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Sure, but thing's haven't gotten worse as a result of what TST is doing, and they aren't being normalized because of what CAH is doing. You're right, it's fucked up. You know it's fucked up, I know it's fucked up, CAH keeps saying "it's fucked up that we can do this." The point is to keep telling people "This is fucked up". Not responding to what Musk is doing would normalize it more than shining a light on it.
Doing what he is doing is not the only way to respond to it.
No, but it is an effective way. Other ways should be done as well.
Effective how? Again, you need a non-Republican congress and a non-Republican judiciary to have an effect. And that is not what we have and it is not what we will have for the foreseeable future due to gerrymandering and court stacking. Spreading awareness doesn't do a thing when the people at the top don't care what anyone but billionaires like Musk think.
How do you get non-republicans in positions to fix these things without spreading awareness of what Republicans are allowing?
What non-Republicans in position to fix these things? Who are these non-Republicans with a majority in congress and control of the judiciary?
I could see the point being to spread the information on what is happening so that (hopefully) we could elect more people who would do something about it. There are some elections coming up where, theoretically, the power could shift. There's also lobbying our congresspeople, which can have an effect if enough people do it. The power of incumbency, uninformed voters, etc... make this a shitty situation, to be sure. I'm still trying to have hope that enough people pushing for change can find success. If not, I'll just be cynical at the bleak prospects of life.
I say all that to say, we should fight however we can, but definitely keep pushing forward!