Stacey Abrams on the power of protest

And one of the key push backs against autocracy is protest. Because the way autocracy works, it convinces you to be silent because you're afraid of losing something. You're afraid of the consequences of lifting your voice.You're afraid that if you point out what's happening, it could come for you next. Protest is the counternarrative. It says that I see what you're doing and I believe I have not only the right but the responsibility to point out that what you are doing is. ...