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Originally Posted By u/NH_50501 At 2025-04-08 07:32:12 AM | Source

Somebody probably already pointed this out - not counting the one in Puerto Rico, 5/9 of these were under Trump, while 8/9 were under red presidents. Wikipedia keeps changing the numbers for George Floyd and Hands Off, but overall, the majority of these were under the evil cheeto.

Far in the future, this is what history will remember about Trump. I hope it disturbs Trump as much as it disturbed Nixon. As long as history recounts this truthfully, we've already gotten a win 😁

Originally Posted By u/guzlordd At 2025-04-08 09:51:58 AM | Source

47 is a toddler desperate for attention, and people here are fully enabling that by suggesting counter-actitivities. And it only feeds the criticism that we don't stand for anything other than being anti-47. Don't give them that satisfaction. We need to hold our own events, on our terms, with our own objectives, not as a reaction to one of his events.

Originally Posted By u/l94xxx At 2025-04-08 06:28:48 AM | Source

I was a participant on the 5th and admit to happy tears.

These protests (for me) are about us as a people, our constitution, our government. I might be the only one who thinks that specifically anti trump or anti musk signs are cringe.

I'm hoping we can focus on policy, focus on our rights and focus on what needs to be strengthened.

These are my hopes for April 19th

Wear red, white, and blue. Take back the flag. Become patriots not nationalists. Do not engage is whataboutism, straw man, or pointing out "the other side" - this is about us not them. We aren't political, we are rational and we are standing up for everyone.

Am I the only one? What are your hopes?

Originally Posted By u/Sharing_Violation At 2025-04-08 09:16:42 AM | Source

I'm starting to think it's gonna be important to ensure that military personnel and the National Guard aren't any more afraid to resist than strictly necessary. Is there anything special we can do other than just talking to individuals we know personally?

Originally Posted By u/DoubleDongle-F At 2025-04-08 08:14:34 AM | Source

Originally Posted By u/shobijatoi19 At 2025-04-08 07:05:37 AM | Source

This movement is nothing short of incredible. Not only are we fighting against the current administrations failures and dark intentions, we are fighting for so much more. There is a wide arrange of issues that we are also focused on including political corruption and government reform. When we win, and if we play our cards right, not only will we overcome the current situation but we can shift American politics forever, for the better.

However, I am extremely worried that the leadership of the Democratic Party is going to try to use this movement to their advantage. Ever since Donald Trump started his second administration the party have not put up any effort to fight until recently (somewhat). Now after everything that is going on, now after seeing what the American people are doing together, they want to fight? Where were they months ago when Donald Trump was firing federal employees nationwide? Where were they when mass deportations started? Where the hell were they? And I understand that there are progressives in the Democratic party that are committed to the freedom of the people, but unfortunately, the parties leadership does not have that.

This movement should purely be based off the will of the people. Please don’t let party take credit, please don’t let the complacent gain popularity, please vote for newer people in primaries. We cannot go back. We must move forward.

Edit: I will not bundle progressive candidates into all this. It is important to primary the corruption within our leadership and put anti corrupt likeminded progressives into the Democratic leadership 💚 (Also please KEEP CIVIL in the comments. All eyes on the enemy.)

Originally Posted By u/serious_bullet5 At 2025-04-08 04:20:11 AM | Source

I cannot believe that I keep seeing threads of people encouraging others to show up and start trouble at Trump's upcoming birthday parade. It's a horribly bad idea.

1. Trump is a narcissists and thrives on attention. Showing up to protest him will only feed into his delusion that he's a persecuted messiah. Instead, give him no attention. Small crowd sizes are the biggest blows to his ego.

2. Anyone showing up is going to be used to inflate crowd size numbers. Trump has had photos doctored before to show more people attending that don't exist. I would not put it past him to have videos and photos doctored to look like he's being supported. Do not give him reasons to make himself look good, even if they are lies.

3. Even if people want an incident to occur to make Trump and the military look bad, it's still putting people at risk or be the catalyst of him declaring martial law. Those organizing the actual parade or working alongside it have the opportunity to do thier own means of resistance without protesters trying to bait the military into taking shots.

4. MAGA is going to be there in mass and most cannot wait to have an excuse to shoot someone in 'self defense' or maim someone. They have a persecution complex. Do not validate thier worldview that they are a persecuted minority. Do not debate them, they are looking for a fight. Ignore them.

Honestly the best thing to do is either have a generalized strike/economic blackout on that day and/or organize a counter protest away from the parade. This will draw attention away from the parade which Trump will hate. For the love of God, DO NOT ENCOURAGE ACTS OF VIOLENCE on this day! Elon has the Reddit CEO in his pocket and you risk actual jail time when posting threats to the POTUS. So be careful.

I can't help but feel like this is a big honey pot being set up by the feds. Don't get caught in it. Be smart and stay organized.

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Originally Posted By u/It_matches At 2025-04-08 12:53:21 AM | Source

Random idea I had for a poster lol. Feel free to share!! The momentum is on our side ✊ UPVOTE LEFTIST CONTENT

Originally Posted By u/DrDirtyDeeds At 2025-04-07 08:43:15 PM | Source

Originally Posted By u/Alena_Tensor At 2025-04-07 08:22:37 PM | Source