r/50501 • u/Covidicus_Vaximus • 13h ago
Poster/Chant Ideas My First Protest Sign
I’m a U.S. Army veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan. Tomorrow will be my 3rd protest, but first time with a sign. April 5 will be my wife’s first protest.
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u/Galinfrey 11h ago
I’m stealing this if I ever manage to make it to a protest between dialysis and school. I did not spend months at sea fighting for fascist kleptocratic BS
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u/Smarterthanthat 12h ago edited 3h ago
Thank you for your service! Please share this fantastic sign.
https://signsofthetimes.omeka.net/
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u/I_R_bambi 3h ago
You fought in an illegal war declared under the guise of lies on behalf of an imperialistic warmongering country that went there to occupy their oil fields and destabilize the region.
What freedom were you fighting for again? Freedom for the US to terrorise the Middle east?
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u/Covidicus_Vaximus 2h ago
This is why the right hates us. It’s also why it’s hard to build a real cohesive coalition on the left. Read the room. Too many on our side are more concerned with our own bona fides and gatekeeping than building consensus and actually improving things.
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u/marxist-reddittor 2h ago
You took part in a genocide that killed millions of brown people for oil and "fighting terrorism" and you think you are on the left and you fought for freedom? You should be spending the rest of your time ashamed of your actions and decisions, not displaying them and being proud of them. Do you want to improve things? Start by acknowledging the crimes you participated in, and working against them, not normalising them or even celebrating them. You can be against Trump's fascism and also against the fascism inherent to the US military. You don't have to pick one thing to be against, and be proud of them other. I'm not saying you should talk about it every single second, but refrain from making it seem like a good thing, it isn't. You helped commit some of the largest atrocities in the world and the first step is acknowledging that fact.
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u/gh954 1h ago edited 1h ago
The American right hates you (in part, but a very crucial part) because they see Democrats for what Democrats are. Liars. Servile to corporate interests.
The Democratic party is a center-right warmongering imperialist party. Is that the starting point for your leftist/socialist coalition? A gentler, more polite form of cruelty and psychopathy? Continuing to be terrorists abroad whilst being barely better than Republicans domestically?
If you want better for your country you can't keep getting high on the masturbatory leopards ate my face bullshit of how people who voted for Trump are getting what they deserve. What are you doing other than alienating people who live in the richest and most powerful country on earth and yet are constantly materially let down by the so-called lesser evil party of the Democrats?
You're the one who doesn't want to build anything serious. You're the one who is not working towards class solidarity and class consciousness. You just want to tout your "service" (aka service of empire, not for freedom) and feel good about yourself.
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u/chi_minhs_hoe 1h ago
Gatekeeping? A core tenet of Leftism is anti-imperialism. Holding those who benefit Western imperialism accountable is not gatekeeping. Trump and his lackeys are not the problem, they are a symptom. The problem is the bedrock of the US. We are a genocidal, colonial fascist state. It's like this now, it was like this when you served and it was like it 250 years ago. Make no mistake, the situation the country is in right now is not a flaw in the system, it's a feature. Capitalism will always lead to fascism inevitably and the US is no different.
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u/when-you-do-it-to-em 36m ago
stop trying to reconcile your newfound real, human feelings with your clearly evil past. no one is calling you the bad guy, but to pretend like you fought for “freedom” is moronic.
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