RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 10 days agoTIL No Kings Protests were the 3rd Largest in US Historyen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square237linkfedilinkarrow-up11.11Karrow-down19
arrow-up11.1Karrow-down1external-linkTIL No Kings Protests were the 3rd Largest in US Historyen.wikipedia.orgRandAlThor@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 10 days agomessage-square237linkfedilink
minus-squareMustakrakish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down6·edit-210 days agoMaybe a protest that goes longer than 2 hours, on a weekend, where everyone dispereses and goes back home to watch the game? Maybe one that causes actual resistence and pushback? Not one that amounts to a community day in the park? Look at the LA protests. More akin to this:
minus-squareLilB0kChoy@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down3·10 days agoSo your mad that protesters in other cities aren’t being attacked by local police and federal agents, got it. Pass the word everyone, if you’re not getting hit with tear gas and rubber bullets your protest doesn’t matter. Might as well not even try.
minus-squareWraithGear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·9 days agoHe’s saying that if the police don’t bother then the protest has no teeth.
Maybe a protest that goes longer than 2 hours, on a weekend, where everyone dispereses and goes back home to watch the game? Maybe one that causes actual resistence and pushback? Not one that amounts to a community day in the park?
Look at the LA protests. More akin to this:
So your mad that protesters in other cities aren’t being attacked by local police and federal agents, got it.
Pass the word everyone, if you’re not getting hit with tear gas and rubber bullets your protest doesn’t matter. Might as well not even try.
He’s saying that if the police don’t bother then the protest has no teeth.