alright, which one of you beautiful geniuses did this?
this post was submitted on 23 May 2026
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Woof that’s a take, you think we can food bank our way out of this?
While I would agree these stickers are not giant forms of activism and can only hope it’s not the only thing whoever has this sentiment is doing, I wouldn’t say it’s useless.
It’s cathartic for one, and helps broadcast and share to like-minded people there are allies in the area, while also helping cultivate a sense of shame onto any of Trump’s enablers, which is what they need to have done to them.
Note the distinction between making them feel shame (which is impossible) and shaming them.; these enablers have shown they lack empathy, which means they distill interpersonal relationships down to transactions; what can someone else do for them? If another party can’t do anything for them, then that party is useless and in the negatives, “subhuman,” pretty much.
Shaming these Trump enablers offsets their interpersonal transactions, putting them in the negative, leaving them in a defensive position instead of offensive.
Granted one little sticker is not going to do that alone, but you can’t make waves without drops.
I don’t judge anyone for buying or using these stickers. To each their own.
I'm just over here amazed that anyone expects me to be excited at this pointless, performative nonsense. People can't eat in this country, but folks honestly expect me to pump my fist that someone plopped a sticker on a gas pump.
And yes, there are better uses for the money being spent on it. If you have money to spend on this crap, make better choices with it.
You’re operating in black and white in a world of grays, bud. I already stated the catharsis and swaying minds and public shaming, and your response is pretty much “food banks or bust.”
I know dogmatism when I see it, so have a good one.
There's also the matter of protests not being intended to make onlookers "fist pump" or be excited. They're SUPPOSED to be uncomfortable, they're supposed to make people upset or inconvenience their day, or else they can just be ignored. What's the point of just making people happy or go about their day? That's not a protest, that's just doing random shit like every other day.
Reminding anyone who drives a car why their gas prices are so high and who is responsible for that, is not a pointless gesture.
Also, how would it be performative if literally no one knows who put the sticker there? Isn't the whole point of performativism specifically to garner approval?