cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/politics@lemmy.world/p/2474069/ice-is-reportedly-using-a-palantir-database-to-compile-dossiers-on-protestors-engadget
An attorney representing protestors said this infringes on First Amendment rights.
cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/politics@lemmy.world/p/2474069/ice-is-reportedly-using-a-palantir-database-to-compile-dossiers-on-protestors-engadget
An attorney representing protestors said this infringes on First Amendment rights.
Protests don’t do anything… which is also why they are completely forbidden in Russia and you’ll get arrested for one person protests with blank signs. Coming soon to the US as well.
Generally, that’s true.
But there’s one example where protests have made a ton of change recently: Flock has lost 400 contracts since June. But that’s because the protests have morphed into people actually going to city council meetings.
They have another company. They are just playing us.
Yeah… that’s how protests work. They change the narrative and get people that won’t go to protests to go to city council meetings or to email or call their government officials.
I’ve heard it as; “it shows like-minded people that there are also others who care about a cause.”
Anti-abortion laws might get passed and you may think “wow, I can’t believe everyone thinks that way” and then a protest happens with thousands of people in attendance and you realise your view isn’t irrelevant. This can lead to people moving for change.
Unfortunately, this also works for bigoted protests, like anti-immigration protests bringing all the dickheads together to a shared cause.
In theory.
But thankfully in this one instance it actually worked.