Why aren't people protesting?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Project 2025 was published and available, and people obviously voted in support of it, whether they realized it or believed the lies - doesn't matter.

Protesting did little or nothing last time, and trying to inform did little to nothing in this past election.

Time for people to experience what they voted for, a long with the rest of us.

Many voters did not realize much of anything. Some voters didn't know Biden had dropped out.

Well maybe the uninformed voters will figure out how to be informed before the next election.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Protesting was a waste of time the first time around, and only gave him more ammunition.

I'm just keeping my head down for 4 years and worrying about my own family and trying not to get stressed over every awful thing does. Just hoping that it won't affect us too much. Sometimes I wonder if this is how German people felt when Hitler rose to power - just so tired of fighting him and his ilk that they basically put their heads down and hoped he was too busy hurting other people and they wouldn't be affected. The burnout is real.

Oh he's doing such awful things...like helping out forgotten Helene victims in Western NC. Putting them up in furnished apartments. So, so terrible!!!

No, he's "visiting" them for photo ops, while behind their backs, he threatens to "revoke" FEMA -- the agency he needs to use to actually help them. - and leaving states on their own to handle disasters.

"In an interview with Fox News, the US president said of Fema that “all it does is complicate everything” and that even states who resoundingly backed him, such as Oklahoma, should be primarily left to deal with the aftermath of major storms, floods and fires....
...
...[quoting Trump] there would be “a whole big discussion very shortly, because I’d rather see the states take care of their own problems”."

Please don’t just read headlines and listen to sound bites. It’s been widely reported in NC and prior natural disasters by those needing FEMA assistance that there is so much red tape they aren’t getting it in a timely manner. Trump is proposing to give a percentage the money directly to state governors to basically cut FEMA out of the middle and hopefully get money into the hands of the victims who need it more quickly. It may or may not be a work well but what’s happening now isn’t working for people who desperately need help.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-floats-overhauling-eliminating-fema-rcna189157

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: A robust middle class (which has been hollowed out in the US over the last 40 years) is essential to democratic stability.

Yet they keep hurting this by making basic goods too expensive. Cars, appliances.
And they want to cut back on the suburbs, and put people in smaller apartments instead.

This is how most of the planet does it. Having a big house and big yard just for one family is quite uncommon in the rest of the world.

but the USA is NOT the rest of the world- we are exceptional. we are the only country that has a top 5 population and such a high mean gdp. whatever we were doing was working super well, we have lost the plot a few times but come back to a righted ship and i think honestly i have hope that not becoming hysterical and working on community, raising my kids to be educated and hardworking and supporting those communities that are at risk.. we'll right the ship again. its the gilded age again some history will have to happen before we get back to a strong middle class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Protesting was a waste of time the first time around, and only gave him more ammunition.

I'm just keeping my head down for 4 years and worrying about my own family and trying not to get stressed over every awful thing does. Just hoping that it won't affect us too much. Sometimes I wonder if this is how German people felt when Hitler rose to power - just so tired of fighting him and his ilk that they basically put their heads down and hoped he was too busy hurting other people and they wouldn't be affected. The burnout is real.

Oh he's doing such awful things...like helping out forgotten Helene victims in Western NC. Putting them up in furnished apartments. So, so terrible!!!

No, he's "visiting" them for photo ops, while behind their backs, he threatens to "revoke" FEMA -- the agency he needs to use to actually help them. - and leaving states on their own to handle disasters.

"In an interview with Fox News, the US president said of Fema that “all it does is complicate everything” and that even states who resoundingly backed him, such as Oklahoma, should be primarily left to deal with the aftermath of major storms, floods and fires....
...
...[quoting Trump] there would be “a whole big discussion very shortly, because I’d rather see the states take care of their own problems”."

Please don’t just read headlines and listen to sound bites. It’s been widely reported in NC and prior natural disasters by those needing FEMA assistance that there is so much red tape they aren’t getting it in a timely manner. Trump is proposing to give a percentage the money directly to state governors to basically cut FEMA out of the middle and hopefully get money into the hands of the victims who need it more quickly. It may or may not be a work well but what’s happening now isn’t working for people who desperately need help.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-floats-overhauling-eliminating-fema-rcna189157

Well you can’t avoid waste, fraud and abuse without red tape. So either MAGA wants the Feds to use taxpayer money properly or it doesn’t. Can’t have it both ways.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because a lot of people who voted for Harris are secretly happy to see Trump in charge.

