Two-thirds of Americans say that the country is “pretty seriously off on the wrong track,” while just under a third say the country is moving in the right direction, according to an ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll conducted using Ipsos’ KnowledgePanel.
Overall, Americans seem unhappy and anxious, with a slim majority saying the economy has gotten worse since President Donald Trump took office and majorities saying that both major parties and the president are out of touch. A majority of Americans are also growing increasingly concerned over the government shutdown.
110% this shit. It’ll be a slow but powerful buildup. People just think we’re sitting on our fat asses going: “Lol. Whoopsies! Guess we have a Nazi president! Our bad,” No! The No Kings protests alone prove we’re already unhappy. If they try something as serious as the suspension of an election in this environment? Suicide for them.
Yes, the “be in your best behavior and don’t cause too much trouble” protest has definitely marked a middle point in their fascist actions.
And you’d be surprised https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-posts-ai-video-dumping-no-kings-protesters-rcna238521
Bro went out of his way to respond meaning it had some impact.
I’m not going to begrudge the people who think resistance needs to be more kinetic, but that’s not who I am. I’m fucking 52 years old and have never been a fighter. I barely know how to punch properly, and while I can shoot a gun, I’ve never shot a gun while being shot at, and likely would be as much a danger to my side as to the other side. I suspect a whole lot of that 2/3rds we’re dismissing in the polling is like me. The protests bring us out. Civil war will have us hiding or fleeing.
And like others have said. Trump was so annoyed by our presence he generated AI slop. We live rent free in his head.
Yep, no reason to infight over protest strategies; we should be doing all of them, all at once. The Overton Window works both ways, like how the threat represented by the Deacon’s for Defense made the thought of negotiating with MLK seem much more appetizing.
If a civil war, or even just a general strike, does happen, the people on the frontlines will still need people like you for support roles.
There’s a lot of middle ground between “don’t get in the way and make sure you clean up when you’re done” and “shoot at people while being shot at.”
Trump is going to have his daily whining session about something, him crying about Jimmie Kimmel doesn’t mean Jimmie Kimmel is going to prevent him from being a fascist.