>PS - It's defeatist to say the following: "internet protests will never change anything in Washington." Don't be an idiot. It's defeatist to say that we can n

>PS - It's defeatist to say the following: "internet protests will never change anything in Washington." Don't be an idiot. It's defeatist to say that we can never change anything to rid ourselves of oppression. It's perfectly valid to say that online petitions and online protests are relatively useless because usually it follows from that that there are more effective alternatives.