Mee@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 day agoWhat did Cory Booker 25-Hour speech actually achieve in terms of change?message-squaremessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1104arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up192arrow-down1message-squareWhat did Cory Booker 25-Hour speech actually achieve in terms of change?Mee@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 day agomessage-square54fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarefloo@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down3·1 day 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-down6·1 day agoPerformances like that are meant to inspire acts of political courage among the people.
minus-squareMaeve@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 day agoWould be cooler if it inspired acts of courage for the Dems on the Hill.
minus-squareinfinitevalence@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·1 day agoIf they want to inspire then get out and march from the front. I’m not sticking my neck out until they do.
minus-squarefloo@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down13·1 day 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