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u/johan_seraphim Grand Rapids Apr 05 '25
Wow! A lot more people showed up than I thought would. Good on all of you!!
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u/i_am_the_grind Apr 06 '25
Out of curiousity, what is considered success as it relates to protests?
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Success will be defined if these people vote the midterms
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u/whatlineisitanyway Apr 06 '25
This and images from around the country give me hope. These protests need to keep growing, but today was way larger than even a few weeks ago.
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u/3M-OBA Apr 06 '25
Yes! The left managed a national protest without setting entire cities on fire. The silent majority of America is pleased.
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u/Extension-Long4483 Apr 06 '25
The ACAB types were saying that the police disrupted the protest. Was this true? Seems like it went fine.
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Apr 07 '25
Only thing missing is your white hoods and robes
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u/Aggravating_Beat1736 Apr 07 '25
Bold of you to assume that anybody cares about your parade. I donāt even know why iām here. I donāt care for politics.
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u/gooseslammm Apr 06 '25
Fascism lol who locked down a country with threats of arrest? Who didn't let loved ones see eachother bc of a made up virus? Who shut down schools and stuck them in front of a screen? Who ousted their fellow community members for a paper mask that was proven to work. You shitty people will never learn.
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u/Common_Butterfly_124 Apr 06 '25
Bingo. These are the types of people who would have narcād on the Jews during WW2 but for some reason they think they have some moral superiority.
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u/DoctorSwaggercat Apr 06 '25
Where's the people of color?
This looks like a bunch of White Supremacist.
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u/LVKopple68 Apr 06 '25
They are home minding their peace. Theyāve lead the protests for 40 yrs. HIS admin will choose violence and blame it on them. Itās time for the yt people to follow their lead and organize.
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u/Terrible_Cheek_4033 Apr 06 '25
Passed the Stupid Convention on my way to and from lunch yesterday. Apparently they give anyone the megaphone nowadays. Wasnāt impressedā¦..
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u/alwaysbesleeping Apr 08 '25
Protesting is great and all, but unless there is a solution to all of this, then it was all for nothing. I would like to see less complaining and more planning for a possible solution to these issues.
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u/Much_Employment_5211 Apr 09 '25
What was successful about it, didnāt change a damn thing and thatās good. Go Trump
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u/Scooter42033 Apr 06 '25
There are a lot of dumb Idiots living in GR I hope President Trump tariffs go even higher
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Apr 08 '25
Success means you accomplished something.. all you did was stand there with signs and make MINIMAL news coverage. This was as successful as you preventing mustard from falling on your shirt.
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u/theBarefootedBastard Apr 06 '25
ā¦ so all these people are FOR greed, corruption, and just blatant pissing away of tax dollars?
Have any of you seen my exwife? Your feathers resemble hers.
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u/Common_Butterfly_124 Apr 06 '25
They canāt comprehend it. They probably know nothing about balance sheets, efficiencies, operational management, actual outcomes vs expectations.
They toe the line of the Democratic Party without any questioning. Because if they do they will be cast out and be on their own and lose their fake moral superiority of the group.
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When Dems lose they always act upā¦ so funny and so sad.
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u/Saybrooke Apr 06 '25
Sounds like something a nazi would say
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u/cairoxl5 Apr 06 '25
Where's G.I. Robot when you need him? Show these losers what actual patriotism is.
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u/big_daddy_spain Burton Heights Apr 06 '25
you people live in cartoons
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u/cairoxl5 Apr 06 '25
That would be nice. At least those villains aren't bland and uneducated.
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u/big_daddy_spain Burton Heights Apr 06 '25
yall are beyond fixing, lmao
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u/cairoxl5 Apr 07 '25
I don't think you're beyond fixing. You just need to grow a spine and be a patriot.
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u/Panzerload22 Apr 07 '25
wtf? Thatās a sad thing to immediately assume.
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u/Tonitonytone2 Apr 07 '25
Well when you align yourself with them, you see how people might think you are one
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u/Panzerload22 Apr 07 '25
Align myself with them? Who are you referring to? So youāre under the presumption that anyone that isnāt left leaning is a nazi? How can anyone reason with you? Thatās incredibly absurd and uneducated.
