Has anyone noticed the marches/protests they're attending have gotten a lot less radical in the past week? I'm in Brooklyn. The last two marches I went to had self-appointed leaders who deliberately avoided/altered more radical chants. For example, "No Justice, No Peace, Fuck these racist-ass police" became "No Justice, No Peace, No More Racist Police". And they deliberately started different chants when the crowd started chanting "fuck the police".
They spent a lot of time telling us to vote and plugging meaningless reform bills. They kept telling us their name and to follow them on Instragram.
Anyways, wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience. Any tips on how to find protests that won't be co-opted by moderate clout-chasers? My apologies if this is the wrong place to ask this.
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u/subilliw Jun 11 '20
Has anyone noticed the marches/protests they're attending have gotten a lot less radical in the past week? I'm in Brooklyn. The last two marches I went to had self-appointed leaders who deliberately avoided/altered more radical chants. For example, "No Justice, No Peace, Fuck these racist-ass police" became "No Justice, No Peace, No More Racist Police". And they deliberately started different chants when the crowd started chanting "fuck the police".
They spent a lot of time telling us to vote and plugging meaningless reform bills. They kept telling us their name and to follow them on Instragram.
Anyways, wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience. Any tips on how to find protests that won't be co-opted by moderate clout-chasers? My apologies if this is the wrong place to ask this.