To be more clear, it’s not that it shouldn’t have happened, it’s just that we need to make every action count as much as we can. A lot of people don’t have the ability to see the cause behind the effect. The forest through the trees. Creating a problem for the average person commuting to work often makes them angry at the people and then they don’t bother to think any harder on the matter. It’s not the protester’s fault, it’s that people are dumb and self centered.
I don’t think the recent LA protest was BAD, I just want to nudge people into considering locations that have more impact on the government.
I want to emphasize to you that I am very much in favor of the protesting. Sometimes meaning gets lost in text. I don’t wish to fight with my brothers.
Likewise, I don’t find any fault in your argument and I think we can both agree that efforts should be both focused where they can be most effective and distributed so that as many people as possible can participate.
That said (and this might just be the disillusioned old anarchist in me), I think we passed the point where a scheduled mass protest could be an effective means of influencing the government sometime prior to the 1999 Seattle WTO protests.
To be more clear, it’s not that it shouldn’t have happened, it’s just that we need to make every action count as much as we can. A lot of people don’t have the ability to see the cause behind the effect. The forest through the trees. Creating a problem for the average person commuting to work often makes them angry at the people and then they don’t bother to think any harder on the matter. It’s not the protester’s fault, it’s that people are dumb and self centered.
I don’t think the recent LA protest was BAD, I just want to nudge people into considering locations that have more impact on the government.
I want to emphasize to you that I am very much in favor of the protesting. Sometimes meaning gets lost in text. I don’t wish to fight with my brothers.
Likewise, I don’t find any fault in your argument and I think we can both agree that efforts should be both focused where they can be most effective and distributed so that as many people as possible can participate.
That said (and this might just be the disillusioned old anarchist in me), I think we passed the point where a scheduled mass protest could be an effective means of influencing the government sometime prior to the 1999 Seattle WTO protests.