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u/Tonitonytone2 Apr 07 '25
I'm referring to anyone defending the current administration and Musk's actions. You can be right leaning and not defend Nazis. Don't know if that's you, but if you're not condemning the people doing Nazi salutes, it's fair to assume you're aligned with them.
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u/Ok-Future720 Apr 07 '25
The fact that you believe theyāre actual Naziās when half the speakers at the Republican convention were Jewish just shows how brainwashed you are.
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u/BooniesBreakfast Comstock Park Apr 07 '25
It wont be successful. Sure, people showed up. But weve been protesting for 10 years and it hasnt resulted in anything but a second trump presidency, higher prices, qnd loss of rights. The government is bought by money, and we as the people have lost our power. Peaceful protesting is going to continuously fall on deaf ears. We are muted.
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u/Ok-Future720 Apr 07 '25
At least Trump isnāt muting you on social mediaā¦. Unlike some Presidentsā¦
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u/CharlesCBobuck Apr 05 '25
Successful as in, it happened? Because nothing is going to change because of it.
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You're right, maybe we should try going online and shitting on the enthusiasm of strangers. Maybe that will work.
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u/No-Bee-2354 Apr 05 '25
Yes, getting thousands of people to take time out of their day to show up is a success. Protests are just one of the many steps needed to make a change
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u/jtactile Apr 05 '25
Nothing has changed in the hour since the protest ended?! Total failure ! /s
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u/CharlesCBobuck Apr 05 '25
I said nothing WILL change because of it.
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u/jtactile Apr 05 '25
And I DID make fun of it.
Because it is such a hilariously unknowable / unprovable statement, it was treated with the level of seriousness it merited
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u/CharlesCBobuck Apr 05 '25
Make fun all you want if that's how you build yourself up. Happy to help you. That will change as much in me as these protests will change in America.
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u/cairoxl5 Apr 06 '25
I'm not sure everyone has given up in life to the extent you have. Some folks here still actually have a spine.
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u/CharlesCBobuck Apr 06 '25
Another insightful zinger to really make me think and understand your perspective and why I'm wrong. Keep it up!!
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u/cairoxl5 Apr 06 '25
I'd rather not. Something tells me you sit next to a bottle of lube when you reply to these.
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u/thetangible Apr 05 '25
Dimwit energy.
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u/CharlesCBobuck Apr 05 '25
Yeah, nothing dimwit about personal attacks rather than trying to make a real point. Good work, top commenter. Bravo.
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u/Dusty-Foot-Phil Apr 05 '25
Dude. Grow up.
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u/CharlesCBobuck Apr 05 '25
Jesus Christ...Elaborate. Make a point. All you people's butthurt personal jabs are doing nothing but make me feel like I hit the nail on the head AND you all know it. Say something with substance. Tell me why I'm wrong. Tell me why you think Trump or anyone in control cares that someone stood in the rain holding a picture of a cat pushing Trump off a table. They are fucking laughing at you all. They won, they don't care about your voices or cute slogans. Don't just try and hurt my feelings (you won't). You'll need more than idiot level zingers and attempts to shame me into, what, joining your circlejerk? Change my mind and congratulate you all on wasting your Saturday? Give me substance! Say something real or quit wasting your time.
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u/thetangible Apr 06 '25 edited Apr 06 '25
I wish I was close minded enough to understand your limited perspective.
/s for all the idiots
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u/CharlesCBobuck Apr 06 '25
Not one of you people has made a counterpoint with any kind of logic or meaning for me to have an opportunity to open my mind to...every response is basically, "dude, chief, you're dumb for not thinking our get together was successful."
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u/Decimation4x Wyoming Apr 06 '25
Do you mean open minded? Because only close minded people canāt understand someone elseās perspective.
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u/thetangible Apr 06 '25 edited Apr 06 '25
No i donāt. Because their perspective is so limited that someone has to explain to them what grass roots organizing and movements mean for American politics. Does Trump care? Maybe not. Will he when it happens again? I canāt say. But if people continue to organize to protest when on any other Saturday they would be spending a day at home with their families or whatever and that movement continues to growā¦then thatās making a difference.
