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This is based on the faulty liberal assumption that fascists are only fascists because they have yet to be shown all of the facts and logic.
Let's just speed run the scenario where you post this article on a right space: you post the article, every trumper comes out and says the resignations were good because the staffers were woke, and then you scratch your head wondering why your appeal to facts and logic didn't work on fascists. At this point you might just start spamming right spaces and have all your posts go directly to spam.
It's honestly kind of disturbing how you write off actual protests in favor of online activism, and I couldn't think of a more liberal take tbh. Anyone, at this stage of the game, who is taking the position of "less protests, more..." should be evaluated extremely critically - especially if your alternative is spamming r/conservative with liberal thinkpieces.
I can't even post in r/conservative. Once I tried with my old (now banned) account to make a comment to explain quite clearly that what Americans on r/conservative thought of Canadian voter ID laws was simply not true. I couldn't even MAKE the comment. It wasn't some smarmy insult-laden attack, but a very simple and clear statement that in Canada you don't need an ID if you have someone to vouch for you, and that there are literally countless things that would qualify for an appropriate ID to use. It isn't like in some states in the US that have a very, very narrow definition of what is an acceptable ID that it rules out most forms of ID. This isn't the case in Canada (where even a utility bill can suffice).
https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=vot&dir=ids&document=index&lang=e
Just look at what is accepted as ID in Canada. In the US they would have only a few kinds of ID that not everyone has. In Canada because of universal healthcare, EVERYONE has a healthcare card.
And, I forget the source, voicing your opinions online has shown to be quite useless in terms of making actual change. Will try to find the source if needed.