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Re:New York Times Tech Workers Go on Strike by science4sail on Monday November 04, 2024 @01:59PM (#42044892)
Annoyance so that bystanders support the protesters' demands or annoyance so that bystanders act against the protesters out of spite? After all, the Westboro Baptist Church's protests don't seem to have been very effective at promoting the cause of homophobia.

I think that protests are a risky move unless the general population is already sympathetic to the protesters' goals.

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Re:New York Times Tech Workers Go on Strike by Justsignedup on Tuesday November 05, 2024 @12:56PM (#42053689)
> After all, the Westboro Baptist Church's protests don't seem to have been very effective at promoting the cause of homophobia

Those protests are to provoke people into physical violence. They are organized by a personal injury lawyer.

> Annoyance so that bystanders support the protesters' demands or annoyance so that bystanders act against the protesters out of spite?

People say a lot of shit, but actually doing an effort out of spite is work, if they do that, they probably think. This is how all protests work. The 1960s black rights protests would like to have a word with you regarding efficacy. :)

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