• Peter Link@lemmy.mlOP
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    24 hours ago

    Massive and sustained peaceful protests often do work, as they did against the US war in Vietnam. I can’t imagine how confronting local Zionists would do anything to help Palestine be free.

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      19 hours ago

      The US withdrew from Vietnam because they lost a shit ton of their own troops, as well as getting their asses handed to them during the Tet Offensive.

      The USSR and China also played a huge role diplomatically to get them to withdraw.

      No amount of peaceful protest can shake the war machine.

      To add to this: after the Kent State shooting, 58% of those who were polled placed the blame on the students, 11% blamed the national guard, and 31% just wanted to grillexpressed no opinion.

      There was a poll done 50 years after the shooting, 16% blamed the students, 29% blamed the national guard, 27% expressing no opinion, and the rest blaming Nixon or governor Rhodes.

      Peaceful protest doesn’t do shit to change public opinion, especially not now when it isn’t covered by zionist media.