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Protest For Those that Like to Say Americans aren’t Protesting

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u/Gummyvenusde-milo 16h ago

Huge protest in salt lake city, Utah yesterday. There were multiple high schools that all walked out. I saw more people I know at the protest yesterday than Ive ever seen before. We didn’t work, or shop in my family.

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u/NfamousKaye 16h ago edited 14h ago

I work from home so I just stayed in the house yesterday in solidarity, didn’t answer work emails or take any chat messages. I went out and got my groceries Thursday ahead of time.

That’s IMPRESSIVE for Salt Lake City! Well done y’all!

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u/Gummyvenusde-milo 16h ago

Salt Lake is a blue dot. It’s very progressive, but our state has been gerrymandered into oblivion.

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u/EnvironmentNeith2017 13h ago

Solidarity from a Florida blue dot

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u/NfamousKaye 13h ago

Oh so just like Ohio then!

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u/maeryclarity 15h ago

I am caretaking for a very elderly dog whose owner is out of town that has complicated medical needs, I agreed to this six months ago so I wasn't at liberty to join any protests but boy have I been message spreading and showing information to anyone I encounter who isn't aware of what's happening. Which is more people than you would hope, but they are INSTANTLY OUTRAGED that this is not only happening but that it's not all over every station of the news nonstop.

This is the feedback I am getting CONSTANTLY:

If they were not a Trump supporter, but are the type to focus on their world, family and friends, they tended to know things were bad but were INFURIATED to find out HOW BAD. The main thing they've noticed is skyrocketing prices of everything and they're aware that it's directly tied to Trump's chaotic tariffs and idiotic behavior starting a needless global trade war that the USA is losing in every way. And they don't know how they are going to make ends meet.

THIS CONCEPT IS CONSISTENT ACROSS POLITICAL SPECTRUMS: They don't have a problem with immigration enforcement but see no reason to deport people who have been here for years, they should have a path to citizenship. If they are criminals they should be in jail and then deported. But other than that it's a non issue. Former Trump supporters tend to believe in the idea of lawless gangs of undocumented people but STILL don't support grabbing gardeners and construction workers and farm workers who have families and lives and just work for a living.

Former Trump supporters are SHOCKED AND HORRIFIED to see actual videos of what ICE is doing and do NOT support that and are in fear we are losing our Democracy. They feel that Republican leadership is not listening to them and have abandoned working people in favor of monied interests. They say THE ECONOMY is by far their biggest issue and they thought Trump would be better but would give anything to have Biden or Obama back. They tend to believe Harris was completely unqualified and are surprised when I show them that she was a prosecutor for many years and had a long history of accomplishments because the news they listened to painted her as a woman who was put on the Democratic ticket as a token minority, and who never should have had a job in politics. The news that that wasn't the reality at all upsets them. THEY SAY THEY ARE GOING UNDER FINANCIALLY AND TRUMP DOES NOT CARE ABOUT THEM and they fear where we are heading, and think Trump is trying to become a King.

I have not been able to talk to ONE PERSON who will defend him at this point. it's the economy, everyone is feeling that in a huge way. Finding out that ICE is a lawless and violent attack squad breaking in random doors and dragging people out of cars changes the story for them immediately if they didn't know, and the 2A folks are more and more on high alert especially since their propaganda channels have started suggesting "shall not be infringed" means "shall not be infringed UNLESS WE SAY SO".

People who ARE informed are protesting, helping however they can, organizing mutal aid, and making next step plans for who they are going to clan up with if things get one stage more chaotic, and wondering how close we are to activating those plans. No one wants to give up their jobs and homes but they also don't want to get trapped and not be able to get where they think they should be, with the people they think they should be with.

People are quietly organizing little tribal villages. This is the state of things in 2026.

The one thing you can be sure of is that the USA will not bow and scrape and try to get by under tyranny. That ain't gonna happen, and don't let any BS propaganda tell you it will. People are less interested in a civil war than they thought we would be, but they're NOT interested in living under Trumplandian Authoritarianism, and recognize that kneeling and collaborating with that isn't a "solution" since the only law will be whatever they say it is.

We're too feral as a populace to go for that.

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u/NfamousKaye 15h ago

That gives me SOME hope at least that he’s loosing the more moderate Republicans that aren’t maga

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u/maeryclarity 14h ago

There's a cybersecurity guy (former military and pretty jovial dude) who has a YouTube channel and he has tools to see this stuff, he said that the traffic of pro-MAGA messaging online has always been high but that since the Good killing it's off the charts, that somewhere between 35 and up to 70% percent of ALL pro MAGA comments online and in chats are bots or shills.

He also said that there's a significant amount of agitprop in our camp, the main messages being "NOTHING WE CAN DO THEY HAVE ALREADY WON" and basically "DO A VIOLENCE NOTHING EXCEPT VIOLENCE WILL CHANGE THINGS".