I live in a blue state and the amount of “I don’t like Trump but…” comments I have heard are insane.

+100

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because a lot of people who voted for Harris are secretly happy to see Trump in charge.

I live in a blue state and the amount of “I don’t like Trump but…” comments I have heard are insane.

+100

This. There was a PP who doesn't believe this. But this is 100% truth.

Here's the thing. Trump won. And he won the popular vote too - it doesn't matter how close it was. I recall DCUM posters all complaining about how it wasn't a landslide win and how the margin was so close...but that doesn't matter...a win is a win.

Then you have all those who didn't vote or voted third party who were bashed by Dems on DCUM as basically giving their vote to Trump. Because of this they are by default okay with Trump.

Then as noted above you have those who voted for Harris (like me) who did so solely because I can't stand Trump the person....I still support Republican/GOP leaning policies on illegal immigration, DEI and cultural war issues.

Do I agree with all of Trumps's EOs...no...but I'll never agree on all of the EOs/policies of any president (I'm a lonely moderate).

What I don't support is the extremist and aggressive way in which the EOs are rolling out. But fundamentally...if perhaps done in a less aggressive manner...I am fine with some of the EOs even though I voted for Harris.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because a lot of people who voted for Harris are secretly happy to see Trump in charge.

I live in a blue state and the amount of “I don’t like Trump but…” comments I have heard are insane.

+100

This. There was a PP who doesn't believe this. But this is 100% truth.

Here's the thing. Trump won. And he won the popular vote too - it doesn't matter how close it was. I recall DCUM posters all complaining about how it wasn't a landslide win and how the margin was so close...but that doesn't matter...a win is a win.

Then you have all those who didn't vote or voted third party who were bashed by Dems on DCUM as basically giving their vote to Trump. Because of this they are by default okay with Trump.

Then as noted above you have those who voted for Harris (like me) who did so solely because I can't stand Trump the person....I still support Republican/GOP leaning policies on illegal immigration, DEI and cultural war issues.

Do I agree with all of Trumps's EOs...no...but I'll never agree on all of the EOs/policies of any president (I'm a lonely moderate).

What I don't support is the extremist and aggressive way in which the EOs are rolling out. But fundamentally...if perhaps done in a less aggressive manner...I am fine with some of the EOs even though I voted for Harris.

Math is hard. Trump did not win the majority of the votes and 6 million democrats stayed at home(mostly be of Biden’s Israel policy). Maybe you do not know any true magas. The ones I know are not talking much right now and seem very worried. They are not happy with Trump.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: A robust middle class (which has been hollowed out in the US over the last 40 years) is essential to democratic stability.

Yet they keep hurting this by making basic goods too expensive. Cars, appliances.
And they want to cut back on the suburbs, and put people in smaller apartments instead.

This is how most of the planet does it. Having a big house and big yard just for one family is quite uncommon in the rest of the world.

but the USA is NOT the rest of the world- we are exceptional. we are the only country that has a top 5 population and such a high mean gdp. whatever we were doing was working super well, we have lost the plot a few times but come back to a righted ship and i think honestly i have hope that not becoming hysterical and working on community, raising my kids to be educated and hardworking and supporting those communities that are at risk.. we'll right the ship again. its the gilded age again some history will have to happen before we get back to a strong middle class.

Nothing is permanent. China is developing technology and is tapping into natural resources in China and elsewhere.

Geography was very helpful to us. With new technologies (drones, Missiles, satellites, etc) geographic advantages change.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because a lot of people who voted for Harris are secretly happy to see Trump in charge.

I live in a blue state and the amount of “I don’t like Trump but…” comments I have heard are insane.

+100

This. There was a PP who doesn't believe this. But this is 100% truth.

Here's the thing. Trump won. And he won the popular vote too - it doesn't matter how close it was. I recall DCUM posters all complaining about how it wasn't a landslide win and how the margin was so close...but that doesn't matter...a win is a win.

Then you have all those who didn't vote or voted third party who were bashed by Dems on DCUM as basically giving their vote to Trump. Because of this they are by default okay with Trump.

Then as noted above you have those who voted for Harris (like me) who did so solely because I can't stand Trump the person....I still support Republican/GOP leaning policies on illegal immigration, DEI and cultural war issues.

Do I agree with all of Trumps's EOs...no...but I'll never agree on all of the EOs/policies of any president (I'm a lonely moderate).

