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minus-squareJesus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down4·9 days agoMy big frustration with my local event, which was big, was that none of the speakers knew how to direct a crowd into taking focused and specific action.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·9 days agoThis is a constant issue. It’s worth getting up there and asking people to call congress, and walking them through how to leave a voicemail.
minus-squareSoftestSapphic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 days agoI think it’s because violence is necessary but calling for violence is illegal. The state has a monopoly on violence, but when the state becomes tyrannical it’s the duty of the people to revoke that monopoly.
My big frustration with my local event, which was big, was that none of the speakers knew how to direct a crowd into taking focused and specific action.
This is a constant issue.
It’s worth getting up there and asking people to call congress, and walking them through how to leave a voicemail.
I think it’s because violence is necessary but calling for violence is illegal.
The state has a monopoly on violence, but when the state becomes tyrannical it’s the duty of the people to revoke that monopoly.