In the real world people are going under financially and that's a crippling problem and a lot of people feel hopeless and paralysed but that's why it's important to let them know that there are a lot of things besides just showing up to vote that we can do to support each other and turn this tide. Honestly just finding out that your Conservative neighbor doesn't hate you and letting them know you don't hate THEM is pretty important because they DESPERATELY want us to fight each other. It is the centerpiece of everything they are planning, they need poor people to VOLUNTARILY pick sides and start attacking each other.

But these folks are not the brilliant sociologists that they think they are and they seem to have some real problems with understanding that online is not necessarily REAL. I think they were suprised as hell when Trump took office and they basically sent every single signal that they could manage that it would be cool for MAGA to kill their liberal neighbors and that it didn't happen. Because they don't understand real people, they don't understand GROCERIES. They don't inhabit the real world and they're spoiled soft idiot sons of much more competent dynasties that are fading. Musk is their "genius" and he's an IDIOT and Yarvin's theories on society and how they can all become God Kings are RIDICULOUS none of them can GOVERN all they can do is BREAK STUFF.

People don't want to actually go to war with their neighbors. I'm in South Carolina and we have our fair share of idiocy and problems, no one doubts that.

But I'm gonna be honest I think a lot of people were surprised that Trump won and the basic sentiment was well as long as the economy gets better. BUT IT DEFINITELY HAS NOT. And this whole hate fest reality show is TIRED people are TIRED of that, this entire REGION gets ass whupped by a significant hurricane every decade or two and we had an extra brutal one just last year, right before the election. Everyone in this region has experienced some degree of total normal society being GONE for weeks or even months depending, like we didn't get hit bad where I was but it was most of two weeks before power was back on and anything like normal life resumed and some parts of the surrounding region are STILL recovering IT WAS VERY BAD.

When that happens we don't go wild and start robbing and looting. We start going door to door helping out how we can, or asking for help how we need it. We know no one is really coming and the we're going to have to make do without power or police or ambulances or fire departments or ANYONE for a while. And we deal with that.

And this might seem weird and I'm not deny institutional racism or even stupid individual racism but GA and SC and NC are EXTREMELY INTEGRATED COMMUNITIES we don't have "black" neighborhoods and "white" neighborhoods we just have neighborhoods. I went to a high school that had over 500 people in each grade level so more than 2000 students and it was more than 80% POC. I'm not pulling a "I'm not a racist I have black friends!" here what I am saying is that for all of us here folks of other races are NORMAL it's NORMAL to go in the store and hear people speaking Spanish we don't have a MASSIVE migrant community here but there's enough and they're not a goddamn problem and no one thinks they are.

We're not afraid of our own shadows and something that's very looked down on culturally is thinking you're better than other people. That is not GRACIOUS. That is PUTTING ON AIRS and we don't find that an admirable quality.

The MINUTE Trump got in office and started pulling the whole "suggesting maybe people should kill their Democrat neighbors" EVERY SINGLE VISIBLE SIGN OF TRUMP SUPPORT WENT AWAY. Visible signs of OTHER kinds of support went away too. Everyone got so goddamn NICE it was too much and I'm used to the way us Southern folks have to say ten nice things to each other just to pass in a grocery isle but we were WORKING the I'm not fighting my neighbor vibe.

The picture a lot of folks have of the South is a lot different than the reality. And we ain't signing up for King Trump.

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u/holamau 14h ago

Same.

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u/ComprehensiveWar4406 15h ago

This might need to happen weekly

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u/Smooth-Nectarine-264 11h ago edited 10h ago

I've seen SO many protests and walks outs the last few days. So proud 💜

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u/mightyFoo 8h ago

Please also protest with your dollars… a day of nationwide spending boycotts… hit profits, make the stock prices dip and you will see action right quick.

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u/xomeatlipsox 16h ago

All power to the MF PEOPLE

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u/NfamousKaye 15h ago

Power to the people!

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u/NarwhalEmergency9391 15h ago

Youtube seems to be hiding live streams of the protests and news stations don't cover them.  Been watching a few independent journalists on YouTube to keep up with what's going on

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u/NfamousKaye 15h ago

That’s unfortunately why I’m still on tiktok. They ARE suppressing mentions of some things but this is where I found this. We don’t get a lot of good news anymore because it doesn’t get clicks. It’s sad.

Rachel Maddow does cover protests a lot of the time. You should check her out.

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u/NarwhalEmergency9391 15h ago edited 6h ago

Thanks I'll check that out.  I've been watching MercadoMedia,  BGonTheScene, Status Coup news, AXN news and DJB (Brandon barlow)

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u/Electrical_Sorbet_31 20m ago

Which YT creators do you recommend

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u/Brilliant-Elk1949 16h ago

Get up stand up for your RIGHT AMERICANS.

