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Because "literally all the adult population" can't, as you seem to imply, do anything about it? Protest is not always about immediately having your demands met
by black_puppydog 2y ago
Because "literally all the adult population" can't, as you seem to imply, do anything about it?
Protest is not always about immediately having your demands met. It's nearly always part of a longer game. And if you're a 16 year old who has no financial leverage, no job to strike from, no company to make different decisions with, and who won't be able to vote for another 2 years, raising an issue with the people that can doesn't seem like such a bad idea.
Besides, these protests got younger generations' voices into mainstream TV and newspapers. That's more than "appropriate" protest ever did.
- robertlagrant 2y ago> And if you're a 16 year old I'm talking about "strikes" that were 7-year-olds. Junior schools were striking. > That's more than "appropriate" protest ever did. I don't care about appropriate; just about effectiveness.
- KittenInABox 2y agoGenuinely: what do you know about effective protesting? Are you speaking from experience as a successful organizer who got legislation passed or local policies reformed due to your activism? Do you have sociological papers on the phenomenon maybe, are you a journalist who investigates this? Your criticisms would have more weight if I had a better idea from which the experience you had to make these criticisms.
- robertlagrant 2y agoThis is called "ad hominem". Make a counterargument, rather than attacking the person.
- KittenInABox 2y agoI genuinely want to know their experience in organizing to get better context as to their expertise. They are the one making claims about what works and doesn't work. I don't know jack shit about organizing, so I'd like to know if I should take their opinion as an educated one or a layman.
- kthejoker2 2y agoAsking for one's credentials on a topic before assessing their claims is not ad hominem.