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Who Protests, What Do They Protest, and Why?
- jefurii 4y ago"We examine individuals’ decisions to attend protests during the summer of 2020. ... We also provide evidence suggesting that protesting appears to be rational, i.e., a deliberate and intentional choice to be civically engaged that is responsive to costs and issue salience... Together, our findings challenge claims by partisan pundits that protests are driven by extremists with fringe views or that the 2020 movements were diametrically opposed along partisan identity lines. ..." Sounds about right.
- autoexec 4y agoI wish there was more objective data collected. Data from surveys will tell you what people say, not what they are. Missing from reports like this will be the people hired to participate in protests
- hulitu 4y ago> Missing from reports like this will be the people hired to participate in protests I'm sure you are joking. I mean, if would have been such people, we would have heard about it in the news. /s
- autoexec 4y agoThe news hasn't been very shy about talking about it https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-crowds-extortion-20181021-story.html https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-crowds-extortion-2018... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/26/devos-family-michigan-protest-rightwing-donors https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/26/devos-family...
- Mountain_Skies 4y agoMost men I know who were teens and college age during the 1960s openly say they primarily went to rallies to get access to easy sex. Doubt any of them would admit that on a survey, claiming much nobler goals instead.
- autoexec 4y agoPlenty of folks these days doing it for self promotion too. Looking for social media content, youtube views, or just pandering to their audience. There's an industry around some political movements.