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So like... What's y'all's take on the protests this Sat? (hexbear.net)

submitted 4 weeks ago by tactical_trans_karen@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net

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Is there a consensus about it's utility? I've seen some people doom spiraling and thinking is going to blood in the streets from people getting mowed down by troops and feds. I'm not one to say nothing ever happens, but when it does it just seems to be a slow burn.

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[–] Jaclope@hexbear.net 12 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

Im doing some work with an anti-genocide contingent gathering associated with the Revolutionary Workers party. Signed up to help out but not 100% sure yet what the specific messaging will be.

Edit: I personally plan to lean on how military budgets going to arming genocide directly harms US troops and government workers as a way to swing some middle of the road liberals

[–] 10TH_OF_SEPTEMBER_CALL@hexbear.net 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

so how was it?

[–] Jaclope@hexbear.net 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It went well where I was. Lots of Trump in diapers lol that was weird. The inflatable mascots were out in droves. We got a lot of support from people there for keeping some focus on Gaza and ICE.

The strange part for me was how they tried to manage the march. There was no concrete direction to the crowd from the organizers on where we were going. Once we got to downtown there were just two guys in tac vests in the road yelling that the march was over and everyone just kinda aimlessly wandered off. Still unclear if the tac vest guys were actually leadership or not.

If it was a different kind of protest the random dispersment and lack of coordination could have been really bad but the local police were nowhere at the end of it, luckily.

[–] 10TH_OF_SEPTEMBER_CALL@hexbear.net 1 points 3 weeks ago

I think it's good that they don't adhere to rigid plans. Last time there was a protest here, they went from A to B, half of the protest was broken when they passed in front of the foreigner office and kettled the people.

I think the goal was to separate institutional unionists from the rest of us. If you're follow their plan they'll make you invisible