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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Because the distribution of opinion varies from state to state, people are going to need to be somewhat flexible and pragmatic in terms of specific legislative demands but there will be winnable fights everywhere and it’s helpful to have high-profile demonstrations. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 25, 2022 Hibernated

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Protesting is good! Racial justice protests moved opinion on racial issues in a progressive direction! You want to protest for a reasonable policy goal (i.e. not “defund the police) but it’s good for folks to march for abortion rights. — PolitiTweet.org

Lakshya Jain @lxeagle17

The crux of the argument is “Democrats have blown things in the past so they will blow this too, and moderates will… https://t.co/PJEL56ESij

Posted June 25, 2022 Hibernated

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What people sometimes want to do is go in for really edgy protest tactics, which is a mistake — any large, normal, peaceful demonstration drives coverage *of your message* whereas the edgy tactics tend to drive coverage of the tactics. You want people to see the slogans. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 25, 2022 Hibernated

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