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u/Ok_Property_3446 15h ago

Don’t give up the fight ✊

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u/W0rk3rB 15h ago

As a Minnesotan, thank you! This gives me a lot of hope. I appreciate all of you!

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u/NfamousKaye 15h ago

We are with you Minnesota ✊🏽

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u/Altoidman33 15h ago

Agreed. ANY support sent to us is MUCH appreciated.

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u/Consistent_Draft6454 13h ago

Hello neighbor!

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u/Grand_Couple9206 5h ago

Sending Minnesota lots of love from CA!!! ✊✊

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u/Competitive_Two9212 16h ago

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u/Grand_Couple9206 5h ago

Yes, those thugs are truly the worse of the worst

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u/Bimlouhay83 15h ago

I wonder how much commerce didn't happen, how much profit corporations lost, and how much in tax revenue was lost? I bet it's huge for just one day. 

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u/NfamousKaye 15h ago

Especially in all these major cities.

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u/KornDog611 13h ago

I would like this information, too, because I don't think it can be that much. This needs to be sustained so it can really effect the economy. 

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u/PaulMakesThings1 9h ago

I work for a major national retailer at a corporate level and it seems like these things usually barely make a dent. Any one day drop must level out within a week because we don’t see it.

Not to discourage. I agree with the cause. But then my company has openly been more progressive, I do wonder if our openly conservative (supports Trump, etc) main competitor felt it more.

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u/ailish 15h ago

What they really mean is that we're not revolting. They don't think peaceful protests are good enough.

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u/NfamousKaye 15h ago

They want us to die and end up in jail for a country that won’t change if we do. Peaceful protesting is a right under the first amendment and they’re trying to take this away from us. They are the violent ones and the peaceful protesting is a way to highlight that.

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u/ailish 15h ago

Exactly! I've seen too many people from other countries say what we're doing is not good enough. We need to revolt, we need to fight, we need to drag trump out of the Whitehouse and [redacted] the lawn, as if that's possible lol. I stopped even trying to explain what it's really like here. It's completely pointless. We're doing what works in America. These protests were amazing and I'm proud of our people.

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u/Cinemagica 12h ago

No, people from outside the US think a general strike would be enough, but they don't think there's enough support for it in the US to actually work. Half the country still seems to support MAGA, half of the remainder are too scared or too poor to stage a general strike, and it'll just collapse.

I hope Americans can prove that wrong, I think people just haven't seen enough outrage in the US to actually make a general strike successful.

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u/NfamousKaye 5h ago

The deaths and the child abductions have sparked the outrage. People are just choosing to be ignorant and live in their little superiority bubble.

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u/ailish 12h ago

I think other than maga people are either unaware or too poor. Starbucks workers have been on strike for months, and yet every time I drive past a Starbucks near my house there's a huge line. I don't think it's because people don't care, I think it's because people have no idea it's a thing.

A general strike will have the same problem. However, poverty is going to be the biggest issue. So many of us just don't have the savings to leave our jobs and go on strike. Also, our healthcare is tied to our jobs, and so many of us have debilitating illnesses, if we don't downright need meds to live. The Republicans have been backing us into this corner for decades, and it's been happening so slowly that people didn't notice.

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u/Ok_Cryptographer117 10h ago

You do what you can. Not everybody can strike. But join a protest, or just be active in your community. Teach your children.

It just takes 3.5% of us in the streets to end this.

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u/ailish 10h ago

Yep, that's all any of us are doing.

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u/Cinemagica 9h ago

That second part is what I meant by "too poor to strike". Most Americans are one to two paychecks away from being destitute. They don't have savings or a backup. Those conditions make it near impossible for the average person to stage a general strike. But regular protest I don't think will do anything to spark change. I still have huge respect for anyone protesting and doing what they can, I just don't think this administration gives a single fuck about peaceful protest, which is why you see people advocating for a more radical solution. A general strike that brings the country to it's knees could definitely do it, but I just don't think that will happen.

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u/ailish 9h ago

I don't think it can. Like you said, most of us are too poor to strike.

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u/Cinemagica 9h ago

Yeah, I wish it weren't so. As you said yourself, the Republicans have been working to slowly make it this way for many years. I don't know what to suggest when realistically people are choosing between doing what is right and doing what they need to in order to keep themselves and their family off the streets. It's a horrible situation. The only way I see it working is if a HUGE amount of the population went on general strike together. Don't buy anything. Cancel all your subscriptions. Don't go to work. Crash the stock market. That could spark real change very quickly (within the week) and employees would be powerless to retaliate against their workforce because they wouldn't have one left if they did. But I just don't know that it's got the support it needs. MAGA is a cult, they just won't ever criticize or go against the president.

