Is protesting still actually effective?  

There was def value pre internet but now it feels outdated, like writing a letter or riding a horse.

Open-mic comic who reads too much about network states. Find my clips on seemore.tv/stevlesh

The best counter argument was Vietnam War protests worked. But then you got Nixon…

lol prob not but I could at least see how you might argue they had some value pre internet - facilitated p2p interactions that lacked today’s various communication channels, helped politicians gauge how much support/energy an issue had, etc