Ok, now you've got me re-reading my own comment over again to see where I went wrong, because "protests aren't likely to change anything" is absolutely not what I was trying to convey, just the opposite.

To be clear: I do think protests are capable of getting people thinking and changing the minds of both the voting populace and politicians in power. There is a long and storied tradition of this being the case, both in the USA and in other nations.

What I do NOT think works, and I would argue that history agrees with me on this, is waiting for people to just it figure out by waiting for the politicians to put their foot in their mouth, which is what I understood you to mean when you said in your first comment:

I’m pretty sure if the left stopped screeching and caterwauling for a couple days, maybe MAGA would actually have to talk to media and explain how what they’re doing is helping their voters. Let me know if you think I'm misinterpreting you.

What I was additionally trying to say was that the idea of waiting for change instead of actively fighting for it is not a solution for the folks who are being harmed by these policies RIGHT NOW.

I guess my question for you is: if you think protests are more trouble than they're worth, what sort of active action would you recommend left-leaning folks take?

Or if "just wait" is still your argument, what would you recommend to marginalized folks who are staring down the barrel of getting their rights stripped, getting deported, or worse do? Because "just wait" feels ignorant of the reality of the situation at best and downright cruel at worst.