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Originally Posted by rubecube
I kind of doubt it deterred anyone who had sincere interest in supporting their cause in the first place.
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Who the heck are they trying to convince, if not the average person who doesn't know who Yiannopoulos is in the first place?
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Originally Posted by ResAlien
In your opinion it did. I contend their method of protest dramatically increased buddy's public profile, leading to an increase in social media followers. What points to his increase in followers being directly related to people who would have otherwise supported the protesters cause? The women's March thing is disingenuous as well, had their target been Milo it stands to reason he would have seen the same increase in social media followers.
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It's like you're desperately trying to miss the point. There are two separate issues - first, protests like this deter most people from adopting your cause or joining you in protest. Hence the analogy to the Women's march, which did not have any such negative effect, and was generally praised by everyone. Second, the Streisand effect enhances the profile of, and thereby helps popularize, the very person whose views you're protesting against. It's a double-whammy of "this is a terrible idea". There is basically no upside, and lots of downside.
Anyway, here's your mandated daily obvious, easily falsifiable, bald-faced lie from the President for Wednesday, February 8.
