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To put it into perspective, that's around 2.3% of the whole US population.
Peaceful protests aren't enough.
Diversified tactics are necessary in my opinion; for example, it wasn't MLKs peaceful marches alone; the Black Panthers were a necessary part of the civil rights movement.
Fear goes both ways, the state doesn't have a monopoly on it.
If peaceful protests worked then the US military would be holding hands on the Iranian border singing Kumbayah.
i knew donald trump was going to do fascist stuff as soon as he got into office but nobody believed at the time he was going to do so. people thought he was make the cost of living go down but he did the opposite
Here's an idea, at the next protest help people register to vote make sure you keep your papers in order. In case if the government makes an effort to stop people from voting you have papers ready.
Yes it is important that the legislation fails, but it is better to be ready for all eventualities. Hope for the best but be prepared for the worst.
have you been to a protest? they do this at like, every single one of them.
I have not been to a protest in the US. Over here you don't have to register to vote, so that wouldn't be a thing to do at a protest, but it's good to hear that they are doing that over there.
From what I've seen this is already happening, along with other engagement drives like circulating petitions and recruiting for mutual aid or collecting aid donations. Those efforts can vary by location but it's certainly not "just standing around with signs" like critics say.
Yeah, and all of that was hugely a thing at the no kings protest I was at
Some dude at the protest I attended had a petition signature sheet for ranked choice voting. He took time to calmly explain how RCV functioned to protestors who weren't familiar with it. Wound up getting a lot of signatures once he brought up the costs of runoff elections on the taxpayer's dime. Gotta know how to speak to your audience
I went to a no kings protest in my very red, very rural area and there were hundreds of people. I expected like a dozen of us. Protestors filled the area on the side of the street we started on and people had to start filling in the other. We got nothing but honks of support and cheers from passing cars. It was such an amazing turnout and it was such a great experience.
I think this is an important part of protesting that goes overlooked by the "protests don't immediately solve the problem" people. I'm in a very conservative area as well but when I protest I get more support than opposition. It helps other people realize that hey, maybe I'm not actually surrounded by people who are okay with this. Maybe there are actually a lot more of my neighbors who aren't okay with things, and there's actually hope that if I start acting up more, I'll have support. Hope and morale are pretty important for resistance movements.
It also helps you see some of your neighbors who are on your side
Honestly, just looking at the voting results in red area of my red state. Yes, 65% for Trump is a landslide, but that still means a third of my neighbors actively voted against him and all of the Republican cronies on the ballot.
But just looking around, you would never know it.
Having said that, going to the last two No Kings protests and seeing them in person was heartwarming.
Its hard because the internet and legacy media tries to reinforce his small support. Between the army of bots supporting him and news leading with statistics like 100% of MAGA support this war without showing how much people identify as MAGA has dropped.