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Originally Posted by Seaver
The truth is protests have the potential of growing exponentially as the new-media and social networks make it increasingly easier to gather groups of like-minded people. They haven't as their potential for political influence are squandered day in and day out. For example, the millions of dollars in damage with regard to the WTO meeting in Seattle. The average person's employment is determined by the WTO, so who do you think they'll side with? Some punks who burn cars unrelated to the whole event? Or the people who provide the employment which keeps a roof over their head and their kids in college?
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The damage was exaggerated by the media. The protest itself was massive and it was 99.999% peaceful. How can protesting work when the media works against us? They marginalize us by claiming we're just rioters or hooligans. And when nothing destructive happens we're simply ignored.
Did you know that 30 million people protested the invasion of Iraq on February 15, 2003? 30 million. There were some blurbs about it on TV. There was no mention of our arguments, our positions, just "oh, and some people don't want us to defend ourselves from the trrists!"