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Photos of anti-Trump ‘No Kings’ demonstrations across the US (apnews.com)
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[–] 32 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I was honestly surprised at the number of people fully exposing their face at mine. 50501 does a good job at deescelation and keeping things civil, so I had minimal ppe (just eyes and ears) but still obscured my face. Many folks didn't even do the basics of hiding their identity and it made me a bit concerned for them, particularly the vulnerable. It also made me quite proud of them for showing up without fear or concern, to let themselves be heard.

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  • [–] 26 points 1 year ago

    I was in Iraq, stationed at Balad AB in 2006. We heard ALARM RED multiple times a day from rocket and mortar attacks. I wasn't afraid then. I won't give in to fear now. The clowns in this regime are a joke.

    That is the level of fucks I have to give for these fascists and their bullshit. Take care of yourselves the best you can, as you see fit. But I won't let their bully tactics do anything but show how pathetic and small they are!

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yeah, I'm afraid it's just the same as lack of concern over digital privacy. I don't want to diminish the bravery but I'm sure a lot of them aren't considering how easy it would be for trump co. to use pictures months down the line to identify protesters.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    I'll send tRump a personally autographed picture of my taint to identify me with.

    These clowns are cowards. Being prior US military, they already have my prints, DNA, or whatever else to ID me with. IDGAF! This shit won't end without some bold fucking people with a platform yelling "come at me, bro" while flipping them the fuck off. I'm a nobody, but I'd stand right along side those with such a platform, proudly begging them to do something to a US veteran. My life is the only thing I have and it's not much of one thanks to these twats. I'm not living. I'm not thriving. I'm surviving and barely that anymore. Cowering and hiding won't do me any good, they'll eventually come for me and mine. I just won't give them the satisfaction of seeing their bully tactics working, even down the barrel of a gun.

    Consider me that Soviet prisoner staring down Heinrich Himmler, I guess.

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