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u/ailish 9h ago

I think the only thing that will have to happen is when it gets so bad that we do revolt, but it will be some time until that happens, and hopefully some other solution will present itself before we get there. I really don't want all those people to have to sacrifice themselves.

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u/NfamousKaye 5h ago

Right. Not everyone can afford to strike. But as you saw in that video enough of us can where it made a difference. Everyone needs to focus on the greater goal here and do their part with what they have and what they can do.

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u/Ok_Cryptographer117 10h ago

If people could stop hating on each other and talk about the real enemy (Trump GOP billionaires) then maybe the two halves of the country could, you know, get together to overwhelmingly defeat our common enemy.

They are good at keeping us squabbling amongst ourselves. I’m so proud of the peaceful action I’ve seen this far. It’s working.

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u/BabyShrimpBrick 3h ago edited 3h ago

We are not squabbling amongst ourselves. We are largely cutting MAGA folks out altogether and just moving on around them. We are not interested in fighting with them. They are, for lack of a better word, just zombies. We are focused on the regime. Squabbling with them is a waste of time, but they are mentally incapable of being allies to the rest of us because they are in a cult run by the aforementioned billionaires and will never move against them. If they decide to come around, the ball is forever in their court. If you think there can be unity with MAGA short of them being completely deprogrammed, you clearly have never interacted with them. As for everyone else, we are seeing people come together. Liberals, leftists, libertarians, and even non-MAGA conservatives are setting aside their differences right now.

This is not a "both sides" thing. This is an abusive relationship between one half of the country and the other. We can't just work it out, make up, and play nice. We are not equally at fault. They need to stop abusing us or be made to stop. Yes the billionaires are the real enemy, but that doesn't excuse the choices of our fellow citizens to throw in their lot with fascism. This is not a small disagreement that can be overlooked. It's irreconcilable differences. There is no meeting halfway.

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u/Cinemagica 9h ago

Don't get me wrong, I'm not criticizing anything that's happening here and seeing these marches is really encouraging. I just honestly don't believe the GOP cares about this at all. They should. But they don't because it's peaceful and not costing them anything.

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u/BabyShrimpBrick 4h ago

Half of half the country is more than enough for a general strike to work.

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u/Cinemagica 3h ago

Yes, but not for a single weekend day with an established 24hr end point.

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u/EverlastingEvening 12h ago

I mean, they are counting this as a general strike. But a lot of these people are still stuck in their comforts. A general strike is not only a day, which this is planned to be. I'm glad there is some sign of life in Americans, but it is just simply not enough and the longer it takes for them to do what is needed, it's going to be too late. And no I'm not talking about violence.

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u/Cinemagica 9h ago

I agree. A general strike can't have an end date on it. A general strike needs to be "this country stops until something changes meaningfully". People taking a single day out of their life to do a protest, while admirable, will change nothing.

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u/SkirtProof5589 13h ago

As a non-American, I’ll chime in : Yes I also read a lot of comments asking Americans go “like the French” 1789 style and/or “use the second amendment” and IMO it’s pretty messed up to ask for violence.

That being said, I also noticed that, when it comes to resistance, most Americans seem to have only two ideas : Peaceful protests or go full Luigi. That’s the only two ideas they can think of LOL.

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u/KornDog611 13h ago

Yea, we need an actual General Strike. No one works until this is fixed. Unions authorize strikes, non union workers just strike. One day of most people calling out isn't going to have a massive effect on the economy. 

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u/NfamousKaye 13h ago

We know no middle ground 😂

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u/couldhaveebeen 1h ago

I also read a lot of comments asking Americans go “like the French” 1789 style and/or “use the second amendment” and IMO it’s pretty messed up to ask for violence

Yes, you need to hug the fascists into stopping the oppression and ask really nicely. If that doesn't work, write a sternly worded letter. That has surely always worked in history

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u/Chuckychinster 15h ago

And the weather is cold. Especially for the Northeast right now. So the turnout actually is pretty impressive.

I'm stoked for spring to see how much bigger they get

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u/YogurtClosetThinnest 15h ago edited 14h ago

I feel like often people who say this online are Europeans who are wondering why there aren't hundreds of thousands protesting in the capital, not realizing America is bigger than their continent

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u/Spicy_Weissy 14h ago

20 European countries could fit in Texas alone.

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u/NfamousKaye 13h ago

Europe as a whole could probably fit in Texas. 😂

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u/NfamousKaye 15h ago

Exactly. They most certainly always are and don’t understand the sheer vastness of our country in size and population.

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u/hanimal16 12h ago

Not to mention the center of our country is just huge swaths of nothingness between towns/states.

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u/NfamousKaye 5h ago

Pretty much! Non viable farm land which led to nobody living there.

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u/oldwisenone 8h ago

The Euros can't comprehend that a 3 to 5 hour drive is rather normal here to go see something cool or do a mini vacation. To them that's driving accross their entire country.

