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Protests are good because they 1) keep the story alive, 2) make it more obvious to ordinary people out in public, and 3) indicate to others that this time we're
by LoganCale 13y ago
Protests are good because they 1) keep the story alive, 2) make it more obvious to ordinary people out in public, and 3) indicate to others that this time we're really angry and possibly get more people to join in as well when they realize it's not just going to fade away after a day or two like always has before.
- bifrost 13y agoThis story has not and will not die in the tech community, but wilful ignorance has kept people from paying attention to it for the last decade.
- LoganCale 13y agoIt's not guaranteed to not die—revelation after revelation has been coming out for nearly the past decade, if not longer, and people always forgot and moved on, or stopped caring—even in the tech community. It's only now, with so much information at once, and putting it all together, that it's gained enough momentum to stay in the spotlight for longer, hopefully.