RE: https://mastodon.social/@tzimmer_history/116306931261809545
Not a single person of consequence believes that No Kings is some magical solution to save democracy; no serious person argues that occasionally joining a protest is all anyone needs to do.
But as an exercise of shared democratic participation, protests matter very much.
@tzimmer_history America did not repeal discriminatory laws the moment Rosa Parks boarded a bus and sat down. Should she not have bothered?
The Lovings won the right to marry each other, but racism didn't go away. Should they not have bothered?
Dr. King and John Lewis marched with thousands, but those protests changed nothing in and of themselves. Should they not have bothered?
Thomas Zimmer
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