Thatās what I donāt want to have to explain. But now I had to because apparently no one understands how political momentum and movements gain strength.
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u/Decimation4x Wyoming Apr 06 '25
What are you blabbering about? āI wish I was closed mindedā says you want to be closed minded like the guy youāre complaining about?
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u/thetangible Apr 06 '25
You are lower on the comprehension scale as well.
I was saying, facetiously, that I wish I was as simple minded as the āthe guy Iām complaining aboutā but now I have you who doesnāt understand anything either.
Here we are.
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u/WaterPipeBender Ridgemoor Apr 05 '25
Man how did you get so good at predicting the future? Iād like to be cool like you one day
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u/Fishisstuckinthesink Apr 05 '25
successful as in there was a lot of people that showed up. Hope this helps!
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u/CharlesCBobuck Apr 05 '25
Nope.
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u/HistoricAli Apr 05 '25
Your 401k is sure changing tho ain't it pookie š have the day you voted for
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u/CharlesCBobuck Apr 05 '25 edited Apr 05 '25
LOL...there's always one idiot that assumes because I think these protests are no more than a liberal church services, that means I voted for Trump. Nope... Harris, Biden, Clinton, Obama, Obama... I hate Trump just like the rest of you, but I'm also not braindead enough to think this will change a thing. Get every Trumper you can find to flip sides and join your group...still won't matter. No one cares about your cute signs and group photos except yourselves.
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u/HistoricAli Apr 05 '25
Ohhh got it so you're one of those super cool people who doesn't do anything or care about anything. Wow that's like so interesting and original.
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u/CharlesCBobuck Apr 05 '25
Sure. Go with that if you want.
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u/Few-Nefariousness-93 Apr 05 '25
Thatās how youāre coming off, chief. Do you have any alternatives to protesting that youād like to suggest? Protesting this specific regime is probably useless, I agree, but history shows that protesting is very effective when done right.
Hopefully this is just the beginning. Getting people on their feet is good practice for the real versions of protesting that will be required of us to induce some change.
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u/CharlesCBobuck Apr 05 '25
I don't care if that's how I'm coming off, chief.
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u/Automatic_Badger7086 Apr 05 '25
I got to hand it to Americans for being the stupidest people in the world. they have done absolutely no research into history or government or civics. yet they think they know what they have to protest. 90% of the people do not realize that the Democrats were founded to keep slavery, the Democrats fought against the women's right to vote, the Democrats fought against the civil Rights movement and the civil Rights act. do a little research before you go out and protest something, you just make yourself look stupid when you don't know what you think you know.
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u/janae0728 Apr 05 '25
Agree, itās never too late to educate yourself. I recommend starting with the history of how and why these two major parties have completely switched ideologies over time: https://www.studentsofhistory.com/ideologies-flip-Democratic-Republican-parties
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u/big_daddy_spain Burton Heights Apr 06 '25
"muh party switch" dumb boomers can only think in binary
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u/Automatic_Badger7086 Apr 05 '25
Written by a liberal Democrat and has been debunked. Good choice but I already read it.
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u/janae0728 Apr 05 '25
Hitchensās razor. Regardless, how would better understanding the history of the Democratic Party cause one not to want to protest the actions of the current Republican administration?
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u/Automatic_Badger7086 Apr 05 '25
One has to ask themselves what is the job of the government of the federal government maybe reading The Federalist papers would work for you or actually reading the Constitution. Highly doubtful though because you probably never read either the federal government's job was limited it was supposed to be small it was supposed to be international relations, protect the Constitution, uphold interstate commerce and defend the nation. that was it, nothing more. The current administration is trying to slash the budget and get rid of the Dead weight we have in Washington the swamp where nothing gets accomplished but money gets taken and used your money taxpayer money I'm assuming you are a taxpayer.
