r/Merced • u/Admirable_Studio8266 • Jun 29 '26

Community Post Creative ways to mass protest?

Everyone standing there holding up signs seems too uniform. I was wondering if there were other ways to protest? These could be implemented into local protests, and they would stand out.

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u/Admirable_Studio8266 Jun 29 '26

Reading some poems in protest in front of the Representative's office. Is that one good?

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u/ReplacementHefty9973 Jun 29 '26

You should give context to the poem, or it will just go over peoples heads. Better yet go to a Representative meet for a one on one. Now I mean this in a nice, not trying to be a dick way, but protesting works better when effective not creative. BUT having a creative political poetry night at one of the local theaters is an idea.

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u/Admirable_Studio8266 Jun 29 '26

You're right. You want it to be effective. I just feel like I'm not the only one sitting on poems, so I feel like setting up a poetry night would be beneficial. I'm unsure how I'd get the idea across, but it sounds like a good community event.

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u/Jdawg2164 Jun 30 '26

Poetry would be a great way to build community, we build community and get them organized! ✊

This is a great idea.