The fight for women’s suffrage, for instance, started in 1847, while the 19th Amendment wasn’t passed until 1920, a good 70 years later. The Stonewall riots were in 1969, and it took nearly fifty years for marriage equality to arrive. This stuff is hard. That doesn’t mean it’s not worth fighting for.
Worth noting that those rights were not won by merely voting, let alone merely voting for milquetoast candidates…
They were won by rather more extreme measures, precisely because merely voting didn’t accomplish the goals.
Worth noting that those rights were not won by merely voting, let alone merely voting for milquetoast candidates…
They were won by rather more extreme measures, precisely because merely voting didn’t accomplish the goals.
Stonewall was a riot. Women were beaten and arrested for trying to vote.
I may take someone else’s advice and firebomb a coal power plant because it’s more fun and effective than voting.