Holy shit! It’s spreading all the way into Europe.
More than just Europe actually, but you really stopped being able to tell just how many were in the US if I zoomed out further
Mexico, Costa Rica, Colombia, Malawi, Australia, also all have at least one No Kings protests planned too
EDIT: and Canada
Malawi is surprising to me, what’s the context for one happening there of all places?
Also the ones in Australia/Canada/UK are kinda funny to me, seeing as they literally do have a king.
Don’t know the organizers or anything, but I’d imagine the heavy foreign aid gutting is probably part of it
The dots in Mexico and Europe are surprising.
A handful of my friends are going. A couple friends I can’t convince to leave their house, so they’ll be staying home enjoying the safety of being straight white cis abled bodied men, I guess.
What have you tried to do to convince them?
Nothing effective. Invited them to come out with me to the protest. Suggested we hang out after. Tried to appeal to their civic duty. Tried to appeal to their obligations to the more vulnerable.
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Should shake your dick at them until they run
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Straight white cis make not willing to get up for anything. I’m just drawing conclusions here, perhaps unfairly.
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That’s fair
Do you think maybe this whole one person rule thing is on its way out? fingers crossed
Some good advice about surveillance self-defense while attending a protest:
https://ssd.eff.org/module/attending-protestIs it meaningful to attend in Europe? If so how does it work?
Several of those countries still support monarchies, so it could be that, though it is likely more in solidarity. Just like the floyd protests, there were demonstrations in over 60 countries. Protesting at the embassies does send a message to the administration and its lackeys.
Much (most?) of those protests in other countries are outside of US embassies, so sends a message to the US still
It also puts notice to the country you’re within to not treat the US as business as usual
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Thank you for the heads up. I’m going to make sure that my loved ones and I are as far away from the protests (and the police response) as possible.
I understand the reason, but that is the exact opposite of what we need right now. These protests on Saturday are peaceful and we need everyone to stand up. Trump wants our silence and complicity. Don’t give it to him
The only way out of this is through. Backing down or out will let things get worse
After all, that’s how we got to this situation in the first place.
