(Great Read) Non violent protests primer: ignore the naysayers, it works

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"When someone shrugs and says marching does nothing, they confuse visibility with effectiveness. Nonviolent resistance works like water on stone. Slow. Relentless. Devastating."

MUST READ

— Rhuta Bhayga (@rhutabhayga.bsky.social) 2026-01-12T01:13:23.035Z

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1. This is the article link.

https://thejenniwren.substack.com/p/to-the-naysayers-youre-wrong-were

To the Naysayers: You’re Wrong. We’re Still Showing Up.
How discipline, small towns, and endurance turn quiet protest into real pressure

Just the customary 4 paragraph snippet:

Nonviolence does not promise instant release. It offers something far more dangerous to those in power: endurance.

Solidarity held for nearly a decade under arrests and propaganda. Chile’s opposition spent years training, organizing, and defending the vote before the 1988 plebiscite cracked Pinochet’s rule. In the United States, civil rights protests reshaped elections by forcing the public to watch peaceful demonstrators meet violence, a dynamic political scientists continue to track in modern protest research.

Power often pretends nothing changed until it quietly adjusts course.

When someone shrugs and says marching does nothing, they confuse visibility with effectiveness. Nonviolent resistance works like water on stone. Slow. Relentless. Devastating.

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2. TY very much. A very interesting read.

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3. Yes. I will put Great Read in the title.

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4. I'd heard a bit about this (the 3.5% part) but it really expanded on it with historical details etc

Lucky you, you're in Canada.

Always had respect for your country. And visited Toronto (a quick trip for a wedding) waaaay back when their subway was new!

Then a year later Montreal bc we went to
Expo '67!

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5. Yes. I found the same thing. I am going to bookmark it for future use. It

is that good.