How Not to Convert People to Your Cause

[rowyn]

Sigh.

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.

Comments

[terrycloth.livejournal.com]

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.

[rowyn]

Yeah, picketing is sort of ineffectual, but at least it's not directly counter-productive.