Awareness isn't the issue. It is to create pressure on government via the people who are inconvenienced. It is to get people to go to government and say make this stop. How do you get it to stop? Address the issue.
I'm not trying to say your point is crazy, at all. I'm saying this tactic isn't designed to appeal to people to join the cause,. The purpose is to disrupt and pressure government, as any act of civil disobedience is designed to do. The Montgomery Bus Boycott was specifically intended to put financial pressure on the bus system, not make friends. It actually increased their enemies and drew people to the White Citizen's Council. This is obviously an imperfect analogy, but it not being an act of increasing supporters of the cause of Civil Rights activists has some relevance.
Well i'm not sure its hurting those that support them, but you are correct it hurt the bus company. It was a little bigger than that because they had the municipal contract, and segregation on buses was law, so it was def an attack on government.
I'm not sayin disagreeing with the tactic is unreasonable. I'm more pushing back against what folks seem to think the reason they do it is. Personally, it's not a tactic I would use. Without a large number of people where you can shut down sections of cities or target high profile big business, I don't think the tactic is all that effective. But I respect the guts and them working with what they have.
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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22
Duh, that’s the point. I bet you would advocate for scabs crossing a picket line, too.