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Meadowoak

(5,545 posts) Fri Oct 5, 2018, 04:57 PM Oct 2018

How about a National strike?

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How about a National strike? (Original Post) Meadowoak Oct 2018 OP

Honest question. What would that do? scheming daemons Oct 2018 #1

How About a Sex Strike (but only against Republicans) Stallion Oct 2018 #2

Yes. I suggest we organize a media boycott in conjunction with... Anon-C Oct 2018 #3

scheming daemons

(25,487 posts)

1. Honest question. What would that do?

Reply to Meadowoak (Original post)

Fri Oct 5, 2018, 05:00 PM

Oct 2018

Would it keep Kavanaugh from being on the court?

No.

Would it harm Trump in any way?

No.

Would it cause millions people striking to lose pay, if not their jobs, and not be able to pay their bills?

Yes.

In order for a strategy to be effective, it has to help achieve the goal. How does a national strike help anything?

Stallion

(6,474 posts)

2. How About a Sex Strike (but only against Republicans)

Reply to Meadowoak (Original post)

Fri Oct 5, 2018, 05:05 PM

Oct 2018

Anon-C

(3,430 posts)

3. Yes. I suggest we organize a media boycott in conjunction with...

Reply to Meadowoak (Original post)

Fri Oct 5, 2018, 05:13 PM

Oct 2018

...real life organizing for the mid terms. Turn off the news and tamp down on the social media feeds as a protective measure against the online manipulations. Don't follow the investigation and the day to day. Simply vote, and get out the vote for the next four weeks.

I like the idea of a strike, but I think boycotts and other forms of economic activism will be more effective than most imagine.

Turn the propaganda off!

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