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I am kind of too scared to ask here, but what did it actually achieve?

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[โ€“] Mee@reddthat.com -3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

But it literally it was on the news for a day, that's it.

Protests go on for multi days and have a physical effect and achieve discomfort.

Meanwhile, I don't see the speech achieving a lot of that.

[โ€“] milkisklim@lemm.ee 27 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Sure, but how many protests legally prevent half of Congress from doing anything?

Edit: rewrite for better negation agreement.

[โ€“] entwine413@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago

Why does it have to achieve an immediate result to be a worthy action?

[โ€“] Zachariah@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

What did your comment achieve?