Voting between dissimilar options seems like a good way to make your voice heard.
Sure, democracy ain't perfect, but civil war ain't either. And not voting blue this November might worsen it.
this post was submitted on 19 Oct 2026
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America when kids are literally murdered at shool: "the soind of children screaming has been removed"
lol, the downvotes.
"They're calling us out as pussies! We know how to deal with that!" doots an internet icon. waits for reward. forgets what's going on because back in the feed.
No I downvoted because americans have had plenty of inspirational riots, even just in the last few years. Like the George Floyd uprising or J20 or standing rock. Its just annoying when people seem to forget or ignore history. And when they compare the actions of liberal parties and youth/left wing protestors. Of course those are not the same...
Hey, now. The US has underfunded schools, too!
Also write a very sternly worded letter, that’ll get their attention.
I get where this comes from but... What do you expect rioting to accomplish? It doesn't exactly have a track record of changing much in the US.
Edit: as a response to all the comments, it doesn't have a great track record in the current media landscape.
I recommend reading "A People's History of The United States" by Howard Zinn. Great book! And still relevant today
Meanwhile the entire country fellates slave-owning tax dodgers who started such a big riot it turned into a civil war.
This is not actually true, a great deal of credit for the passing of the Civil Rights Act can and should be attributed to nationwide riots that took place in the week directly following Martin Luther King Juniors assassination. Known as the Holy Week Uprising. The American public education system purposely doesn’t talk about this and pushes the peaceful protest angle to prevent any meaningful organizing. It can easily work here too
EVERY SINGLE right you have right now is the result of violence and riot.
Edit: as a response to all the comments, it doesn't have a great track record in the current media landscape.
It never does. Haven't you seen what the French government is now trying to do? They're claiming it's leftist separatists doing this and it has nothing to do with schools. They will try everything to delegitimize instead of doing the right thing. Cost benefit analysis will be run later and they might learn a thing, but mostly don't.
That's because Americans do it wrong. The people in charge know that there is no real solidarity amongst the population, so they can just wait it out. The riots won't spread, won't last longer than a week or two at worst, and everything will go right back to the status quo once the new shiny distraction comes out.