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1. Don't fall for the baiting. Peaceful protests are working

Reply to Tom Dyer (Original post)

Sat Jan 24, 2026, 08:15 PM

Jan 24

to affect popular opinion.

"When someone shrugs and says marching does nothing, they confuse visibility with effectiveness. Nonviolent resistance works like water on stone. Slow. Relentless. Devastating."

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Don't fall for the baiting. Peaceful protests are working applegrove Jan 24 #1

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