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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The person saying protests don’t accomplish anything is both right and wrong. In the short term, no, nothing external changes. Not immediately.

At this point, the changes are more internal to those who attend. If you’ve never actually been to a big protest about something that matters to you, you won’t understand. You can’t. But it means something to be a part of something so big. It solidifies your own values and gives you courage and clarity and determination — which is exactly what powerful forces *don’t* want the people to have. It also normalizes resistance as a shared, ordinary value. It takes the movement from a sense of being “fringe” to something common, even widespread.

And from there, new things emerge. What precisely? No one can say. It’s like an invisible shift of an invisible current; it is happening below the surface, yet is still significant. If you don’t understand, and you care about democracy, try going to one. Just show up, look at the people who are there: veterans and doctors and coaches and teachers, young people and old people and in between. People who look the part, and people who very much do not. People who are standing there even knowing that at any moment some vehicle might drive into the crowd, or that someone  might open fire. They are standing there anyway, determined to say what they have to say, refusing to just roll over and comply with whatever happens to be most convenient for the powerful.

Is it enough? No. Is the world tangibly, conspicuously changed when you get back in your car and drive home? No. But it does change something. If you don’t know, you don’t know. But if you know, you know. [/quote]
Very nicely worded. I've been to 3 protests since April and this is exactly how I feel.

I love seeing all the different people who feel just like me. It helps with my anger and frustration for my MAGA relatives who aren't even informed of 80% of what is actually happening.

And yes, I attend Democratic meetings and canvassed neighborhoods last fall. I've offered my help in analyzing data in spreadsheets. I'm attending by Zoom the monthly meeting tomorrow night. I'm newly retired and have time now.[/quote]

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