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Originally Posted by Barry-xlovecam
Sound-bytes rarely lead to reasonable conclusions but if you were to argue that "the man on the street" is swayed by the sound-byte argument -- the current state of affairs seems to prove that premise correct ... |
No one said anything about "soundbites" except you.
Having a simple, clear, concise and well stated objective is a pretty obvious requirement when you're fighting for something and expect support in doing so. That objective determines strategy and tactics and defines the finish line, not to mention helps everyone understand what it is that everyone is trying to achieve.
Its pretty clear when people have to continually ask "what do these guys want" that their message, if you can call it that is an epic failure. Combine that with imagery of Oakland riots and similar disturbances associated with "protesters" and you just can't win over the public on any real scale and they will more support the police stepping in and crushing them than they will supporting their ill defined cause.
This is no different than WTO protesters. They have tons of valid points about fair trade, developing countries, how those countries are treated and so on... but it is never well communicated, there is never a clear message or clear objective in the protests and any good that could have came out of it gets overtaken by a bunch of idiot kids throwing rocks through store windows leading to inevitable clashes with authorities.