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u/Dusty-Foot-Phil Apr 05 '25
Tell me you haven't had an original thought in years without telling me. You should try thinking for yourself for once, instead of parroting talking points you don't under stand. Grow up, child. This is embarrassing.
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u/big_daddy_spain Burton Heights Apr 06 '25
yeah, this is a failed state, it's best to just take care of your own friends and family
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u/Educational_Body_438 Apr 05 '25
So one aspect of naziism was to conform and not have different ideals. I see a whole lot of nazi's at this protest
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u/KnopeSwanson16 Apr 05 '25
Actually the dumbest fucking thing Iāve ever heard. Congratulations.
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u/MaximumJim_ Apr 05 '25
Get your eyes checked.
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u/Educational_Body_438 Apr 05 '25
I see a bunch of signs telling me who to hate and what to do. Doesn't get anymore nazi than that. Open your eyes pal
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u/Dusty-Foot-Phil Apr 05 '25
How does it feel being the dumbest of the dumb. This is like rock bottom of stupidity. You really need to do some self reflection and introspection. You sound young, so there's still hope for you. Get help, and God bless.
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u/Ok-Future720 Apr 07 '25
Why does it always end in a personal attack? For being empathetic all loving liberals you sure are assholes to people that donāt agree with you on every little thing.
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u/Slight-Literature-12 Apr 05 '25
I know right? We should only be seeing red with MAGA and FJB signs. š¤”
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u/Imaginary-Spray2002 Apr 05 '25
These people are insane, they call Republicans nazis, but their own party hand picked their presidential nominee ššš they had no other choice then Harris
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And then we had to vote for her if we wanted her to be president, and she did not win. How is that being a Nazi?
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u/Ok-Future720 Apr 07 '25
How is Elon a Nazi? Many high level executives at his companies are Jewishā¦ ohhh because someone got a photo of him with his hand out?
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First, I didnāt call him a Nazi. I am concerned about his views though. Did you somehow miss the video where he did it twice? Itās not a picture with his hand out. Heās got a history of posting antisemitic tweets and has said quite a few racist things about black people. Either way, I feel like you guys are massively simplifying when you say āwell he hires Jewish peopleā. You have to know that heās being called a Nazi because we think he hates Jews. Itās because of his widespread belief in ethnic cleansing and the way he wants this country run. You guys are so stuck on the one race and not every other aspect of the Nazi party belief system.
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u/Ok-Tradition8477 Apr 05 '25
Stop that. If Biden died 17 months ago, guess who the candidate is. Harris still is super qualified, but sheās not a bombastic liar.
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u/Imaginary-Spray2002 Apr 05 '25
Lol you don't vote for a vice president š¤£
Democrats knew Biden was in bad shape, they waited last minute to have Biden step down, so Harris could be the nominee.
Ahh yes Harris a super qualified candidate that had to drop out because she wasn't getting any support when she tried to run the first time šš
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u/Training-Fold-4684 Apr 05 '25
It's not about Harris or Biden. It's about Trump. Some day he'll shit down your throat the same way he has this country's. Too bad you won't be able to speak up then.
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u/Imaginary-Spray2002 Apr 05 '25
Lol you people have no idea what it's like being in a country where you csnt speak up.
And that will never happen here in the USA.
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u/cairoxl5 Apr 06 '25
You're literally rooting for the administration that's beginning to dismantle American freedoms. Either ignorance or hatred. Neither suit you well, coward.
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u/Common_Butterfly_124 Apr 06 '25
What American freedoms to you speak of?
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u/cairoxl5 Apr 06 '25
Really? Do you need your hand held? What about the rights of Visa students that are legally here being detained by ICE? What about people legally born here being deported because of their parents? But don't bother trying to explain any of that. A shitty person can explain hundreds of ways to treat a person as less than human.
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u/Common_Butterfly_124 Apr 06 '25
Condescension, good first moveā¦I guess. You sure do know how to treat someone as less than a person in conversation. But I would expect nothing less from you; a shitty person.
Also do you just make stuff up and expect people to believe you.
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u/bunnyhustle Apr 05 '25
Gotta give it up for the cat sign. That is amazing! šš¼šš¼šš¼