Selected tweets from a thread posted 2021-10-28:
"The ADA was only passed after wheelchair users physically blockaded the Capitol.
"Women's right to vote was only granted after feminists bombed powerful men.
"The Civil Rights Act only went through after Black people shut down D.C.
"'Civility' is bullshit and history proves it."
-- Vivian (muchnerve)
"There were numerous LGBTQ+ "Protests" for rights back in the day. They'd dress in their sunday best, carry picket signs, quietly march in circles...
"What finally got the ball rolling? A muthafuckin' RIOT!"
-- Ashleigh's Paradigm Shift (ParadigmPins)
"Civility works only on the other end---the impeccable lily white gloves as they essentially push a button to consign all manner of Others to death or worse the world over." -- Brian Jeffears (getter7seven)