I do see people's point about America just being such a passive or incredibly violent country. But, when I went out to the protest, I did notice that you had anarchist, grannies and liberals in the same setting. So we gotta watch and see what happens over time. But I mean, I think collective suffering is going to push people to the edge. Which eventually will awaken something, I hope. In the meantime, I have my eyes set on Europe. At least the cheeseburger kings bday party was an absolute flop. You can see it in his face. Trump is such a little baby bitch.

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 6 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Big kudos to the No Kings protestors. The parade for Krasnov received what is deserved, it was fucking lame.

[–] sommerset@thelemmy.club 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Hahahha. I see on Russian forums - they call organization a "communal farm style", and that it looked more like a prisoner of war walk.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 27 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

That looks like a bigger crowd than trump's birthday war parade.

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 11 points 22 hours ago

Might be a bigger crowd than Trump's inauguration too

[–] Wilco@lemm.ee 20 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Republicans should be terrified at this point. The protests are peaceful ... for now.

[–] myrrh@ttrpg.network 8 points 21 hours ago

...nah man, they're just itching for an excuse to roll out deadly force and mass voter suppression...

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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 50 points 1 day ago

And this is after they "cancelled" it.

[–] selkiesidhe@lemm.ee 2 points 15 hours ago

Now that's a beautiful protest. Very nice, MN!

[–] eugenia@lemmy.ml 7 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (4 children)

As someone now living in Europe, I find the US protests mild and small. When Europeans protest, they protest. I mean, my native Greece saw a massive protest in Feb, well over a million went out, in a country of ~9 million. This is how you do it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tm3vEKMnA-8

[–] Surp@lemmy.world 11 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (3 children)

What you're failing to understand is the USA is so gigantic that you can't really get people that don't have a lot of money in one spot easily. It's costly to fly/drive to one place. Greece is tiny in comparison. We had people protesting in the millions throughout the USA this weekend but not all together in the same place as I said it's just too damn expensive.

Are you going to help pay to organize that sort of thing or just not think about the logistics of it all and say random things on the internet because you possibly dislike the USA or something and just felt like taking a little internet jab? USA citizens have had enough and were trying to organize everywhere we can. Greece isn't even bigger than Texas which is just 1 of the 50 states to put it into perspective for you.

Anyways keep it up USA I'm rooting for you guys to pull through "I have friends everywhere"

Also here's a tidbit of the protests this weekend https://i.imgur.com/vR41TqH.gifv

Also fact check as of this post it was the third most attended protest in USA history https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_protests_and_demonstrations_in_the_United_States_by_size

[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 16 hours ago

Damn, that's huge. I didn't even know there were any.

[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 1 points 16 hours ago

I don't think that was the point. The point was that one ninth of the population was on the street. That's over 11%.
To be at the same scale the US being a country of ~340 millions should have a protest of almost 38 millions people.

In smaller country people may be able to protest together more easily but usually they manifest locally, in their own town or the closest city.

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[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 9 points 19 hours ago

You're basically watching a whole country (re)learn how to do this. Most of us have had it good for a long time, up until very recently. You're seeing a lot of first-timers in every one of these protests, as the movement grows. Give it time.

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago

The problem, the Americans work too much. If they had the vacation days like the Europeans, these protests would turn French. The demonstrations in Germany are weak compared to the French too.

[–] phantomwise@lemmy.ml 3 points 20 hours ago

...and in France we get maimed by tear gas grenades and rubber bullets for it. Yay.

[–] Teppichbrand@feddit.org 111 points 1 day ago (9 children)

I was a Why don't you fucking protest!?-guy here on Lemmy and I am not, anymore. It takes time to organize. This is beautiful, I'm proud of you. Keep it up!

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 37 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The media doesn’t cover protests. Most local channels are owned by mega corps like Sinclair.

The problem is that information outlets are owned by bad actors.

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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 10 points 23 hours ago

As long at they keep it up now. If this is it, if this is all, it won't do anything

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[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago

Can I get this side by side with trump’s inaugurations please

[–] Blum0108@lemmy.world 163 points 1 day ago (14 children)

I was there!

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago

I wondered if that was you! I knew you looked familiar!

[–] Saber_is_dead@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago

are you a beautiful tree

[–] Bane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.com 120 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wow don't dox yourself man

[–] CalipherJones@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's too late I've got his social security number

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 5 points 23 hours ago

Proof: it contains numbers

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[–] Wytch@lemmy.zip 176 points 1 day ago (47 children)

This is incredible.

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[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 63 points 1 day ago

More people visible at a cancelled protest than some ego-stroking event that happened in DC...

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 94 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Americans should be proud of this. This is beautiful.

[–] Deflated0ne@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

First time in my adult life I'm genuinely proud to be an american.

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