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Buzz cook

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6. Not Useless at all.

Reply to Groundhawg (Reply #1)

Sun Oct 19, 2025, 08:24 PM

Oct 2025

They provide people with a common cause a gathering place.
They positively enforce action over inaction.
They display to the people in the area and driving by that they are not alone.

Even if the corporate media a don't cover the protests, they are all over social media. and that does more than a front page article in the NYT.

Go to a protest, wave a sign, and meet some new friends.

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If Seven Million People Protest And No One Hears About It, Did It Actually Happen? -- Digby [View all] erronis Oct 2025 OP

Protests are useless. Groundhawg Oct 2025 #1

Not Useless at all. Buzz cook Oct 2025 #6

I would never discourage protests, but they are useless. Groundhawg Oct 2025 #7

I was a long time NYT subscriber but finally had enough and canceled spooky3 Oct 2025 #2

There are still some good journalists inside but the headlines are what count. erronis Oct 2025 #4

We can't expect corporate media to accurately report news events that negatively impact their ownership's interests. sop Oct 2025 #3

I have friends and relatives that still subscribe and send me clippings. erronis Oct 2025 #5