At least it's not Strom Thurmand mad about the civil rights act with the longest speaking time record anymore...
this post was submitted on 03 Apr 2025
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It got people to talk about it and take interest in what is going on. There are undoubtedly some portion of the population that are fully oblivious of the world around them, or just indifferent at least, but someone going on for that long has to make them wonder why he would do that.
Think of it like a protest. Most protests don't DO anything, but he forced the entire senate to sit and listen to him for 25 hrs rant about how bad things have gotten. I'm sure there was work and stuff they were supposed to vote on that he effectively delayed. But that's all it really was, a record breaking protest.
But it literally it was on the news for a day, that's it.
Protests go on for multi days and have a physical effect and achieve discomfort.
Meanwhile, I don't see the speech achieving a lot of that.
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It was a great show for what it was, but did it achieve anything? Not really. Which is, in and of itself, pretty sad.
Performances like that are meant to inspire acts of political courage among the people.
If they want to inspire then get out and march from the front. I'm not sticking my neck out until they do.
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Knocked Strom Thurmondβs racist ass filibuster of the civil rights act out of the #1 slot.
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