• chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    If it were easy we would have done it already. Calling it easy is demoralizing and ultimately defeatist.

    Building a grassroots movement is hard. It’s hard work and takes a long time. Look at the history of gay marriage and how long the fight for equal marriage rights has been going on.

    Check out this episode of This American Life. There’s a whole story about one small piece of the fight: simply talking to neighbours who might not have even met a gay person before.