I am so tired of hearing "It does nothing" YES IT DOES. It's not the be-all end-all but it's ONE of the things that gets more and more people involved. AND it influences elected officials. Social attitudes are a big part of what has to change.

@_L1vY_ I just read Dr. Stacey Patton's essay on why it's all just white-people feel-good performative bullshit. Deep, deep sigh.

@LPerry2 She's allowed to feel discouraged 🤷🏻‍♀️

@_L1vY_ She didn't sound discouraged. She just doesn't think protests do anything except make people feel good for a moment--because, she says, nothing changes after people go home.
I'm the one who found her comments discouraging.

@LPerry2 I've read it, I thought she sounded discouraged

@LPerry2 (And it's just objectively not true that nothing happens.)

@_L1vY_ Well, my sister, who is coming up on her 70th birthday, is protesting for the first time in her life...so something is definitely happening there.