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TIL No Kings Protests were the 3rd Largest in US History

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  • G [email protected]

    Ok. I'm too chicken shit to actually show up in person to one of these protests.

    What's the next best thing I can do to meaningfully help?

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    #209

    Fucking show up is what you can do.

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    • F [email protected]

      OR....

      It is a contradiction that makes no fucking sense

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      #210

      Are struggling with bipolar or some other personality disorder? It’s one thing to not understand something. It’s quite another to be aggressively confused. This is not healthy.

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      • I [email protected]

        Can you provide examples? From what I gather, 1 cops are still killing people, 2 we're still speeding towards climate catastrophe, 3 Trump is still in power, 4 Poverty and wealth disparity is getting worse, 5 Women in many walks of life are still second class citizens.

        Unless the lasting impact you mean is one step forwards three steps backwards.

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        #211

        The comment told me to take a guess so I did although my answer was intentionally wrong because I thought my questions answer was obvious. None of the things listed have remained relevant

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        • G [email protected]

          Ok. I'm too chicken shit to actually show up in person to one of these protests.

          What's the next best thing I can do to meaningfully help?

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          You'll only be scared before you go to the protest. Once you're there you'll be fine. The vibe on the ground at every protest I've been to is great and there's a real feeling of camaraderie and support from your community. There is some risk, yes. It's probably still safer than crossing the street.

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          • G [email protected]

            Ok. I'm too chicken shit to actually show up in person to one of these protests.

            What's the next best thing I can do to meaningfully help?

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            #213

            wear a mask and dark shades to stay anonymous and stand in quietly in back then. the trick is numbers. you don't have to heft a sign and chant slogans and be a spectacle if you don't want to, you can just fill space and it will still help.

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            • N [email protected]

              Oligarchy is not supported by the majority. Yet it exists nonetheless

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              #214

              oligarchy is supported by the rich and powerful which is how it exists against the majority; I doubt you're suggesting looting is a feasible option for the same reasons...

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              • dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zoneD [email protected]

                oligarchy is supported by the rich and powerful which is how it exists against the majority; I doubt you're suggesting looting is a feasible option for the same reasons...

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                #215

                The point is that majority support is unnecessary for a thing to exist. In fact, it increasingly appears to be an irrelevant metric in general

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                • S [email protected]

                  Hardly a “claim.” They didn’t hide it. Their backers were listed right on many of their ads.

                  https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/walmart-ad-no-kings-boycott/

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                  #216

                  Right there in the article it says that she's the heiress, and not on the board or involved with Walmart in any way besides her familial relation. If billionaires want to chip in for organizing and advertising protests, I'm not going to look a gift horse in the mouth. This is one of those moments in history where you take the support you can get and do your virtue testing bullshit after things are less dire.

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                  • M [email protected]

                    Right there in the article it says that she's the heiress, and not on the board or involved with Walmart in any way besides her familial relation. If billionaires want to chip in for organizing and advertising protests, I'm not going to look a gift horse in the mouth. This is one of those moments in history where you take the support you can get and do your virtue testing bullshit after things are less dire.

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                    You should absolutely look any horse in the mouth, if it’s a gift from a billionaire.

                    Not even one person can clearly state what the intended goal of this action was. That’s a huge red flag that should have you asking questions. Not asking why a billionaire is doing something is exactly how both Red & Blue MAGA have ended up on both sides of this fight, though no one on either side can clearly state what their side stands for.

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                      You should absolutely look any horse in the mouth, if it’s a gift from a billionaire.

                      Not even one person can clearly state what the intended goal of this action was. That’s a huge red flag that should have you asking questions. Not asking why a billionaire is doing something is exactly how both Red & Blue MAGA have ended up on both sides of this fight, though no one on either side can clearly state what their side stands for.

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                      The most common refrain I've seen from interviews with protestors is the desire for Trump to be impeached and face some semblance of the rule of law. If the billionaires want to help us make that happen, I'm happy to take their money and we can work on taxing the hell out of them when we're not fighting for the lives of every marginalized person in this country.

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                      • F [email protected]

                        I searched and didnt find one. Maybe you can verify YOUR claim?

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                        #219

                        Wrong thread, I think.

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                          Behead those who say No Kings is violent

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                          • F [email protected]

                            I get being afraid of going to a protest considering we have police literally saying they’ll just kill people, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get involved with those organizing the protests. See if you can get involved with the organizers of your local protests and ask them what they need for the protests. After all, those signs you see people carrying didn’t make themselves. At the very least you can call your reps and make your voice heard. Even if your reps are dems, make it clear that you want real action, not just talk. You could also talk to the people around you: at work, at the store, family members, etc. Encourage them to call their reps. If your reps aren’t actively making things worse or letting things get worse by doing nothing but fundraise (so most reps) then see if there are efforts to primary any of them and encourage everyone you know to vote in the primaries too

                            Like I said, I understand being afraid to go to a protest. I am too. But you have to remember that if we don’t stop Trump and a full blown fascist takeover, then things will be much, much worse and much, much harder to change

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                            Wtf, the police is literally saying they'll just kill people?? I missed that one, do you have a link?

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                              Yeah!

                              Now knock off all that fascism - or we WILL go back out there and do another lap!

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                              • M [email protected]

                                The most common refrain I've seen from interviews with protestors is the desire for Trump to be impeached and face some semblance of the rule of law. If the billionaires want to help us make that happen, I'm happy to take their money and we can work on taxing the hell out of them when we're not fighting for the lives of every marginalized person in this country.

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                                The fact that you think the fight for our lives only was an issue under Trump is exactly why you’re a worthless ally.

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                                • G [email protected]

                                  Wtf, the police is literally saying they'll just kill people?? I missed that one, do you have a link?

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                                  #224

                                  Yup. Florida police

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                                  • N [email protected]

                                    The point is that majority support is unnecessary for a thing to exist. In fact, it increasingly appears to be an irrelevant metric in general

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                                    yes, I agree entirely- but I'm not sure what further point you are making or how it is relevant

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                                    • S [email protected]

                                      Are struggling with bipolar or some other personality disorder? It’s one thing to not understand something. It’s quite another to be aggressively confused. This is not healthy.

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                                      #226

                                      Deflection will not work.
                                      You have been called out to BACK UP YOUR GODDAMN MOTHERFUCKING CLAIM.
                                      Either do it or accept that you're a goddamn motherfucking lying sack of dog shit. Super easy, barely an inconvenience.

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                                      • F [email protected]

                                        Deflection will not work.
                                        You have been called out to BACK UP YOUR GODDAMN MOTHERFUCKING CLAIM.
                                        Either do it or accept that you're a goddamn motherfucking lying sack of dog shit. Super easy, barely an inconvenience.

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                                        Christ. Maybe bpd.

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                                        • S [email protected]

                                          Christ. Maybe bpd.

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                                          #228

                                          I will give you the benefit of a doubt and assume that you did not see my request for proof if your claim because it went into the wrong thread.
                                          So:
                                          Prove your goddamn claim.

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