i don’t think we’d have mandatory body cams or a real push for reform without them. if it had just been peaceful protests, i think america would have shrugged it off like they do every other protest. if protests don’t cause disruption, they usually don’t have any effect. on the other hand, it could be argued that the protests have galvanized another portion of americans into being completely opposed to reform.

but of course, that portion of america is the problem and i think they deserve more disruption.

didn’t realize i was in the EILI5 sub, but thanks?

we been doing that for years. hasn’t changed much. what’s the next step?

EDIT: protests are 20th century passe’ and only affect change if they become violent (see george floyd), petitions are almost a complete waste of time, your congressman definitely isn’t listening to you, i still believe voting is effective but not enough (and may soon be nerfed into uselessness)

really? seems a little less than organized and effective.

of course. sure. patriarchy, religion, fascism, captialism, all the usual suspects. anybody that doesn’t get it hasn’t been paying attention.

but what do we DO ABOUT IT?

i’ve been voting for 30 years. hasn’t saved us yet. what’s the next step?

EDIT: voting is important, but it’s not enough.

i’ve read all the comments here and don’t see one single person talking about what to do about it. it’s just a big circle jerk of ‘republicans bad’ like we didn’t know that. ‘religion bad’ - yeah, no shit sherlock. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?

i think everyone should move to texas and vote out the conservatives