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I believe the front will be a little Bigger then just LA after a few days.
People have been looking for a place to focus their energy. 6 months of feeling completely on our heals because Democrats chose a strategy of curl up and die.
People are hungry for action, and these kinds of events exponentiate organizing.
I don’t know, we had a huge protest in my city a few months ago (made the front page of the NYT), but every subsequent attempt to organize has been disappointingly small. I hope this Saturday creates momentum but I worry people will check off the “resistance” box and go back home. We’ll see what happens! 🤞 Actual concrete events happening in LA may enliven people.
As someone who was only just alive in 1985 though, I’m curious where you were in the US in 1985 and if you remember how big or widespread the news coverage was on the MOVE bombing?
I was in H.S. in 85… I don’t remember anything labeled MOVE bombing. Back then it was still big 3 networks for me, I had no cable. Everything was appointment TV including the news.
I guess we’ll be finding out in LA.
I believe the front will be a little Bigger then just LA after a few days.
There are nationwide protests planed on the fascists bday and he already promised to send the military to any form of protest.
People have been looking for a place to focus their energy. 6 months of feeling completely on our heals because Democrats chose a strategy of curl up and die.
People are hungry for action, and these kinds of events exponentiate organizing.
I don’t know, we had a huge protest in my city a few months ago (made the front page of the NYT), but every subsequent attempt to organize has been disappointingly small. I hope this Saturday creates momentum but I worry people will check off the “resistance” box and go back home. We’ll see what happens! 🤞 Actual concrete events happening in LA may enliven people.
If he really does try and do that it could backfire spectacularly on him.
First Amendment was the practice amendment
I’ll believe it when I see it. Police could bomb their own cities with plastic explosives and Americans won’t do anything about it.
I wonder how many mid-50s or older Americans are on Lemmy?
You didn’t need to be alive when the MOVE bombing happened in order to know about it.
We used to actually learn about shit like this sometimes in public schools…
That’s true, and I did already know about it.
However, being 1 year old at the time it happened I wasn’t in a position to speak up about it or to “allow” it to happen unchallenged.
Us greybeards are here…
Hey, I have a little grey in my beard!
As someone who was only just alive in 1985 though, I’m curious where you were in the US in 1985 and if you remember how big or widespread the news coverage was on the MOVE bombing?
I was in H.S. in 85… I don’t remember anything labeled MOVE bombing. Back then it was still big 3 networks for me, I had no cable. Everything was appointment TV including the news.
Thanks! Thats vaguely what I remember from the gulf war timeframe. I think we got cable a couple years after that.
Definitely more or fewer than you think. Unless you’re absolutely phenomenal at guessing.
I mean its going to be streaming on all channels, all day today, tomorrow, and the especially Saturday.
If you aren’t seeing it, it might have more to do with where you are looking.
The protests won’t go far enough to make a difference and fizzle out like every other “movement” in American history.
You’re right. We should stay indoors and do nothing instead, which will surely make the fascists give up.
None of them have done enough, but plenty have accomplished partial wins.
Of course they won’t, years of docile programming via reality TV shows, and ma sports!