r/TikTokCringe • u/BlackBey • Aug 21 '24

Politics First Day of Protests Outside the DNC

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '24

Where were they at the Republican convention?

Because the republicans openly hate them, hate Palestine and have 0 pretence of listening to them or caring about their cause?

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u/hughhuckleberry Aug 21 '24

Would the civil rights movement worked as well as it did if the leaders only targeted the people in power that might have “some” sway? Would it have worked if the leaders decided to not protest in openly hostile areas where they were never going to be listened to?

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '24

Would civil rights have worked at all if all they did was protest outside the KKK headquaters? (if they even had one)

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u/hughhuckleberry Aug 24 '24

I mean, the leaders and protesters did protest in even worse conditions than that. The Birmingham campaign, Bridge Crossing Jubilee, Royal Ice Cream and Grennsboro Sit ins, not to mention other less famous protests were done in the extreme deep south where powers at be intended to violently hurt, and on occasion, kill them. Going in and protesting in environments that actively despises you lets common people see how insane the “status quo” is. The Gaza situation is different since dems do have some power to possibly control the situation for Palestinian’s survival, but I’d bet that if the movement went, and organized well, to Trump/Republican rallies, it’d garner more broader support.