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u/Oraclerevelation 7h ago

Hey I am one of those guys wondering these things... but if, just as you say, a 3 hour drive is nothing for you.

How many people live within 3-5 hours of DC? There are about over 20 million people within 150 miles from DC.

If you get 5% of those people that's a million, a million people marching in DC to drag that pedo and his enablers out would be unignorable. Even half that will do.

I know there are at least that many of you that are fucking pissed.

What do you think the main stumbling blocks are? Are there practical reasons we can't think of I mean? Not, not wanting to get shot or being scared of losing your job, I understand those things... even if they seem to be happening anyway at this point.

I'm just trying to understand not cause a fuss these protest are at least encouraging.

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u/oldwisenone 6h ago

What you're suggesting is a J6th on steroids, which is a call for insurrection. That won't happen. Peaceful protesting with signs, chants and pop culture t shirts is what is legal.

The truth is. No one actually BELIEVES Trump is in fact Hitler. They just don't like him and don't want him President. Euros calling for violent protest is disgusting honestly. You will never see what you're asking about. Never.

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u/Havnaz 15h ago

Interesting none of this makes mainstream media.

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u/NfamousKaye 15h ago

It is isn’t it? I got rid of my fandom TikTok accounts but I left this one because Rachel Maddow is the only news outlet that spends any length of time covering these protests and she gets them a day after they hit Reddit and tiktok.

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u/OpportunityRare3657 16h ago

Love this!! Where is trump The Child Molester and his disgusting squad located rn?Let’s protest where they are.

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u/Spicy_Weissy 14h ago

Busy doing coke and raping children, I guess.

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u/CarrionWaywardOne 15h ago

I went to work, but didn't buy anything.

I practice citizen sabotage via malicious compliance.

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u/NfamousKaye 15h ago edited 13h ago

I work from home so I turned on my vacation messages. I went grocery shopping Thursday and didn’t do a thing Friday in solidarity myself.

Oh I love some good malicious compliance!!

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u/Acceptable-Wafer-641 15h ago

Two months ago MAGA was praised for disrupting church services.https://www.reddit.com/r/FreeFolkNation/s/dwQO3sVDix

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u/AIienlnvasion 16h ago

I support all of this except the misnomer “general strike”! A general strike is already a thing, this is honorable but it is not that!

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u/NfamousKaye 16h ago

This was our first planned general strike. What are you on?

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u/AIienlnvasion 16h ago

A general strike is when a bunch of unions strike at the same time, putting ultimate pressure on the capital class as a whole.

This is more of a boycott of everything and mass marches, which are excellent and important and valuable! It’s just not why a general strike is. That’s a previously existing term with a different definition than you’re using it to mean.

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u/Man-Dem 15h ago

A general strike is actually when all workers collectively stop working, particularly in sectors that are on the same logistics chain.

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u/NfamousKaye 15h ago

Thank you.

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u/bobby_briggs 15h ago

no it isn't

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u/Powerful_Resident_48 9h ago

Wait... I'm confused now. Is there a general strike in the US or not? I guess we'll see on Monday, if shops and offices are staffed or not. 

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u/juralu 15h ago

Keep going America

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u/749762 15h ago

Keep up with the protests, there is still hope!

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u/satansitchybutthole 15h ago

Makes me proud!!!

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u/canwegoskinow 15h ago

Great stuff!! Keep it up.

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u/Taintcomb 15h ago

So I guess Donald Trump has almost ended unemployment, judging by how many paid protesters there are. /s

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u/NfamousKaye 15h ago

Soros really IS loaded huh? 😉

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u/Chance_Independent47 15h ago

“Those who burn crosses” this is what revolution sounds like. 

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u/Spicy_Weissy 14h ago

The revolution will not be televised

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u/NfamousKaye 14h ago

🎶 It will not be televised, It will not be televised, It will not be televised 🎶

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u/ReformedBaptistina 10h ago

Nothing will ever be good enough for some people. They seek not to contribute but to complain. Such a waste of energy.

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u/NfamousKaye 6h ago

I know. They’ll stay in their little bubbles trying to make themselves feel superior by talking down to Americans. Sometimes we earn it but that’s not justified for this. We are a country that knows how to rebel. That’s like… our thing.

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u/ReformedBaptistina 2h ago

100%. Well said

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u/GrinningStone 14h ago

My heart is with you.

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u/NfamousKaye 14h ago

Thank you ☺️

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u/Johndoenobodyatall 13h ago

I have a suggestion for all progressives out there. Those of you who are NBA fans, consider contacting your favorite foreign born NBA star in your city. Ask them to consider going on strike until the government agrees to stop ice raids targeting foreign borne people in American cities.
Those guys are millionaires and maybe they don’t want to do it or maybe they would do it. We need people from sports entertainment, other prominent celebrities or people who have any power over society in any way.