What I don't support is the extremist and aggressive way in which the EOs are rolling out. But fundamentally...if perhaps done in a less aggressive manner...I am fine with some of the EOs even though I voted for Harris.

Math is hard. Trump did not win the majority of the votes and 6 million democrats stayed at home(mostly be of Biden’s Israel policy). Maybe you do not know any true magas. The ones I know are not talking much right now and seem very worried. They are not happy with Trump.

Yeah sure...lol. Every person I know who voted trump is thrilled with what he's doing. Why wouldn't they be? He's doing exactly what he said he would do. And he did win the majority of the vote. If someone stayed home and didn't vote, then they did not vote. They don't count in the total. That's not how it works!

[Anonymous]

So basically Israel is responsible for Trump being in power. Checks out, since that’s the only initiative getting government money going forward.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because a lot of people who voted for Harris are secretly happy to see Trump in charge.

I live in a blue state and the amount of “I don’t like Trump but…” comments I have heard are insane.

+100

This. There was a PP who doesn't believe this. But this is 100% truth.

Here's the thing. Trump won. And he won the popular vote too - it doesn't matter how close it was. I recall DCUM posters all complaining about how it wasn't a landslide win and how the margin was so close...but that doesn't matter...a win is a win.

Then you have all those who didn't vote or voted third party who were bashed by Dems on DCUM as basically giving their vote to Trump. Because of this they are by default okay with Trump.

Then as noted above you have those who voted for Harris (like me) who did so solely because I can't stand Trump the person....I still support Republican/GOP leaning policies on illegal immigration, DEI and cultural war issues.

Do I agree with all of Trumps's EOs...no...but I'll never agree on all of the EOs/policies of any president (I'm a lonely moderate).

What I don't support is the extremist and aggressive way in which the EOs are rolling out. But fundamentally...if perhaps done in a less aggressive manner...I am fine with some of the EOs even though I voted for Harris.

Math is hard. Trump did not win the majority of the votes and 6 million democrats stayed at home(mostly be of Biden’s Israel policy). Maybe you do not know any true magas. The ones I know are not talking much right now and seem very worried. They are not happy with Trump.

Yeah sure...lol. Every person I know who voted trump is thrilled with what he's doing. Why wouldn't they be? He's doing exactly what he said he would do. And he did win the majority of the vote. If someone stayed home and didn't vote, then they did not vote. They don't count in the total. That's not how it works!

I know of a few Trump supporters that are worried about losing their federal jobs/contracts.

[Anonymous]

The local Unitarian church is staging protests starting Saturday with a written proclamation to Pledge to Resist and Protect. I’m sure many churches are participating.

[Anonymous]

MAGA is going to hurt soon and when it brings clarity that they’ve been conned, there will be an outrage to compete with the French Revolution.

[Anonymous]

On 1/29 there will be a protest

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Protesting was a waste of time the first time around, and only gave him more ammunition.

I'm just keeping my head down for 4 years and worrying about my own family and trying not to get stressed over every awful thing does. Just hoping that it won't affect us too much. Sometimes I wonder if this is how German people felt when Hitler rose to power - just so tired of fighting him and his ilk that they basically put their heads down and hoped he was too busy hurting other people and they wouldn't be affected. The burnout is real.

Oh he's doing such awful things...like helping out forgotten Helene victims in Western NC. Putting them up in furnished apartments. So, so terrible!!!

No, he's "visiting" them for photo ops, while behind their backs, he threatens to "revoke" FEMA -- the agency he needs to use to actually help them. - and leaving states on their own to handle disasters.

"In an interview with Fox News, the US president said of Fema that “all it does is complicate everything” and that even states who resoundingly backed him, such as Oklahoma, should be primarily left to deal with the aftermath of major storms, floods and fires....
...
...[quoting Trump] there would be “a whole big discussion very shortly, because I’d rather see the states take care of their own problems”."

Please don’t just read headlines and listen to sound bites. It’s been widely reported in NC and prior natural disasters by those needing FEMA assistance that there is so much red tape they aren’t getting it in a timely manner. Trump is proposing to give a percentage the money directly to state governors to basically cut FEMA out of the middle and hopefully get money into the hands of the victims who need it more quickly. It may or may not be a work well but what’s happening now isn’t working for people who desperately need help.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-floats-overhauling-eliminating-fema-rcna189157

Oh, there won't POSSIBLY be any grift or corruption handing blank checks over to states without any coherent tracking or oversight.