• Photonic@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    Nobody is blaming you for what Trump is doing. Nobody is asking you to become terrorists and this hyperbole is extremely unhelpful. We are blaming you for the fact that we’re not seeing protests every day that make the BLM protests seem like small gatherings. You guys are way past the point of being able to hope. Do something today. This is your country, so it’s your responsibility.

    • renrenPDX@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      8 hours ago

      We are blaming you for the fact that we’re not seeing protests every day…

      This is just not possible and the rich are banking on that. It would have to become much much worse before people will risk their own employment, access to medical benefits, and personal security so that we can march.

      It’s easy to suggest those things but in reality it’s just not going to happen.

      • phutatorius@lemmy.zip
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        7 hours ago

        People in far worse circumstances than Americans got out in the streets and forced change.

        The time to act is now, not in the future when they’re even more entrenched.

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            3 hours ago

            Isn’t the whole point of the states that they basically operate like a bunch of smaller countries? You don’t have to protest enough to budge the feds, you just need to protest enough to remind your state that they can and should stand up against the feds.