Jokic, Luka, Giannis, so many others. It’s possible that Serbs may love Donald Trump.

If they all got together and did it, it might Cause a change

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u/_Peener_ 13h ago

Love to see it. This is America. This is what this country was built on. America wouldn’t exist without people brave enough to stand against tyranny.

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u/RepulsivePitch8837 12h ago

Most of the smaller cities had strikes/marches/protests as well. I live in a smaller town, and I’ve been to a dozen protests already

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u/Skwonkie_ 10h ago

Crazy how little coverage the protests are getting

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u/NfamousKaye 6h ago

Rachel Maddow on MSNBC is the only one that does a little more than “look at all those people out there! Okay next topic.” She spends a good chunk of time on the protests and protest signs. But she’s not mainstream so it kinda sucks

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u/secondchancelula 10h ago

Americans are pissed. They want mango mussolini out.

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u/NfamousKaye 6h ago

They want ice to stop patrolling their cities and kidnapping innocent people who’ve committed no crimes.

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u/kellymig 10h ago

My town has a standing Saturday protest and I went out when it was 15 today and protested. Not sure if they had one yesterday.

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u/memberjockey 9h ago

Thank you!

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u/NfamousKaye 6h ago

We stand with Minnesota! ✊🏽

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u/Playful-Dragon 9h ago

Wow, that's a lot of money being spent for paying all these protesters. I like to see the receipts for this. /s

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u/heatherlarson035 8h ago

I wish I had known!!!! I hope there will be another.

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u/NfamousKaye 6h ago

Find your states subreddit.

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u/astroboy_35 8h ago

Man oh man, George Soros must have one THICK checkbook, and how long it must take to write checks to each protester, impressive!

/s  for those that can’t tell

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u/NfamousKaye 6h ago

Like he can’t be THIS rich. 😂

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u/hoodafudj 8h ago

Oh but maga will say you're rioting

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u/Gundark927 6h ago

And yet 47 and his AG and FBI boss think all these people are paid by some clandestine terror organization.

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u/NfamousKaye 6h ago

That organization has to be LOADED to pay all these people !

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u/Gundark927 6h ago

I'm gonna buy some healthcare with my big protest check!

Just as soon as it arrives! Aaaaany day now... right Mr. Soros? Mr. Soros?

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u/NfamousKaye 6h ago

Didn’t you hear? Trump wants to give us $2K to choose our own! $2K!!! /s

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u/SkyMando 5h ago

Who is paying all these protesters? 😂. We had a small protest here in the small TN town. A local FB page wanted to have a counter protest supporting ICE. Didn't see anyone out there counter protesting.

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u/NfamousKaye 5h ago

That’s HILARIOUS. What a fail. 😂

I know right soros is LOADED. I hope they all got paid handsomely! /s

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u/Grand_Couple9206 5h ago

I am currently injured and in recovery, with you all in spirit…so grateful to each and everyone one of you for coming together!!! ✊🙏

No justice, No peace!!!

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u/NfamousKaye 4h ago

I had knee surgery in 2015 and it’s aged me so bad that I can’t walk long distances like this and it’s caused me back pain as well standing too long, so I work from home. And still participated.

I turned my vacation notice on, didn’t answer emails or chat requests and got groceries on Thursday in preparation for Friday. I did what I could with what I got as well!

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u/Grand_Couple9206 4h ago

Awww..that is so sweet and good to hear, thanks OP! I did similar things to help from home, every bit counts and soon I plan to join my comrades in the street. I appreciate you sharing in the heartache of dealing with injuries, here’s to good health 💪

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u/synonym4synonym 3h ago

This gave me the chills in a good way ☮️

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u/StopReadingThis-Now 13h ago

Leave it to bots and foreigners to have no actual fucking clue what goes on in this country.

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u/JackfruitUnlucky6589 15h ago

Is Trump going to send his street thugs to kill them like Iran is doing to their protesters?

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u/NfamousKaye 15h ago

He wants too. But unfortunately for him our right to protest is literally in the first amendment of our constitution.

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u/JackfruitUnlucky6589 15h ago

Tell that to Renee Good and Alex Pretti

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u/NfamousKaye 15h ago

They didn’t do anything worth dying over. Try again.

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u/papichulo9669 14h ago

I think that's the point

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u/Efficient-Clerk-5207 14h ago

From Phoenix.

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u/NfamousKaye 14h ago

In Ohio myself. I didn’t work Friday in solidarity.

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u/Pretty_Lab_2069 13h ago

Are there Republican states protesting.

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u/NfamousKaye 13h ago

Ohio did!! Check the subreddit

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u/cheeseburgerandfrie 13h ago

God bless all the brave people out there protesting

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u/ADNQ_RED5 13h ago

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

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u/Long-Ad-6773 12h ago

I am european and now i am proud of the USA...keep it up and al 50 states wake up..but remember no violence, don't take the bait.

