Fascists are all about controlling the narrative. Any time we can seize that from them, they will be impacted. Trump has been trying desperately for months to encite violence and riots so he can justify massive military intervention. So far, his use of the national guard on peaceful cities is being met with contempt and resistance by the majority of Americans. Even his base is getting frustrated.

It sucks, but this is what winning looks like when we have a president, house, senate, and Supreme Court all captured by a hostile party looking to dismantle and divide the country.

Still think this holds up? They dismissed it effortlessly. You are impotent and they know it.

If they know you are just peaceful you will be ignored. As has already happened in the USA. You don't understand what I said because you were taught a nonsense history of SA.

Exactly. And for all of this "the exact lesson from apartheid" we're all supposed to have taken to heart about the uselessness of non-violent protest, remind me again because it's been some thirty years since I last heard about it . . . where is apartheid now?

I love when these fifth columnists show up to shit on any individual effort toward change, no matter how tiny, and to shower any "I can" idea with contempt, because it tells me who they are, and confirms that my own infinitesimal contribution, in combination with millions of other like contributions, is anything but useless.

It was on a saturday! There was fewer events in fewer cities than the first run, and still managed about the same turn out.

And how much do they think they'll be able to afford once the cheeto is done with his changes?

Uh huh

And how much exactly changed after the previous no kings protests, after which people like you made the exact same claims?

Yeah, absolutely nothing

And what changes after the previous one?

Nothing

What has this protest done so far? Well it did something, it made trump release this really weird AI video of him shit bombing US citizens... Not sure if anyone else had this in their bingo cards, but alas, the times we live in.

I'm not saying that at some point a protest might make a difference, but I'd you look at how people protest world wide and how they protest in the US, there is a very marked difference.

If you want to make change with a smaller group, that's fine if you continuously protest, all day, every day, and have more and more people join in. You could also go the violent way (would not recommend) and out the country in turmoil and chaos.

The US, however, has had pretty much three major protests.

Three

And what showed up was around 2% ish of the population.

It's not enough and it won't make a difference. Show up with 30 million people and you EILL get attention. This, however, is the third attempt and it is yet again too little, too late.

Wanna protest again? Trump government doesn't care. They have the propaganda channel setup to lie about the protests. As far as maga supporters are concerned, these people are terrorists that should be shot. That didn't change.

Unless you have a thousand days of protest planned as a follow-up to this one, this latest protest won't do shit

Many Europeans genuinely do not understand the sheer size of our country. And that's just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to everything else they seem to not understand about our shitty culture that's been glorified and lied about on TV for generations.

I get it, this is a very pragmatic response. The problem, however, is that if everyone has this response (and let's face it, it's America, most people are so fucked over with their jobs, income, medical expenses, etc that they're all in your same boat) that these protests will never swell to a tipping point.

Meanwhile maga turns more powerful every day and son enough they'll be able to stop protesting altogether. Them it will be too late and then what will you do, especially being a person somewhere on the LGBT line?

I get it, you make a whole lotta sense and under any other circumstances I'd say that you're totally right but I think it's hard not to feel like we're in Germany 1939, and there are rapidly shrinking amounts of options left to stop this before the jailing of LGBT "for their own protection or some other bullshit" will start

80% of the people just want to live life, enjoy their friends and family. That too is decent.

I'd say that 10% is the hero that is an activist, that is Willie to risk themselves for the betterment of everyone else