We collectively (the members of the society) get to decide society’s norms. But it’s also true that U.S. citizens collectively get to decide who the President is, and look where that gets tens of millions of people each election cycle. People individually or in small groups ordinarily have only a slight influence on society’s norms., and I think what you’re suggesting is sufficiently far afield from current norms for small movements to make a material difference.
Of course, it’s possible for social norms to shift considerably. But it takes a lot of both time and concentrated effort. The end objective would presumably be a mass social movement engaged in advocacy for that interpretation of free speech and free association. I don’t see that kind of theory of change being worked toward, so I don’t see any reason to believe isolated, less systematic attempts to change norms will have much overall effect.
We collectively (the members of the society) get to decide society’s norms. But it’s also true that U.S. citizens collectively get to decide who the President is, and look where that gets tens of millions of people each election cycle. People individually or in small groups ordinarily have only a slight influence on society’s norms., and I think what you’re suggesting is sufficiently far afield from current norms for small movements to make a material difference.
Of course, it’s possible for social norms to shift considerably. But it takes a lot of both time and concentrated effort. The end objective would presumably be a mass social movement engaged in advocacy for that interpretation of free speech and free association. I don’t see that kind of theory of change being worked toward, so I don’t see any reason to believe isolated, less systematic attempts to change norms will have much overall effect.