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We are listening, but honestly I don't know that to do. I feel helpless and scared (which is what they want, of course).

ironman1478 6y ago
I feel the same way. What exactly can we do other than vote? Protesting doesn't seem to actually work (in America anymore at least).
- jondwillis 6y ago
  Have you tried prolonged, painful protest? That’s what I am preparing myself to do, mind, body, and soul. Honesty feeling hopeful for the first time in awhile, bullish on protest and I think that tech can be leveraged in a significant way
  - ironman1478 6y ago
    Maybe you are right and I won't pooh-pooh anybody who participates, but what about when Freddie Grey was killed? Similar thing happened in 2015, protests around the country and that didn't seem to accomplish anything. The protests now are much larger it seems this time, but unless they go on for a while (which I hope they do), I just don't see anything changing. It seems like law enforcement isn't going to have a sudden change of heart because people are telling them they are wrong and local politicians don't seem to be effective at enacting change in their police departments.
- baddox 6y ago
  The American people made their preferences clear in the 2016 election. That clearly does not work.
gre 6y ago
General strike.
- jondwillis 6y ago
  Default on debts, boycotts, deplatforming and platform advantages that could be leveraged. Lots of ways to cause pain where it hurts most...
  - SV_BubbleTime 6y ago
    > Have you tried prolonged, painful protest? That’s what I am preparing myself to do, mind, body, and soul. Honesty feeling hopeful for the first time in awhile, bullish on protest and I think that tech can be leveraged in a significant way Looking over your posts in this thread, you seem eager to deploy censorship and violence so long as it’s against people you disagree with. Surely that could never turn around on you! Right? Think past your nose on this, think of there were even “sides” here and Obama was president and some far right people were causing riots, would you really want them to use censorship via “platform advantages” and violence of painful protest? Can you imagine no scenario where you aren’t on the side of the majority?
    - jondwillis 6y ago
      For anyone else looking for my previous posts promoting violence and censorship, you won’t find them. troll

ironman1478 6y ago

I feel the same way. What exactly can we do other than vote? Protesting doesn't seem to actually work (in America anymore at least).

jondwillis 6y ago
Have you tried prolonged, painful protest? That’s what I am preparing myself to do, mind, body, and soul. Honesty feeling hopeful for the first time in awhile, bullish on protest and I think that tech can be leveraged in a significant way
- ironman1478 6y ago
  Maybe you are right and I won't pooh-pooh anybody who participates, but what about when Freddie Grey was killed? Similar thing happened in 2015, protests around the country and that didn't seem to accomplish anything. The protests now are much larger it seems this time, but unless they go on for a while (which I hope they do), I just don't see anything changing. It seems like law enforcement isn't going to have a sudden change of heart because people are telling them they are wrong and local politicians don't seem to be effective at enacting change in their police departments.
baddox 6y ago
The American people made their preferences clear in the 2016 election. That clearly does not work.

gre 6y ago

General strike.

jondwillis 6y ago
Default on debts, boycotts, deplatforming and platform advantages that could be leveraged. Lots of ways to cause pain where it hurts most...
- SV_BubbleTime 6y ago
  > Have you tried prolonged, painful protest? That’s what I am preparing myself to do, mind, body, and soul. Honesty feeling hopeful for the first time in awhile, bullish on protest and I think that tech can be leveraged in a significant way Looking over your posts in this thread, you seem eager to deploy censorship and violence so long as it’s against people you disagree with. Surely that could never turn around on you! Right? Think past your nose on this, think of there were even “sides” here and Obama was president and some far right people were causing riots, would you really want them to use censorship via “platform advantages” and violence of painful protest? Can you imagine no scenario where you aren’t on the side of the majority?
  - jondwillis 6y ago
    For anyone else looking for my previous posts promoting violence and censorship, you won’t find them. troll