I’ll go
- I’m not alone.
- Trump:
Declares martial law
Or
Has defied court orders
Or
Has committed violence against government officials
Or
Dissolved all other branches of government
There is probably more but these are ones that come to mind.
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I’ll be honest (please don’t judge me):
I’m scared to protest. My brother got a bit aggressive last night and I felt so scared, I can’t imagine seeing the streets full of fascist pigs (cops), my fight or flight response will probably make me freeze or run away. If I ever protest I’ll be the first ones to get arrested/tortured/killed. I don’t know if I’ll ever find the courage to do it. I’m dealing with severe depression, and I don’t think I can even handle the stress.
If I joined protests, I could also face backlash from the Chinese American community, because I’m sure some are gonna be like “why are you trying to paint a target on our backs” (especially the first generation immigrants), because that’d be my mother’s reaction. Remember than Chinese American support for the democratic candidate is not as high as Black Americans’ 90+%, I think its more like 50% to 60%. Some don’t even vote. I would feel like the “odd one out” which would further discourage me in protesting.
But, I think there might be one scenario that I would feel empowered to take a stand. If trump declared Chinese Americans (or just Asian Americans broadly) as enemies of the state, I think my parent’s would probably be supportative of me joining the protests. I think the peer support from my fellow Chinese Americans and solidarity, would make me feel like I’m not just alone in this. I would feel safer since I’m part of a bigger group, I would feel like my part in the protest would feel more meaningful, because protesting alone feels like my efforts are in vain. On top of that, it’d also be a lot harder to identify me. Imagine being the only [insert racial group here] person to attend a protest, they’d find you and jail you so quick. Imagine like 1/5th of Chinese Americans protested. Good luck identifying 1 Million people. (Also better if other Asian Americans of similar skin tones attended, that’d make surveillance much more difficult)
It will take the protests being armed.
Because if the protests aren’t armed, they’re not going to accomplish anything. There will be no change if the wealthy class isn’t made to live in fear of the public.
Strike power is real power
True, but in America, you’re far more likely to get an armed protest than a general strike.
Sign a strike card generalstrikeus.com
Elect Luigi as President
Calm yourself Mario, Luigi tried & failed
tried and failed
He literally shot the guy three times in the head lol
Maybe he means failed to enact meaningful change? I don’t much had changed internally for insurance companies other than getting a legal basis to stamp out any vocal dissent as a “threat”.
Change will come much quicker when protest groups ditch peaceful protest and show up armed, en masse, with AR-15’s.
Guaranteed.
Don’t count him out yet. Change is slow. I know we’re used to hearing about revolutions in the aftermath, with the whole complete story. We’re living one now, and it’ll go slowly at first.
Implying he’s in the hole and will never see the light of day again when his trial hasn’t even started
When republicans realize the massive fuck up they created and join the protest as well. Otherwise no protest will matter. You’d need a Luigi miracle realistically
Luigi didn’t solve anything. He’s barely ever mentioned anymore. All he did was empower corporations to become more corrupt.
His plea was entered just the other day
All he did was empower corporations to become more corrupt.
Oh whatever. They didn’t need an excuse to be that way.
Protesting accomplishes very little (I won’t say nothing) so I’m gonna go with… nothing, I’m gonna continue using my time better.
Speaking as a former longtime activist.
Go meet people and form communities, working groups, whatever. If going to a protest makes you feel better go nuts.
But the actual work is done outside the protests. If you want to do something useful, find that.
I’ve been to protests; and I’ve volunteered for political campaigns. The second actually flipped a (US House) seat from red to blue (obviously the work of many people; I’m not thinking I was the deciding factor but it was a close election). The first left me with a pink hat and no noticeable change in how elected leaders acted.
I need to be convinced the protest will achieve measurable changes; otherwise I’ll spend my time looking for the upcoming elections where there are close enough margins to feel my actions make a difference.
Okay okay
Why were you convinced protesting achieves change? How does that happen?
What changes did you want to see? How did you expect those to be implemented?
This sounds to me like “I’ve done a politics once”, not any actual understanding of protests and their history
protesting is where you meet these communities and working groups.
Yeah that’s the only part I consider useful
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Cool. Have fun.
I’m 38, I’ve been doing this a while. I camped during Occupy. I formed coalitions during the first Trump administration. I’ve helped start chapters of a couple organizations in my region, and people in my community know me. That’s worth more than your comment.
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Buddy if you just wanna feel good about going to the streets, cool. Enjoy. I’m all for a good riot.
But if you still haven’t idk read Manufacturing Consent etc to understand this shit you’re just playing games.
What am I supposed to be grateful for here lmao? One more clueless person on the internet ignoring what activists tell them?
I don’t want more men on the streets, I want men in the kitchen fixing their fucking families.
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literally anyone asks me to set up my grill at the protest. I’m down.
Your *third “or” happened already.
(The violence one)
Talking Jan 6th?
I’m waiting for the 2A nutjobs to realize this is the moment they’ve been fantasizing about their entire pathetic lives.
Guess I shouldn’t hold out for them.
They are cowards. Trump being their man is enough to keep them in line.
Spent their lives toting big guns, but all they ever really wanted was a big man to call Daddy.
A viable protest of decent size in my city that I can join. Even a few hundred people would be enough. Organized enough that I hear about it a week out and can shift my plans to be there.
I’m not American, so probably not until he escalates his messing with other countries to the bombs and guns stage.
I volunteer to be a part of the barrier troops for the 1%ers, politicians, CEOs, landlords, and employers. These people should all drafted for front line combat. It’s their nation after all. Not mine, which is painfully obvious as I am forced to be exploited by all of these people for the privilege of living in their country.
I just want them to be good patriots and for them to die for their country. No retreat! No surrender. Not a single step backwards while I’m on watch. Or else…
I’ve heard each CEO is worth 500+ times the amount of working class people. Shouldnt need to many of those super soldiers to win every battle right?
Other people actually giving a damn enough to do something other than post about it. I protested in the past and absolutely nobody gave a shit and it had zero effect. I don’t even think the protest was covered on the news.
I suspect that for any average American (or even a single digit percentage of them) to bother getting involved things are going to have to get extremely bad.
The street outside my house is a county road, I don’t think anybody is gonna see me for awhile.
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