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Liberals have to reckon with the limits of protests
- throw0101c 9mo agohttps://archive.is/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/22/opinion/protest-political-strategy-trump-ice/ https://archive.is/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/22/op... https://archive.is/Cq67t https://archive.is/Cq67t
- armchairhacker 9mo agotl;dr: debate and persuade people on the other side of the political spectrum. What’s the point of a protest if the people who don’t already agree with you don’t see you as a reasonable human? They can, but you must see them as a reasonable human, and talk to them in a more personal and calmer context.
- zahlman 9mo ago> tl;dr: debate and persuade people on the other side of the political spectrum. The greatest shame of the current-day Western world is that this central tenet of liberalism actually has to be explained to people who get to call themselves (and get called by their opponents) "liberals", and then they still refuse to acknowledge it.
- donkeybeer 9mo agoThe utterly insane cannot be argue or debated with. Mocking them relentlessly and shitting on them is the only valid approach.
- onecommentman 9mo agoI’ve always thought the hippie protests in 1968 are what guaranteed Nixon his second term. It provided an “other” whose appearance to the majority was so off putting/repulsive that, even during an unpopular war, they were willing to re-elect Nixon just to attempt to purge the National consciousness of the buffoonery presented as the Left (and actually was, to some extent). The Democratic Party was only able to reclaim leadership when they found an anti-hippie (Jimmy Carter, Navy nuclear sub guy) as a spokesperson. Democrats who continue, and who will continue, to struggle under the anti-woke backlash should take note.