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Aerial photo of a large crowd of people protesting as far as the eye can see
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[–] 118 points 9 months ago (7 children)

I initially thought: Yes!

Then: Oh, it must be Saturday for this to be happening at all.

I checked the date. It’s not Saturday. In addition the weather is awful.

I came back around to: Yes!

Do protests need to be sustained to be effective? Of course. Widespread? Absolutely. Regardless, the standard guardrails on protest comfort we’ve witnessed thus far are broken here, in a good way. Cascade effects may follow.

The problem is if it remains local to one city, that’s easy peasy for authorities to squelch.

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  • [–] 52 points 9 months ago (6 children)

    A lot of people underestimate just how fucking cold it was today.

    It's really fucking cold.

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  • [–] 15 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    Im a local and I walked to work at 10am and it was -20, only a few blocks luckily

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    As a California can we trade weather? -20 sounds so much nicer than 50 something.

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    As also a Californian, no, absolutely not. We will keep our 50. If you want cold, you can visit it.

    That said, insanely impressed with these protesters. Stay warm, stay strong!

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