Of course, but the metric you choose for “effectiveness” is critical. In the current situation the metric must be “removal from office”.
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mapto@feddit.it 18 hours ago
But should it be extreme? I reckon it should be effective instead. Whether effective means awareness, resignations or something else is a conversation that varies a lot from context to context.
wewbull@feddit.uk 16 hours ago
Valmond@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Yeah, better not disturbe anyone when you are doing your awareness “protests”…
ahornsirup@feddit.org 17 hours ago
Those do work better. Antagonising the people whose support you rely on to effect change is a horrible strategy, the more of a disturbance protests cause to the average person, the less likely said average person is to be supportive.
Montagge@lemmy.zip 17 hours ago
I was mad that the government was disappearing people, but then a protest made it so I couldn’t drive where I wanted to.
ahornsirup@feddit.org 17 hours ago
That’s a vast oversimplification of the thought process and emotions that’s going on there and an extremely uncharitable one at that (most people have their own lives to worry about, it’s usually less “I can’t drive where I want to” and more “I have to get to work”), but essentially yes. That’s the reality you have to work with.