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11. Discouraging people usually looks bad

Reply to LBM20 (Reply #10)

Tue Jul 25, 2017, 03:31 PM

Jul 2017

That's how you are coming across.

Obviously we can do both at the same time.

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Fix the party, run good campaigns, vote, and win more elections. Protests are a waste of time. [View all] LBM20 Jul 2017 OP

No one's making protest mandatory Fresh_Start Jul 2017 #1

I respectfully disagree Brainstormy Jul 2017 #2

Very politically ineffective in most cases. Win more elections. Put the time and energy there. LBM20 Jul 2017 #9

Workers' rights, civil rights, voting rights ... all were achieved through protest. Doremus Jul 2017 #58

I don't think they are a waste of time alarimer Jul 2017 #3

Protests are GREAT. How else do we get visibility and give people hope flamingdem Jul 2017 #4

Very politically ineffective in most cases. Win more elections. Put the time and energy there. LBM20 Jul 2017 #10

Discouraging people usually looks bad flamingdem Jul 2017 #11

But both is not being done and protests take time and energy that could be used organizing to win LBM20 Jul 2017 #19

Nope. deminks Jul 2017 #5

Time, resources, and energy should go to party building and winning elections. Protests don't work. LBM20 Jul 2017 #21

'fix the party?' What's wrong with it? leftstreet Jul 2017 #6

It has lost bigtime 3 of the last 4 elections and been GUTTED nationally. BAD campaigns. LBM20 Jul 2017 #14

Thanks for your answer leftstreet Jul 2017 #37

Here, let me help you, LBM20, those so called"BAD CAMPAIGNS"? Uh, yeah... The_REAL_Ecumenist Jul 2017 #55

Protests are the reason Pence had to break the tie to proceed. blogslut Jul 2017 #7

I am extremely RIGHT. R's only lost TWO votes. And we would never be here if we had won more LBM20 Jul 2017 #16

Fine, you do your thing. We'll do ours. blogslut Jul 2017 #18

Prove to me that protests, especially these occasional protests, actually get results. Why not put LBM20 Jul 2017 #23

We don't have to prove a FUCKING THING to you . . . hatrack Jul 2017 #28

So you would rather swear and insult than listen to a different opinion and offer evidence for your LBM20 Jul 2017 #36

You haven't proven yours yet. It will be in your court until you do. defacto7 Jul 2017 #54

I say we do both. blogslut Jul 2017 #29

How did the gerrymandering happen? Because R's won when D's ran bad campaigns and/or didn't vote. LBM20 Jul 2017 #43

As I stated above, why not do both? blogslut Jul 2017 #45

"Extremely RIGHT"-wing. johnp3907 Jul 2017 #47

EXACTLY !! Protests are very important. kacekwl Jul 2017 #56

Pick better candidates on the local and state level. hamsterjill Jul 2017 #8

Have you met Beto O'Rourke? blogslut Jul 2017 #15

Yes, and I actually think Beto's got a shot! hamsterjill Jul 2017 #26

Me too! blogslut Jul 2017 #30

Unfortunately, there are others that I do not think will be taken seriously. hamsterjill Jul 2017 #40

I haven't had a chance to welcome you to DU maxsolomon Jul 2017 #12

... leftstreet Jul 2017 #13

Put the energy into WINNING ELECTIONS. R's don't care about protests. They just proved it AGAIN. LBM20 Jul 2017 #17

protests are very valuable!!!! they are visual affirmations of the sheer numbers we are.. samnsara Jul 2017 #20

Where are the sheer numbers on election day winning actual power? LBM20 Jul 2017 #34

Win more. Got it. Thanks! Iggo Jul 2017 #22

Yeah, seeing that the party has been hollowed out nationally it's probably good advice. LBM20 Jul 2017 #27

. Iggo Jul 2017 #31

. . . hatrack Jul 2017 #49

I do believe that Gandhi, King, and Mandela would disagree! Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2017 #24

Those were decades-long social movements. I am talking about these spotty reactionary "resistance" LBM20 Jul 2017 #32

The only reason Trump has been blocked and I still think we have a shot to block Demsrule86 Jul 2017 #44

Well, then don't protest . . . hatrack Jul 2017 #25

I don't. Waste of time. I work instead to help candidates win elections. LBM20 Jul 2017 #33

Well you're amazingly special then, aren't you? hatrack Jul 2017 #35

Noticeable how everyone but yourself Chevy Jul 2017 #42

How about we act like grown-ups---walk and chew gum at the same time? Paladin Jul 2017 #38

Protests having nothing to do with the Democratic Party. nt m-lekktor Jul 2017 #39

wrong...welcome to DU...we will protest and drive the lying sack of shit GOP and Demsrule86 Jul 2017 #41

I lulz'd KG Jul 2017 #46

Protests are only a waste of time Blue_Tires Jul 2017 #48

The protests and the participation in town halls are having an effect Gothmog Jul 2017 #50

in case you hadnt notice, there arent many elections happening right now. mopinko Jul 2017 #51

Want to win elections??? Desert grandma Jul 2017 #52

Ah! A new poster saying, "Don't protest." What am I thinking? Squinch Jul 2017 #53

Continued protests are successful ... Greywing Jul 2017 #57