Mee@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-214 days agoWhat did Cory Booker 25-Hour speech actually achieve in terms of change?message-squaremessage-square54linkfedilinkarrow-up1105arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up193arrow-down1message-squareWhat did Cory Booker 25-Hour speech actually achieve in terms of change?Mee@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-214 days agomessage-square54linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarefloolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down4·14 days agoIt was a great show for what it was, but did it achieve anything? Not really. Which is, in and of itself, pretty sad.
minus-squarePunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down6·14 days agoPerformances like that are meant to inspire acts of political courage among the people.
minus-squareMaeve@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·14 days agoWould be cooler if it inspired acts of courage for the Dems on the Hill.
minus-squareinfinitevalence@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·14 days agoIf they want to inspire then get out and march from the front. I’m not sticking my neck out until they do.
minus-squarefloolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down14·14 days agoYet your performance has inspired nothing but antipathy
It was a great show for what it was, but did it achieve anything? Not really. Which is, in and of itself, pretty sad.
Performances like that are meant to inspire acts of political courage among the people.
Would be cooler if it inspired acts of courage for the Dems on the Hill.
If they want to inspire then get out and march from the front. I’m not sticking my neck out until they do.
Yet your performance has inspired nothing but antipathy