• gift_of_gab@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    Jesus Christ I don’t think I’ve ever seen a posts comments so full of reasons this won’t work.

    You guys don’t even need your media to dissuade you, you just convince each other not to do anything.

    • sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz
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      7 minutes ago

      The Women’s March on January 21, 2017 was one of the biggest protests in US History. It did jack all. The US gov’t has been taken over by anti-Consititutional, anti-American, anti-law Republicans at all 3 branches. Going to a protest has about the same impact as typing outrage on Lemmy. It’s not pessimism, it’s reality. Until masses are seriously prepared to get violent, we are fucked. Personally I’m just getting the fuck out and watch it implode into Gilead.

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      2 hours ago

      I wonder why a bunch of people might be jumping onto social media, spreading pessimism and suspicion about protests and discouraging people from attending.

      Edit: I asked every single person who said that their protest-aware friends told them this was a “false flag” or something, what protest their friends would recommend attending instead. I’m curious to see what the responses are.