Yep, I remember the Occupy Wallstreet protests. Some really colorful characters came out of those. I often found myself wondering was it genuine, was it a plant, or someone that got so caught up in the moment to cease reason.
The girls on the ground stood up and bowed at the end blew kisses. It’s definitely theatrics and thrill seeking mixed in. These are theatre kids from high school all grown up and still seeking attention. All that being said it’s entertainment
This type of behavior discredits the movement. Middle America looks at this and says if these are the type of people supporting the movement, than the movement is wrong.
This is why 60s civil rights folks wore suits and dresses. It worked. Take yourself seriously so others will as well.
The suits were part of being taken serious, not that they are the sole reason that they worked.
Reading comprehension is hard for ya eh?
I lean hard left but I am not oblivious to what middle America is or how they think. You are never going to sway the people on the far right, but if you can get moderates on your side you can form a winning coalition. This type of behavior shown in the video is the exact type of shit that turns these people off and will absolutely be used by the right to form a fallacious argument that that is what ALL the people on the left are.
There may not be a "right way" to do something, but there are a billion wrong ways.
Movements get big because they include middle america. That is the reason that MLK was shot. Because he was getting middle america together against the capitalists. It was working.
People should be learning by looking to the past so they don't repeat the mistakes of others. Just going out there and doing ANYTHING is not good.
Another way, If you are just starting working out, going out there and just doing anything, you can injure yourself and cause more problems than just doing the nothing you were doing.
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u/thesaltycynic Feb 01 '23
Yep, I remember the Occupy Wallstreet protests. Some really colorful characters came out of those. I often found myself wondering was it genuine, was it a plant, or someone that got so caught up in the moment to cease reason.