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Originally Posted by AmeliaG
Are there seriously people in this thread whining about free speech and suggesting it is useless?
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i am wondering when free assembly resulted in change. I read history books, & protest movements used to result in huge changes, eventually. Labor laws, voting rights, & basic human rights were gained. India was freed from the british empire.
however in my lifetime, i am not seeing protests lead to any meaningful social reform similar to the civil rights movement.
seems no longer possible to maintain large groups of support for social change over the period of years necessary to work. there were protests about cops in 1999 over amadu diallo. what changed 15 years & eric garner later? there were protests about gun laws after columbine. what changed 15 years & newtown later?
nothing whining about these questions. do the movements have unachievable goals, or is the instant gratification created by tech & 24/7 media to blame? we have a lot more information today but a lot less change. is that not odd? Should not change increase with the freedom of information?
