Mee@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-219 hours agoWhat did Cory Booker 25-Hour speech actually achieve in terms of change?message-squaremessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1103file-text
arrow-up1103message-squareWhat did Cory Booker 25-Hour speech actually achieve in terms of change?Mee@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-219 hours agomessage-square54fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMee@reddthat.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·edit-219 hours agoBut it literally it was on the news for a day, that’s it. Protests go on for multi days and have a physical effect and achieve discomfort. Meanwhile, I don’t see the speech achieving a lot of that.
minus-squaremilkisklim@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up30·edit-218 hours agoSure, but how many protests legally prevent half of Congress from doing anything? Edit: rewrite for better negation agreement.
minus-squareentwine413@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·15 hours agoWhy does it have to achieve an immediate result to be a worthy action?
minus-squareZachariah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-217 hours agoWhat did your comment achieve?
But it literally it was on the news for a day, that’s it.
Protests go on for multi days and have a physical effect and achieve discomfort.
Meanwhile, I don’t see the speech achieving a lot of that.
Sure, but how many protests legally prevent half of Congress from doing anything?
Edit: rewrite for better negation agreement.
Why does it have to achieve an immediate result to be a worthy action?
What did your comment achieve?