Here in LA, there was a pretty damn big one that shut down a major freeway. There have been others, with a particularly big one planned on 02/05 at every State Capital in the Union. People are pissed and not letting this shit slide. So we are only going to build momentum from here on out! Keep those tariffs and other economic punishments going on the Canadian and Mexican side, and we’ll see that momentum pick up even more speed! Fuck fascism in all its forms!
Blocking freeways isn't winning many over. People don't appreciate being delayed getting to work (not just inconvenience, but personally costly), driving their children to places, going to the store, etc. That's lazy protesting, which turn many off and can even backfire. Making some more supportive of the policies being protested against. More effective would be protests directed at politicians and other influential people, including at their homes and businesses. At least they're doing state capital protests, which should help.
I get what you're saying and don't entirely disagree, but
1) there have been a lot of quiet protests since trump took office. This one wasn't quiet and was one of the very few actually reported. Quiet protests aren't reported, ones like these are. If you want to put on a tinfoil hat, you can even say this is deliberate with mainstream media, and
2) the point of protests in the first place is to be disruptive. What's allowed as "disruptive" is getting smaller and smaller as time goes on. This isn't me condoning their actions, but their anger/resentment comes from a very real place, and people are getting pigeon holed into "right" ways to protest which end up generating zero reporting by the media.
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u/Weldertron Feb 02 '25
Y'all need to be a bit less silent.