5 ms·

US citizens to remain nonviolent at any cost, issue strongly worded internet comments, and find themselves a little less free every day.

• zigman1 3mo ago
  While laughing at the stereotype of French being on the street all the time
  • sscaryterry 3mo ago
    I do respect the French. They've proven, time and time again, that if you fuck with the people, heads will roll...
    • zzgo 3mo ago
      Meanwhile, I draw a three day suspension every time I post the word "guillotine" on Reddit.
• baq 3mo ago
  The onion finds itself in a peculiar spot today
  • classified 3mo ago
    How do they do it? Is it even still possible to make up stories that sound more absurd than reality?
• apexalpha 3mo ago
  Hey some of them take an entire Saturday off to go to a family friendly demonstration holding witty signs in front of their state capitol!
  • xtracto 3mo ago
    Watch out, ive read that the US government has incarcerated people for about 50 years for doing that.
    • asadotzler 3mo ago
      s/50/250
    • xdennis 3mo ago
      Stop spreading misinformation. They were found guilty by a jury of their peers of providing material support for terrorism[1]. They shot a cop in the neck. They coordinated on Signal to bring firearms. They didn't plan to "protest". They got off lightly. Should have been life without parole. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Prairieland_ICE_detention_center_incident#Sentencing_in_federal_trials https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Prairieland_ICE_detention...
      • contagiousflow 3mo ago
        And what happened to the J6 crew?
      • stickfigure 3mo ago
        One person shot a cop. Not "they".
  • SpicyLemonZest 3mo ago
    The organizers of the No Kings rallies have done infinitely more to achieve political change in the United States than online commentators who make fun of them for being insufficiently cool and edgy. Effective activism is not about feeling superior to the normies who have families and are busy on weekdays.
    • someguynamedq 3mo ago
      What change have they achieved?
      • SpicyLemonZest 3mo ago
        They've convinced Democratic political leadership that they must fight Trump wholeheartedly, and convinced most of the country that Trump is a bad president who's failing to effectively address any problems. More change will be possible after the next election, when Trump's severe unpopularity causes the Trumpists lose control of Congress.
        • mythrwy 3mo ago
          Democratic political leadership were fighting Trump 10 years ago long before No Kings. I don't think they have done much real, if anything.
        • vjulian 3mo ago
          And you can measure their influence how?
          • ameen 3mo ago
            Midterms
          • SpicyLemonZest 3mo ago
            Measuring the influence of any mass protest movement is hard because they don’t have a formal role in the political system. We’ll never be able to know a counterfactual of what would have happened had they not taken place. If someone wants to take the position that No Kings, yellow vests, Occupy Wall Street, etc. were all equally pointless, I don’t think I have a strong counterargument to that. What I see much more often is people who think only the latter two movements were good. And I’m not sure what heuristic could possibly get you there other than generalized opposition to normies.
• deleted 3mo ago
  [deleted]
• rogerruth 3mo ago
  [flagged]
  • gozucito 3mo ago
    The west's war on Russia? Afaik there is not a single invader in Russian lands. And nobody was threatening to invade, especially after Napoleon and Hitler demonstrated invading Russia is suicide.
    • rogerruth 3mo ago
      [flagged]