I don't disagree, to an extent. Will this make a difference come next November? No....but the state of affairs for the US will. Inflation continues to rise, and Trump's policies are underwater with a majority of Americans. But, I also don't think that is the point of the protests. I think it sends a clear message to Trump and company that if they keep fucking around, they are going to find out. Mass protests. General strikes. Things like that. I'm not saying violence, but serious pushback against the White House's narrative. I thing considering how Trump has continued to weaken the guardrails, including lying to courts (with the Supreme Court saying they are powerless to punish Trump's administration for not following the law), there needed be a demonstration that the average American is not going to sit quietly and take it.These rallies are interesting, but I don't think they really have any impact on voter sentiment.
The American Left seems to like performative acts.
Mah...this is nothing but the democrat base throwing a fit....they're about to lose the mid terms, they don't have any candidate they can prop up, they're doubling down on a failing strategy...they're disconnected...I don't disagree, to an extent. Will this make a difference come next November? No....but the state of affairs for the US will. Inflation continues to rise, and Trump's policies are underwater with a majority of Americans. But, I also don't think that is the point of the protests. I think it sends a clear message to Trump and company that if they keep fucking around, they are going to find out. Mass protests. General strikes. Things like that. I'm not saying violence, but serious pushback against the White House's narrative. I thing considering how Trump has continued to weaken the guardrails, including lying to courts (with the Supreme Court saying they are powerless to punish Trump's administration for not following the law), there needed be a demonstration that the average American is not going to sit quietly and take it.
Now, will Trump and Company get the message? Probably not. But, showing defiance is important.
Also, I LOVE how Fox and the White House are trying to frame all those millions of people as paid agitators funded by Soros or what not. Stupid bullshit. I saw multiple MAGA morons on social media trying to pretend that live video from Boston or Denver was actually stuff from years ago or some shit. But I think it shows the Trump administration that they will see more of this if they keep it up.
I guess people can project anything they want on to the protests. It seems like you're piggybacking on to Butler to some extent. He has the protests as some kind of catalyst for unrest perhaps even revolution. We can all dream.I don't disagree, to an extent. Will this make a difference come next November? No....but the state of affairs for the US will. Inflation continues to rise, and Trump's policies are underwater with a majority of Americans. But, I also don't think that is the point of the protests. I think it sends a clear message to Trump and company that if they keep fucking around, they are going to find out. Mass protests. General strikes. Things like that. I'm not saying violence, but serious pushback against the White House's narrative. I thing considering how Trump has continued to weaken the guardrails, including lying to courts (with the Supreme Court saying they are powerless to punish Trump's administration for not following the law), there needed be a demonstration that the average American is not going to sit quietly and take it.
Now, will Trump and Company get the message? Probably not. But, showing defiance is important.
I guess you could say Trump is the Burger King.
This "no king" protest just proves he's not fascist...I guess you could say Trump is the Burger King.![]()
That's a narrow view of history, isn't it, wyatt?I guess people can project anything they want on to the protests. It seems like you're piggybacking on to Butler to some extent. He has the protests as some kind of catalyst for unrest perhaps even revolution. We can all dream.
General or national strikes? No, we don't have a history of those kind of strikes. If and when we have a strike in the U.S. it's more goal-oriented as in specific economic goals sought by a specific group. You might see Amazon workers strike or slowdown for wage gains or work rules. Something like that.
For the most part, I think you saw 7 million (if you can believe that estimate) more progressive voters get together to rally. I don't think you get any persuasive generation out of that. Independent minded voters that I know are split between being sympathetic to the protest or they think it's over-dramatizing. I don't see any real change in independent sentiment.
PS- You were dramatizing U.S. gas prices just three weeks ago. Looking at seasonal trends and oil prices at the well, I was telling you in late September that gas prices were heading down.
So with that, when reading keep an open mind and do some independent fact-checking. That's not a criticism. That's advice I would give anyone here including myself.
Yeah, after they got caught on videoOf course I do have a way of knowing that.
a) There is no evidence that the rioters are BLM representatives.
b) BLM put out a statement condemning violence against police officers
You have no way of knowing who unleashed violence first.Except in the cases of police violence I highlighted above, it was the police who unleashed violence on peaceful protesters
The video showed no evidence of BLM.Yeah, after they got caught on video![]()
We do know.You have no way of knowing who unleashed violence first.
It was probably BLM who started looting first, and cops had to respond
BullshitThe video showed no evidence of BLM
There is no convincing maple MAGA.The video showed no evidence of BLM.
We do know.
I showed you a list as well as a news article.
As I said, this is not new for the police to do that.
They start violence, inflame the situation and then use that as a reason for more violence.
Nope. Facts.Bullshit
Well the thing is that BLM is just an amorphous social movement.There is no convincing maple MAGA.
They won't accept the stats that 83% of BLM were non-violent or that the violence was largely from right wing agitators.
Just like they won't say it was wrong to smear shit on the walls of the capital.
As long as the trolling is good they don't mind watching america turn to shit.
the same no kings protesters supported the unscientific mandates during the covid hysteriaWhat are you even talking about?
He's calling you a hypocrite...Thats fairly obvious.What are you even talking about?
Cool, so you are an antivaxxer as well as a climate change denier and supporter of genocide.the same no kings protesters supported the unscientific mandates during the covid hysteria
Is there a secret code book you guys go by?He's calling you a hypocrite...Thats fairly obvious.





