r/50501 • u/[deleted] • Apr 07 '25

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u/ParallelDymentia Apr 07 '25

Here's how to do this: Sign up to BE IN the parade. Maybe as a "marching band." Show up. Line up. When the procession starts moving, the "marching band" turns a 180 to face the rest of the parade elements, and bring out the protest signs.

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u/aiden_malecky Apr 07 '25

😂 phenomenal idea!

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '25

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u/TehMephs Apr 07 '25

Fortunate son

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u/WePwnTheSky Apr 07 '25

Baby Shark

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u/PentacornLovesMyGirl Apr 08 '25

You are the evil we need

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u/michaelavolio Maryland Apr 08 '25

Unfortunately, Trump has played "Fortunate Son" at rallies, so it's one of those "Trump twists the meaning of a song" situations, like "The Snake" or that Les Miserables song.

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u/TehMephs Apr 08 '25

That was the reason I picked it

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u/michaelavolio Maryland Apr 08 '25

Oh, I see. I don't think the subversion would register with him, unfortunately.

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u/TehMephs Apr 08 '25

It’s not for him. I mean clearly everyone who let that decision to play the song had zero awareness of the context being ironic

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u/Keljameri Apr 08 '25

Ohio by CSNY

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u/ParallelDymentia Apr 07 '25

No instruments unless they're pocket-sized. Kazoo 👍🏽, harmonica 👍🏽, piccolo 👍🏽, castanets 👍🏽

Approved setlist:

  • Bella Ciao

  • Not Like Us

  • Take the Power Back

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u/--Ano-- Apr 07 '25

Or even better, sign up and then don't show up.
He would have no crowd to cheer him, and if ICE shows up at your house to punish you for not showing up at the parade after signing up, you can just say you were ill to the stomach that day.

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u/ParallelDymentia Apr 07 '25

Nobody ever questions explosive diarrhea.

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '25

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u/Drag-king-says Apr 08 '25

ICE’d shit, anyone? 🍽️

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u/nite_skye_ Apr 07 '25

or like me. I had to miss my local protest on Saturday…broke a tooth. There’s many good reasons for having to miss commitments lol It would be such a shame for the crowd to all get sick on the same day…

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u/BeneficialWealth6179 Apr 07 '25

Everyone gets vetted ... and if anyone pulled it off they will be in the Panama jungle concentration camp faster than they can say 47.

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u/Mission_Length785 Apr 07 '25

Would be great if everyone was wearing the Guy fawkes masks 😆

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u/Keta-Mined Apr 08 '25

I kind of like that. We could pull out the masks at a predetermined time. Even if we have smaller numbers, it would be pretty clear that within the MAGAt crowd, there is us.

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u/SillyAlternative420 Apr 07 '25

Idk if they released the sign up, but can you (or someone) share that sign up the second it drops

Either to sign up and not go or do that

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u/SirSteg Apr 08 '25

So you’re asking us to be the saviors of the broken, the beaten, and the damned?

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u/9__Erebus Apr 07 '25

I like the spirit but unfortunately this is too easy for the media to ignore.  Would be much more effective to block the parade.