More than 3,000 marches and rallies took place yesterday in cities and towns across America during the third “No Kings” event, where millions protested against the policies and actions of President Trump and his administration.
More than 3,000 marches and rallies took place yesterday in cities and towns across America during the third “No Kings” event, where millions protested against the policies and actions of President Trump and his administration.
Can’t take these seriously or respectfully when people are smiling and having fun as their government murdered hundreds of children and puts people into concentration camps.
It’s called weaponized joy.
The fascists want your soul. Don’t give it to them.
There’s a time for laughter, and a time for tears.
If you want it to be all tears all the time, you won’t get very far. And this is a marathon, not a sprint.
There’s also a time for anger and rage, It’s when people are being murdered. The time for tears is when the killing has been stopped.
These no kings protests are a pressure release valve for the regime.
Well if you blow a gasket then you can’t hold any pressure, so it’s good that it’s being channeled somewhere.
A “time” doesn’t have to refer to extensive periods of months or years at a time. You can rage monday morning, cry in the afternoon, laugh in the evening, then do it all over again on tuesday.
So stop trying to squeeze everything into absolutes.
You can go to a protest and network with like-minded people. But if you choose to do nothing but complain about it online, waiting for some magical revolution to materialize out of thin air and solve everyone’s problems without any planning or coordination, then quite frankly I can’t be bothered to try convincing you otherwise. But I’m personally not upset that millions of people are choosing to channel their anger more productively…
the media has already dismissed the protest it’s looking like
Good thing we don’t have to let the media determine what we do or focus on. I mean yeah it’s shitty that they gloss over it. Most of the big name media companies are owned by right-wingers by now. But that’s no reason to stop demonstrating. If anything, it’s more reason to demonstrate…
it’s more reason why only protesting was never going to work. they were your leverage, and they were dismantled. now more direct methods need to be done. such as a general strike.
You mean like the one that the No Kings organizers are planning for May Day?
You can keep coming up with reasons why it’s never enough, or you can show up, be a part of it, boost for visibility, collect names and numbers/emails for your org, network with other orgs in your area, and contribute to the collective effort and momentum that’s underway.
But if you prefer to be a naysayer and always move the goalposts, then, well quite frankly I don’t have the time or energy to try convincing you otherwise…
i am interested in their general strike, though i do think that spacing it out so far from a protest is hurting the effort, for a dramatic “may day” but a general strike is more in line with what i was thinking would be necessary.