• Tempus Fugit@midwest.social
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    13 days ago

    Ignorance is bliss friend. At this point there isn’t much I can do but to protect mine and myself. We’re in a limbo period where folks aren’t mad enough to revolt, but are mad enough to be pissed off. We need to get a whole lot angrier before real action can happen. Holding up signs and being annoying isn’t going to affect real change with these people. So until the populace is at the angrier stage of things I don’t care to hear about all the illegal things the Trump admin does, I can’t possibly hate this guy more than I already do. All this info does is piss me off and ruin my day.

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      13 days ago

      Five million Americans protested on April 5th.

      Maybe if people like you actually showed instead of burying your head in the sand we’d have the results you are craving.

      If you are on the side of Justice, your stance is the wrong one to take.

      Solidarity is the right way forward. Take a break when it gets to be too much, but you cannot tune out just because you are upset.

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        13 days ago

        What has holding signs accomplished? These protests are doing nothing. Trump is more emboldened than ever. Keep holding your pretty little signs and affecting no change. This isn’t the civil rights movement. I sit until we have the ability to change any of this. Boycotting is the best I can offer next to bullets.

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          13 days ago

          I can only assume you are all bots meant to discourage people from protesting, and others would be wise to report and call out these accounts.

          What does protesting even do?

          1. That’s five million Americans standing in solidarity.

          2. That’s five million Americans connecting, organizing, and sharing resources.

          3. That’s five million Americans not shopping or working that day.

          4. That’s five million Americans being inspired to run for office and support others who are.

          5. These protests are only going to get bigger and bigger as the word spreads.

          Join them, or STFU about how nobody is doing anything.

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            13 days ago

            That’s the problem with people like you. You just assume someone that doesn’t agree with your ineffective BS isn’t a real person. Keep protesting if you want IDC, but don’t be deluded into believing that will amount to real change against people that want those like us dead. Fascists don’t respond to peaceful protesting. Boycotting is much more effective than hitting the streets with signs. These cretins only respond to monetary loss.

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              12 days ago

              Guess what?

              Boycotting instructions and lists of MAGA businesses to avoid are spread at the protests.

              Maybe you would know that if you actually attended one instead of being lambasted on the internet over your idiocy.

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                12 days ago

                Or you could just pay attention and you would already know which businesses you need to boycott. Unfortunately I’m all too familiar with Americans, as I am one, and I know most of us pleebs don’t have the fortitude to apply austerity to ourselves for very long. We like our treats too much.

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          12 days ago

          They went online to post pictures of themselves at protests and pat themselves on the back for Doing Something.