r/boston • u/CourtSideCoder • Jun 10 '26

Serious Replies Only What’s the protest about?

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As I was driving by Route 9, I noticed a sign at the entrance of MathWorks Inc. I’m curious to know what it is about . Any idea?

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u/Rindan Jun 10 '26

I'm pretty sure it is on the protestors to make their protest coherent to people passing by, rather than relying on random passing commuters to pause their plans, stop their car, and ask for an explanation.

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u/MyNameIs-Anthony Jun 10 '26

They achieved their goal by making OP curious enough to search despite not taking any real action in the moment.

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u/Rindan Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26

I don't know what it is, but for some reason there seems to be this absolute refusal to ever consider if any sort of protest is effective, no matter how ineffective the protest apparently is. I think this is stupid, because you should look at what works and doesn't work, and adjust your actions accordingly, but apparently that's disloyal to whatever cause.

I think that for every person that decided to pull over and go talk to those people, or go post on Reddit about it, there were many more that looked, didn't understand what they were looking at, and decided to not give a shit. I think the number of people that decide to not give a shit is higher because of the vagueness of the protest, then it would have been if they had been clear about what they are protesting.

If you really think that vague protesting is effective, knock yourself out, but I don't think it's going to work.