometimes maybe ethically questionable) relationships.
- Comment on Has this ever happened to you? 2 weeks ago:
Its not really a mind game IMO, if he had said no she might’ve still gone with a friend. It’s not a test it’s literally just wanting a clue re safety.
- Comment on Has this ever happened to you? 2 weeks ago:
If you wanna be my lover…
- Comment on Has this ever happened to you? 2 weeks ago:
You showed a green flag by saying yes, so she probably felt safe enough.
- Comment on Spokesperson 2 weeks ago:
I want this hat. I am neither white nor a boy but I would like it for satire purposes, please.
- Comment on Its all bots, isn't it? 3 weeks ago:
I’ve definitely seen bots around here. Not at the same volume, but for sure some. I blocked one just yesterday.
- Comment on Why are podcasters/vloggers suddenly holding tiny mics? 3 weeks ago:
I don’t know if this is true but the absurdity is hilarious to me so I’m choosing to believe you.
- Comment on if we all lived within close proximity of sock processing facilities we'd have fewer problems with socks 3 weeks ago:
I think you’re buying the wrong size socks.
- Comment on if we all lived within close proximity of sock processing facilities we'd have fewer problems with socks 3 weeks ago:
You must live near a sock processing facility.
- Comment on booming 3 weeks ago:
SO TRUE , !! 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂
- Comment on how come Lemmy show more upvoted posts further down the thread instead of at the top? 3 weeks ago:
I’m on the boost for lemmy app and noticed this happening a few months ago. Seems to be the sort option is broken so shows new by default and needs to be adjusted each community. Once I fix it in each community, it stays that way.
- Comment on The reason there aren't more women on panel shows is we're less willing to put up with being dicked about on set for two hours 4 weeks ago:
I think its much more likely that there’s still just a big gender gap in entertainment (especially in comedy). Comedy is still a primarily male dominated field in the mainstream, so it feeds into itself. Unless shows are willing to go out of their way to find women (for example the most recent run of After Midnight), then its still just going to continue being primarily male dominated spaces.
- Comment on What is the difference between pansexual, bisexual, and omnisexual? How do I know which one I am? 4 weeks ago:
Respectfully disagree. That pan flag is just so fucking flashy.
- Comment on What is the difference between pansexual, bisexual, and omnisexual? How do I know which one I am? 4 weeks ago:
I think pan is regardless of gender. Bi is your own and any other gender that is different from your own (essentially what you said), and omni is all the genders (but because of the gender they are, not regardless.)
its all semantics honestly, but I don’t think many people who identify as any of these would be actually strictly adherent. Sexuality is a spectrum after all.
- Comment on Should I _really_ be enjoying myself? 4 weeks ago:
Not my therapist reminding me every time I see them that it’s okay not to feel guilt while my brain flashes images of Mary crying blood.
- Comment on What is in for the antivax in a government? 4 weeks ago:
Not just that, but a poor, struggling society is easier to rule over. People are too worried about staying alive to fight the system.
