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Republicans mostly silent as millions of Americans protest Trump on No Kings day
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This one, just like the last one, was an opportunity for cowardly liberals to assuage their guilt about not actually doing anything. The very definition of virtue signaling.
Congratulations, you’ve further emboldened fascists by confirming to them they have nothing to fear from you beyond a snarky poster and some noise on a Saturday every few months.
You’re too craven to throw a punch or break something? Fine. Do you know how easy it would be to move one of these “marches” onto a major highway? To block traffic at a major airport? But no… “that would just be SO disruptive,” and people might be MAD at you. Clowns.
You need to let go of the hate, it makes your life miserable. There is nothing for you at the bottom of this, just paranoia and destruction. Go meet some real people in reality, it helps.
What do you think will change once this second protest is over?
People who joined the protest will feel empowered and less isolated. Some got to know likeminded locals and may start to connect or make plans. They look forward to the next protest.
Based The enemy of fascism is people feeling empowered to enact change. These protests show all of America that their fellow Americans don't support this.
11,000,000 protested yesterday, 77,000,000 voted for Shittler.
and 75m voted for kamala and 40% didn't vote. Every poll shows he has one of the lowest approval rating of any president and it keeps going down, so that 77m number is dropping quickly. These protests show doomers that maga is not America, and there are millions willing to fight.
Let’s hope but a trumper owns Dominion now and well, the Supreme Court already gave him immunity, so anything goes.
Americans don’t know how to protest. Saturday one off protests do jack shit.
It's a start.
But you are right that there needs to be ongoing and growing protests before anything will change.
I'm with you. If this second, ahem, 'protest' was the week or so after the first one I'd actually be very impressed, and confident that things would change.
The fact that they are 3 or 4 months apart shows that the Gestapo and the orange Shitler have less than zero to worry about.
The next question is what month next year will the next 'protest' happen? I'm guessing it'll be in February at the earliest. Wow, the Gang Of Paedos must be shaking in their boots!!!
You've lost the plot brother. Showing your fellow Americans that the people who hate this are not the minority makes people willing to fight. Your senators and your governors are seeing millions of people don't support this. The last protest was one of the biggest in US history. The previous protest may be part of the reason democratic senators are putting their foot down for the most recent spending bill. They know they have the backing of the American people to fight this. If things get worse, I know I have at least a couple million other people who are willing to fight with me.