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Need your advice hexbear (reddthat.com)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Shortstack@reddthat.com to c/chat@hexbear.net

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Not sure how much detail to include here, but I’m angry, scared, and restless and for the first time in my life decided to go to a protest, the ones that happened today at all the state capitols.

Total newbie, but felt let down because the mood felt like half the people there were going to go home feeling good, pat themselves on the back protesting for a couple hours, then go back to doomscrolling for the next 4 years. I went in hoping to see local socialist or mutual aid or lgbtq groups fielding questions or recruiting. You know, an outlet to use this energy. Guess that was presumptuous of me.

You guys seem to have your shit together with local activism, so I thought that maybe hexbear would be a good place to ask if there’s any groups in SW Washington area that you could point me towards. My partner and I were planning to join the auntie network after roe v wade fell, but were unable to offer the space we had planned for hosting out of state visitors. So I don’t know how to spend this itch to help.

Got any advice hexbears?

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[–] Shortstack@reddthat.com 24 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Today was a lesson for sure. Don’t know what I don’t know about protests

[–] Weedian@hexbear.net 35 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A productive protest needs real leverage behind it. A bunch of people going "we oppose this thing" isn't any threat to the people doing the thing, it's just a pressure release valve allowed by them to make protesters feel good

[–] Alisu@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

On social democracy grounds, if there is a movement attached to some part of the government (like a party with representatives in office), organized protests can help put pressure on the house/senate to pass something that the people want, but only by coordinating presence on both parts, masses and government. I've seen some movements like this get results, good and bad.