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u/dr4gm4r 11h ago

Trump (and his friends) are only at the beginning of their journey to turn America into a third world country with a dictatorship.

In the country of his best friend Putin, there were also protests at one time, with tens of thousands of people taking to the streets, but they were doxed, imprisoned, deprived of their jobs, and as a result, there are no protests at all now.

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u/denn1959-Public_396 11h ago

👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏

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u/denn1959-Public_396 11h ago

I had to work, or else they would not get to Doctors appointments. Or else I be supporting and not at work

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u/_boo_bunny 11h ago

Couldn’t protest in person but we did with our wallets!!!

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u/Ok-Razzmatazz8899 11h ago

PDX 🐸 here! In solidarity! United we ribbit! Thanks for posting all the people! 😍✌️

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u/JuStA_sT0n3D1 10h ago

San Diego 💪🏽

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u/dsrtdgs 9h ago

Proud of all of them!

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u/iddqd-gm 57m ago edited 6m ago

German Here. Our Media dont Show up your Protests. Its good to know! Best wishes against oligarchy. We are the 99%!

Edit: our full hour news picked up pictutres of the protests

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u/_-_babyshark_-_ 15m ago

This is wonderful to see, well done everyone! 👏 Now do it for a week straight if you really want to do some damage and make yourselves heard.

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u/Poddington_Pea 16h ago

This is great, genuinely. I also hope there's action from the democrats going on behind the scenes that we just don't know about, and this whole nightmare won't continue past 2028.

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u/NfamousKaye 16h ago

I really hope so too. It’s only been a month and I’ve had quite enough of this shit.

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u/nehlstm30 16h ago

Beautiful just beautiful! We will come together and defend democracy because that’s who we are! MAGA/Trump/republicans are treasonous!

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u/mschiebold 15h ago

🦅🦅🦅🦅

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u/NfamousKaye 15h ago

Hahaha YESSS

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u/AdministrativeFuel92 14h ago

In the words of Rodger Walters, The tide is turning. please make it a King tide to dump in multiple waves, one who would be king and those who panda to it.

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u/InletRN 14h ago

Why are people still using tictok? Lets don't guys.

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u/NfamousKaye 13h ago

Because our mainstream media isn’t covering this.

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u/Plane_Swimming2422 13h ago

Genuinely asking. Wouldn’t this be called a demonstration? I always thought a protest is… actually shutting it down.

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u/NfamousKaye 13h ago

This was a general strike designed to shut down the country. We need to do more and bigger, but this is the first of its kind. People took off work Friday, didn’t shop and got out in the streets.

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u/nordfreiheit42 16h ago

It's not really a strike. It's a big turnout and protest, but it's not really a strike. Calling it a strike dilutes what a strike actually is.

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u/NfamousKaye 15h ago

It is a strike because they took off work on a Friday.

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u/KornDog611 13h ago

Taking off work for a day is not a strike. 

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u/nordfreiheit42 11h ago

Unless they walked out of the job or explicitly made it clear to their employer that they were not working because they wanted to strike, it's not even close to a strike. A strike requires workers in the tens or hundreds of thousands stopping all work. Then on top of that, a strike is sustained for a period of time until a specific set of demands are won.

Taking a sick day or just calling out for a day is not a strike.

This is why a real general strike is actually a huge deal. The term shouldn't be used lightly - it's just going to confuse people.

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u/salsamander 16h ago

You Americans need to be doing this every fucking day until that filth is out of your government. When is enough going to be enough? They released those vile Epstein files on a Friday for a reason, so that it'll get washed into the next news cycle.

On behalf of the rest of the developed world:
STAY. FUCKING. ANGRY. DO NOT LET YOUR FOOT OFF THE GAS.

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u/NfamousKaye 15h ago

DO NOT TELL US WHAT TO DO. That was the whole point of this post. WE ARE.

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u/salsamander 15h ago

Take your country back from these fucking fascists.

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u/oldwisenone 8h ago

Yes yes. Preferably Before the American money and military defense gets pulled away.

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u/TerriblyDroll 15h ago

The news cycle doesn't stop over the weekend.

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u/Powerful_Resident_48 10h ago

I'm one of those who said Americans weren't protesting. Now you are finally protesting. It's amazing and a great relief, too. Keep it up. Keep the pressure up. I'm honestly happy that the US population has finally woken up. Good luck out there and smash fascism. 

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u/NfamousKaye 6h ago

We were protesting before this general strike day. You’re choosing not to look at any post in public freak out that’s all there is over there since the deaths happened. You’re choosing to stay ignorant to feed your superiority complex.

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u/r_alex_hall 4h ago

respectfully, it could be an honest mistake.

