https://thesatanictemple.com/pages/the-satanic-temple-s-guidelines-for-effective-protest

  1. Protest is an act of free speech, and protesters must respect free speech.

  2. Have a clearly articulated position with tenable demands and a practical well-defined statement for what constitutes achieving your goals.

  3. Effective protest is founded on a legitimate theory of change that is exemplified by the structure of IF I do X, THEN Y will happen BECAUSE Z.

  4. Protest must be based on a principle as opposed to identity politics. Everyone benefits from the pursuit of well-conceived principles.

  5. Stay focused on specific issues and do not adopt issues that you think are analogously related.

  6. Stand for issues and principles – do not reflexively support the entire agenda of parties, organizations, or individuals.

  7. Do not allow narratives to prevail over facts.

  8. Restrict your movement to people who believe in the principles of your movement.

  9. If your protest calls for the deprivation of rights and liberties of others, intimidates others, harasses or threatens others, silences others, then you are an enemy of freedom no matter what the justification.

  10. Engaging in, promoting, inciting, and/or celebrating physical violence that deliberately targets civilians is never justifiable.

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  • P00ptart@lemmy.world
    172·
    19 hours ago

    It’s really not time for protest anymore. Protesting is over. It’s time for action.

    • CubitOom@infosec.pubOPEnglish
      161·
      19 hours ago

      I think we need both. Not everyone is able or willing to resist with action. But if we all collectively resist in the capacity we are comfortable with simultaneously, it sends a great message.

      I’m still reading Full Spectrum Resistance, but it seems to agree with that.

      • P00ptart@lemmy.world
        102·
        19 hours ago

        I’m sorry, but comfort is a luxury that doesn’t really exist anymore. We’re going to have to do things we’re not comfortable with if we’re to continue to exist.

        • CubitOom@infosec.pubOPEnglish
          71·
          18 hours ago

          I agree, I’ve been training and preparing. However, try to convince 50% of the country to as well.

          We need a non violent civil rights movement, and the decons for defense, and the black panthers.

          There needs to be reason, and there needs to be threat