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Anonymous
Not a Trumpty Dump. I just don't see these protests effectuating anything. I want to see actual resistance, not comparisons of crowd size. |
Anonymous
In order to build resistance, you have to educate people and get them to feel a part of a community and something bigger than themselves. |
Anonymous
DP. Other things happened this weekend, too, on Minnesota. Of the type that you want to see, perhaps? If you think that Article I and Article III, in the parlance of the times, do not see these protests, then you might reconsider. They do. |
Anonymous
Keep telling yourself that...meanwhile Trump's poll numbers are sinking, especially around his signature issue--immigration. He is such a colossal f up that he will manage to tank them even further, all by himself. |
Anonymous
Sure, but at some point you also have to *do something* too. Lot of folks seem satisfied to stay at the community building/social media end of things. How many of the millions who showed up to take pictures and wave signs are going to go home and actively organize within their communities? How many are actively working to form mutual aid groups or organize their workplace? How many are actively working toward a general strike? I'll tell you—I'm at the meetings and it's not many. I'm frankly sick and tired of seeing American resistance start and end at these damn sign parties. And then you all get self congratulatory afterward about crowd sizes, like you actually frickin did something. You didn't do anything. You saw all the people. You waved your signs. You felt good about yourselves. Now go DO something! Don't just sit on your ass until the next sign party or until it's time to vote. |
Anonymous
Wow, you made his poll numbers go down? Surely that'll stop him! I wonder if the folks getting terrorized and kidnapped by ICE know you affected the poll numbers? Surely they feel less kidnapped! Great work folks. You really stopped fascism in it's tracks. |
Anonymous
Hi, concern troll. What is it that you want the resistance to do? Take up arms? Start a civil war? Attack the Capitol? Please be specific in what tactics you think will work. |
Anonymous
Np here. I hate being so cynical, but we no longer live in a country where it matters what the people think. In normal times, leaders would see massive protests and offer some semblance of compromise or reassurance. If for no other reason, fear of not being re-elected. But the gop somehow does not seem concerned about future elections. The protests were great, but we need to follow that up with lasting changes. Get off of meta, X, Amazon. Don’t give money to red states, etc. Protesters need to be persistent. We need to fill McPherson Square with 500 protesters at all times, for starters. The press needs to stop giving them the coverage/attention they want and call them out on every lie, every time. The protests are a good start, but it should be a catalyst for resistance - not a one and done. |
Anonymous
Did you read my comment before you called me a concern troll? Because I literally gave examples of more effective actions people could take instead of focusing on these performances. - Get involved with local organizing groups, find out what they are working on and how you can help - Get involved with local mutual aid groups. Help create a safety net for the more vulnerable members of your community directly affected by fascist policies. Donate money, extra clothes, bring food to community fridges, etc. - Organize your workplace. If you aren't in a union, get in one. If there isn't one, start one. A general strike requires organization and strike funds. We need to increase union membership to realistically make one happen. There are many groups working toward this goal. Find one and join them. - Get involved in your local community. Get to know your local representatives. Know what they are up to. Know how to contact them, and make sure they'll know who the eff you are when you do. Attend your neighborhood association meetings. Actual organizing and resistance starts locally and on the ground. Have fun with your little sign parties, but don't for one second tell yourself that you're doing resistance if that's where your active involvement ends. |
Anonymous
There were 5 million Americans at 6 protest this weekend, 2% of the population. And almost double the protest numbers of May. If our government refuses to listen, imagine what the July protests will look like. Or August. |
Anonymous
THEY DO NOT CARE. Why don't you people get this? |
Anonymous
Because I'm not a nihilist. Yes, they see. They are not blind. And they really really care. |
Anonymous
Absolutely. This is also building a communications infrastructure and a resistance organization. A united front is much more effective. |
Anonymous
| Ignore the concern trolls. |
Anonymous
Then we fundamentally disagree. On my end, it looks like y'all had fun, but it didn’t move the people with actual power one millimeter. Nothing changed because effective protest requires certain ingredients that this kind of protest very specifically and intentionally does not have. If they actually threatened power in any way, they would not be allowed to happen. |