"Respectability" politics not the right phrase. Protests can be "respectable" or not— and be effective for goals. Key is strategic thinking.
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Trump has many obstacles; he's likely to lose. Except authoritarian demagogues do better when anxiety & sense of uncontrolled chaos goes up.
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This decade's wave of protests had it almost all: resonance, legitimacy, numbers. The one thing they didn't: strategic thinking & control.
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We also know historically agent provocateurs placed to discredit protest movements. Similar to your social media false flag points.
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Yeah. Depends on country. Self-appointed, government-pay sometimes just troubled people. But same result.
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As do even heartfelt protests with an ostensible plan/strategy at the onset (Egypt). Agree anti-Trump protest can't be thoughtless.
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