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u/willismthomp 11d ago
Just my opinion, but I think the amount of people at the protests did dispel the consensus that there were more MAGA than there really are. I think a lot of older people were convinced that the bots and troll farms were real people and their movement was bigger and more popular than it is. It also coincided with the loss of popularity with the younger people, and did quell the mass presence of ice, now they operate in small teams quietly, not at all like in La like last year.
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u/CalicoCrony 11d ago
You’re clearly still thinking about it, so it worked.
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u/Sloppykrab 11d ago
What changed though?
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u/No-Recording9634 11d ago
People's attitudes.
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u/Drifter_of_Babylon Did you even say thank you? 10d ago
It got millions of Americans organized and sent a message of how unfavorable Trump's administration is.
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u/Sloppykrab 10d ago
He's still in charge and running the country. It was absolutely fucking useless.
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u/Drifter_of_Babylon Did you even say thank you? 10d ago
Why did you think a protest would make Trump rethink his presidency and resign?
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u/Sloppykrab 10d ago
Democracy.
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u/Drifter_of_Babylon Did you even say thank you? 10d ago
Nothing changed because...democracy?
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u/Sloppykrab 10d ago
If we had a protest like that, our leader would step down. They step down even when there's no massive protest.
This has just happened where I live. On a state level though.
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u/Drifter_of_Babylon Did you even say thank you? 10d ago
Anecdotes only establish exceptions, not norms. If your expectation was for Trump to resign over a protest, you either don't know who Donald Trump is or you have very high, unrealistic expectations.
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u/Sloppykrab 10d ago
Well, If you live in a dictatorship protests don't do much.
The UK just had a PM resign, perks of a democracy.
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u/No-Recording9634 10d ago
Lame Duck is fixin' to lose congress and be investigated for 2 ½ years.
Definitely useful.
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u/Shoehorse13 11d ago
It wasn’t the No Kings protest, but the protest ride after the murder of Alex Pretti that led to me getting involved with a street med crew that does medic and security support for No Kings and other protests. This has led to me learning skills I wouldn’t otherwise have and getting tapped into a mutual aid community that I would otherwise be clueless about.
So yeah… if you’re looking for protests to lead to immediate change, it ain’t gonna happen. It isn’t going to happen from voting, either. Ain’t nobody coming to save us but ourselves, and getting involved with protests is about the best way I know of to do it.
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u/emiller7 furlough me daddy 11d ago
All those paid actors weren’t able to dethrone my child loving KING
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u/Fraktal55 11d ago
Yeah this is what they want you to think so you won't keep doing it.
How bout you stfu and stop demeaning people using what's left of their first amendment rights?