I suppose it's not quite as horrible as picketing the funerals of servicemen, but rampaging through a church service is the exact opposite of a persuasive argument, and acting like spoiled children is only going to give ammunition to the people who oppose your cause. Blah.
I'd have more sympathy for motives (b) and (c) if I thought it would actually work. I support gay rights and these guys are definitely not winning me to their group. And making me miserable like this would only strengthen my resolve if I'd been opposed in the first place.
I guess it might be raising awareness, but making people aware that your own group is full of jerks doesn't sound like a useful strategy either. :6
Yeah, they went too far with the fire alarms and stuff, I think. If they'd just picketed they could have made the churchgoers uncomfortable without, you know, *actually breaking the law*, and might have looked more sympathetic. Assuming the church was somehow a legitimate target.
I'm not sure protests work very well in America in general anymore, though -- the spirit of revolution that makes them effective is pretty weak. Too many people think 'oh god, they're acting like whiny idiots' instead of getting caught up in righteous indignation or whatever.
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Date: 2008-11-12 06:50 pm (UTC)I guess it might be raising awareness, but making people aware that your own group is full of jerks doesn't sound like a useful strategy either. :6
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Date: 2008-11-12 07:14 pm (UTC)I'm not sure protests work very well in America in general anymore, though -- the spirit of revolution that makes them effective is pretty weak. Too many people think 'oh god, they're acting like whiny idiots' instead of getting caught up in righteous indignation or whatever.
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Date: 2008-11-12 07:16 pm (UTC)