I’m shocked that I haven’t seen one protest yet. Is the media suppressing them? If there aren’t any, why?

  • ssillyssadass@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    Because the Americans don’t know how to protest.

    To a Frenchman a protest is storming and taking control of the representation of authority in the country.

    To a Greek a protest is filling the streets of many cities throughout the countries with hundreds of thousands of people.

    To an American a protest involves standing in a square by the few hundreds, holding signs with semi-sarcastic or passive aggressive messages written on them.

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      15 days ago

      protest is storming and taking control of the representation of authority in the country.

      Jan 6. 2021… just the other side protesting though.

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        15 days ago

        Yeah, I hope every American here realizes that the lunatics behind Jan 6 are more effective protesters than they are.

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          J6 was an astroturfed operation by the current dictator in charge. We currently have several grassroots protests around the country being suppressed, and have a long history of protesting and rioting for civil rights in this country.

          You clearly get your news from corporate media or else you’d be aware of this.

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          Jan 6 had a lot of money behind it. People fundamentally do not understand how hamstrung leftists groups in the U.S. are. Yeah, the people who received millions of dollars were able to charter busses to bring people to the capitol, and the people who are receiving tens of dollars are barely able to have a media presence. No shit.

          It’d be really cool if maybe some of the people who wanted Americans to be doing more would actually put their money where there mouth is and work to get large donation efforts going towards leftist groups in the U.S. The way I see it, you can start funding partisans here now, or you can start doing it after Trump tries to invade/destabilize whatever country you’re living in.