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Election season has come. Here’s what you need to do to stop Trump from winning | Robert Reich
(www.theguardian.com)
Demonstrate, but don’t mistake demonstrating for political action. You may find it gratifying to stand on a corner in Berkeley with a sign asking drivers to “honk if you hate fascism” and elicit lots of honks, but that’s as politically effectual as taking a warm shower. Organize people who don’t normally vote to vote for Biden. Mobilize get-out-the-vote efforts in your community. Get young people involved.
While I'd agree there's a limit to the effectiveness of protest alone, it takes a certain kind of brain to think 
ing is the more politically effective move.
Standing at a corner with a sign at Berkeley isn’t going to be useful, but neither will organizing get-out-the-vote efforts to reach non-voters in the Berkeley area. Voting extra hard in a deep blue state isn’t going to do shit to sway the election.
Brunch is getting interrupted and Libs using "vote" like mantra are frowning at you. Oh, a wine mom just put down her glass...