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2. Pragmatically, some forms of protest are more effective than others.

This shows, not based on what we wish were true, but on what works in reality, that such petitions appear to be more effective than OWS.

Now maybe we wish that weren't true, but let's not do the Republican trick of ignoring reality for ideological reasons, or we'll find ourselves backing the liberal equivalent of "Abstinence Only Sex Education"; a movement we wish was effective, but isn't.

I'm not saying OWS doesn't work, I'm saying let's stay open-minded about deciding what works and what doesn't, and which tactics are most effective at promoting change. It might just break our hearts to discover that our favorite technique doesn't work, but what do we really want, results, or ineffective but ideologically pure pseudo-solutions?