28 points

yall had your chance. fucked around and found out.

I still support the protests but, jesus christ, this fucking mess is only just beginning.

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americans are awful at protesting. they show up, cant figure out where to park, have no organizations, have lame chants (e.g. hey hey, ho ho, donald trump has go to go), present the same meaningless meme protest posters, leave tons of trash behind, and it last a few hours. Nothing is sustained for multiple days or weeks, and the solidarity is with people who already were with you.

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5 points

So accurate. Attention span issues.

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H A S T O G O

Donald Trump has got to go!

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They should ship in French people. They are first class protestors.

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Remember if you’re going to any protests. Don’t bring your phone and wear a mask. Use a map if you’re not familiar with the area, write any important numbers you might need to call from a cell on your arm. Let friends know where you’re going and don’t go alone if you can.

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Why no phone? Also is it still that bad with CoVid, that even outside a mask is necessary?

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It’s about anonymity. You can be tracked through your phone, and of course, by your face.

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I guess I’m spoiled by my (yet working) european liberal democracy. No idea it got that bad that you need to worry about such things…

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13 points

Because they are protesting someone who wants to make protesting illegal. Better to protest now without a phone and a mask, so you don’t get shot in the legg when he gets in power in January

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5 points

I think it’s more to avoid facial recognition

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34 points

monkey paw curls

The two party system is over

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102 points

And searches for “can I change my vote” and “what is a tariff” have spiked

Everyone has been warning against Trump (including his own ex staff and lawyers).

Big thanks to the donkeys though who promoted Trump and tried to pretend Kamala is the same.

I doubt there is a single economist that believes in Trump

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Get ready because next year they going make protesting illegal, and Trump already signal his willingness to send troops to said protest. I suspect we will have protest and soldiers shooting said protesters. People under estimate how many mega have joined the army.

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If making protesting illegal is enough to get you to stop protesting: You’re not really upset enough to have protested in the first place for anything but taking pictures of it for social media points.

And it’s not like protesters haven’t been getting shot or beaten up by police even while it’s legal.

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That’s why I would advise against directly confrontation means of protest. Instead look at things like malicious compliance, boycotts, 4B / birthstrike, anticonsumption, and other acts of non-participation. Labor strikes will probably be common, but those can be rather risky.

Governments know how to deal in violence. Don’t give them a target to aim at.

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Yep. They knew what would happen because we’ve been telling them for months what would happen. Trump himself has been telling them for months what would happen. But they’re too smart. They always seem to know more than those they disagree with.

And now, because of a single issue that’s happing in a country where most of them couldn’t have located on a map a year ago- we’re now having to deal with the worst possible outcome.

And here’s the kicker-

What’s happening at that place that they could locate on a map a year ago that upset them so much will not be happening for too much longer…

and it won’t be ending in a way they’d have hoped it would.

But just wait… it’ll be everyone else’s fault.

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The sad part is that everything bad he says is apparently “him joking”. Like the Mafia, he knows exactly what he’s doing as well when it comes to coercion. He doesn’t threaten people, he just says it would be a pity if it happened

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The new narrative is “I have no culpability whatsoever when it comes to Trump winning just because I kept repeating that no one should vote for Harris. It’s entirely her fault for running a bad campaign.”

They refuse to share blame. I hope they feel just as self-righteous when they’re getting marched into that boxcar.

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Please show me a single example of somepne saying that Harris was the same as trump.

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Take a stroll through hexbear and .Ml

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