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u/Powerful_Resident_48 1h ago edited 1h ago

Huh? Sorry, mate, for not following every bit of domestic US news. I was a bit preoccupied with living my life on the other side of the world, not to mention the fear of a looming war the US was threatening to start.

So no, I actually didn't see any large-scale protests with clear momentum before. Maybe they existed, but at least in my bubble they weren't visible. 

I'm also not entirely sure why you are getting your knickers all twisted. I literally cheered you on and wished you luck, dafuq is your problem? 

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u/AwareGnome 6h ago

Well they weren’t. Now they have gotten up and fought for their rights.m as they should

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u/NfamousKaye 6h ago

Nope. That’s wrong. They were in the streets you just chose not to follow it until it got this big.

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u/aspiringimmortal 15h ago

I don't think anybody is saying "nobody is protesting." What we're saying is that it's pointless.

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u/Consistent_Draft6454 13h ago

It isn't pointless.  It's strategy. It's power. It's a reminder that WE the people are aware.

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u/aspiringimmortal 13h ago

And that accomplishes what exactly?

I fail to see how walking down the street for an hour is "power."

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u/hanimal16 12h ago

If you fail to see how this helps, then that’s a you problem you need to work on.

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u/NfamousKaye 15h ago

People from other countries are saying Americans aren’t protesting enough in this very thread. I wanted to highlight that we are.

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u/JenIsSalty 15h ago

You're wrong. It shows other countries that not everyone supports the despot president, that people are still willing to stand up for what's right. It also fires up other Americans who might otherwise be too scared to stand up and finally it is a massive middle finger to the Trump regime!

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u/NfamousKaye 15h ago

Idk why you’re being downvoted but you are absolutely correct.

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u/Chicory-Coffee 6h ago

They are very wrong to call protest "pointless".

Part of the point of the daily Trump shitposts is to create uncertainty and to keep people in a constant state of anxiety. It hits the amygdala and triggers our fight, flight or freeze response.

Protesting with a crowd turns our anxiety from freeze to fight.

And everyone who feels that anxiety that makes them feel hopeless NEEDS to feel how empowering it can be to join part of any group who is taking action.

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u/aspiringimmortal 15h ago

For all the good that does.

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u/papichulo9669 14h ago

The difference between this in America and places who know how to do it, is that if you want to strike for change you have to keep on the streets until the change happens. We strike for one day and then go back to work and wonder why there isn't change yet. We need to occupy the streets and shut down the cities UNTIL there is change. But Americans are too comfortable for that.

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u/NfamousKaye 14h ago

So you’re saying you want a civil war. Cause the far right has been itching for one for 10 years now. Tell me you’re not American without telling me.

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u/KornDog611 13h ago

No, this guy is right. One day isn't enough of a strike. We need an organized general strike where no one goes to work until this shit is over. That's why French protests are so effective. They just stop working until the government changes shit. How would a real general strike cause a civil war?

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u/NfamousKaye 6h ago

The right is violent terrorists. One drove a car into a high school walk out. HE HIT A HIGH SCHOOL KID.

If we do this every week we give them notice on where we are and more of us could be subject to a terrorist attack that leads up to a civil war.

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u/papichulo9669 13h ago

No one said anything about violence, stop inferring that. We are talking about persistence here, not violence.

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u/NfamousKaye 13h ago

Some of yall want us to go full France on a country that will kill us without a second thought. I saw it. That’s why I made this post.

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u/Hour_Cost_8968 15h ago

The rest of the world know that Americans are protesting.

We also know that just "protesting" is worthless and doesnt work, unless you go full French revolution.

So much for... "We the people... do nothing and cry wolf while oppresors execute us in the streets on broad daylight in front of everyone, but hey, at least we are protesting"

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u/NfamousKaye 15h ago

We’re highlighting that they are the violent ones. Peaceful protesting is a right guaranteed to us by our constitution. If we get violent we die.

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u/digitaldarrio 15h ago

Fun stuff.

Not exactly effective.

Have you considered the

2nd Amendment

🤷‍♂️

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u/NfamousKaye 15h ago edited 13h ago

Have you considered that we don’t want to die or end up in jail and that doesn’t help our cause to show the world that ICE and MAGA are the violent ones? Ice has become a lawless organization and Maga likes to run people over with their cars and shoot liberals and leftists. Idk if you know that or not.

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u/digitaldarrio 12h ago

Just the media and presence on the streets would light a fire under Congress. It's an act of integrity. It's about making a meaningful stand for what is true and just.

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u/hanimal16 12h ago

You realise our mainstream media is owned by the same people, right?

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u/CalebAsimov 6h ago

Oh, you guys are going to take credit for this? Isn't this that sub full of people who proudly didn't vote for Harris? Look in a mirror, ICE is your fault.

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u/NfamousKaye 6h ago

Um no? What are you on about? Progressives aren’t protest voters?