cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/35928296

What naysayers don’t get about ‘No Kings,’ the biggest protest in U.S. history

leaders with the most prominent Trump-resistance group organizing “No Kings” answered that complaint Saturday when Indivisible’s Ezra Levin took to the stage in Minneapolis and announced that a nationwide general strike is planned for May 1, modeled after a successful local action that shut down much of that region in January

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[–] 42 points 6 months ago (5 children)

I might be wrong but it doesn't seem the people protesting would be the types that didn't vote.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    On the whole? No, I agree with you. But there are certainly at least a few, just as certain as there are some who are out there protesting now who aren't going to make their way to vote in November. People's motivations fluctuate, and it's important to remind people that protest is an extremely important PART of civic responsibility, but it's only a part.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (2 children)

    The amount of anti-democracy statements online is so strong, especially on the online left, I bet a lot of those protesters don't vote on principal. The irony of protesting what they helped to bring rarely hits those people.

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