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Bread and Circuses

(789 posts)
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 09:54 PM 16 hrs ago

LA I'm as mad as Heck that my prediction : That we'd lose our country by summer is happening.....perhaps

Perhaps we still have a chance.

( Rant Below)

TACO and ICE incited the reaction and unlawful behavior by some people in LA.
Media doesn’t show the peaceful protests of thousands .
Instead the few idiots, urged on by agitators are shown burning cars, blocking the 101 and acts of vandalism.

We know that they picked LA because LA epitomizes what republicans hate most. The brown and black people that they stereotype as criminals and violent rioters. Plenty of old newsreels to justify that , they say! I’m sick, sick, sick.

And LA! And California . No better place to start the lock down and bring in the storm troopers.
Extra bonus is that Kamala Harris lives in LA.

I’m mad, mad that some people have fallen into the trap and now the peaceful protests have been tainted. TACO had to stir things up and it worked, I wish that Dem leaders had gone out yesterday afternoon and sent people home. I’m not bashing Democrats, simply expressing my sadness.

Everyone needs to go home now right now. We all know when the night comes, the bad stuff happens.

Yes, TACO will declare martial law. People will be arrested en masse.

Is there any way to stop this? I don’t know. The military? Will they refuse to march on civilians? Doubtful.

The June 14th protests! I’ll be there and I will continue to show up! We all must, but be aware that agitators and republican masked hooligans will be out at the protests to cause trouble.

Can someone tell me this will come to a peaceful and just conclusion?

I don’t see it. That’s why my heart aches. I see that the chains of tyranny are going to ensnare us all, This week will show us if we have any leaders who have the courage to stand up and stop the end to our constitution.

I apologize as I sound morose and angry. I just needed to express myself in a safe place.
I’m ok, I practice good personal well being and am calm but very frustrated.

I’ve already written to state and national elected officials. And Yes, I’m in NorCal. This really hurts.

May all being receive loving kindness. 🪷





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LA I'm as mad as Heck that my prediction : That we'd lose our country by summer is happening.....perhaps (Original Post) Bread and Circuses 16 hrs ago OP
I'd prefer hundreds of thousands like the 50501 protest in April or somethin. If it gets worse tonight, don't think it Silent Type 16 hrs ago #1
Non-Violent protest is more successful in effecting change pat_k 15 hrs ago #7
Great advice bdamomma 7 hrs ago #11
LOSE Skittles 16 hrs ago #2
Thanks, I corrected my typo Bread and Circuses 16 hrs ago #4
excellent rant, by the way Skittles 16 hrs ago #5
Could be outside bdamomma 16 hrs ago #3
Yes, as he brings a lot of soldiers and johnnyfins 15 hrs ago #6
I also bdamomma 7 hrs ago #10
Manufacture a crisis of violence Donman 15 hrs ago #8
Here's their plan. They will overreach and be stopped. But it will take some brave people. usonian 13 hrs ago #9

Silent Type

(9,809 posts)
1. I'd prefer hundreds of thousands like the 50501 protest in April or somethin. If it gets worse tonight, don't think it
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 10:02 PM
16 hrs ago

will help those who we are supposed to be supporting.

pat_k

(11,275 posts)
7. Non-Violent protest is more successful in effecting change
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 10:36 PM
15 hrs ago

The Harvard Gazette
Nonviolent resistance proves potent weapon
Michelle Nicholasen
February 4, 2019
9 min read

Erica Chenoweth discovers it is more successful in effecting change than violent campaigns
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/02/why-nonviolent-resistance-beats-violent-force-in-effecting-social-political-change/

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If you are participating in a nokings.org protest June 14, please, please, at a minimum, if other participants (or pro-47 regime instigators) engage in violence or property damage anywhere near you, please heed this advise (and help spread the word).

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Facebook post from Shannon Coleen re-posted by Jimmy Kimmel Live

🗣️ 🪧 “… From this moment forward, at every protest, we must do the following:

ℹ️ The moment violence or property damage begins, EVERY OTHER PROTESTER must immediately sit on the floor or the ground in silence, with signs down.

📷 The media (or a someone) needs to film this. This will reveal paid fake thugs posing as protesters becoming violent.

❤️The sitting down must spread like a "wave" in a football stadium throughout the crowd of protesters.

‼️Local police officers will immediately see WHO is doing the damage, and the rest of us will demonstrate our non-violent innocence and retain our ➡️Constitutional right ⬅️ to peaceful protest.

💯Retweet, repost, and shout it from the rooftops at every protest you attend!

#Gandhi #passiveresistance #pacifists #NoViolenceAllowed #PeacefulProtestOnly

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See also deescalation resources compiled by Hands Off organizers here.





bdamomma

(68,419 posts)
3. Could be outside
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 10:08 PM
16 hrs ago

agitators too???? But there are documents saying these were "peaceful" protests.

I think the felon is setting us up, but the protests for June 14th will go on as scheduled.

johnnyfins

(2,182 posts)
6. Yes, as he brings a lot of soldiers and
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 10:25 PM
15 hrs ago

Materiel to D.C. under the guise of a "parade".

bdamomma

(68,419 posts)
10. I also
Mon Jun 9, 2025, 06:52 AM
7 hrs ago

think Miller and Homan are key players also.

These protests are set for June 14th are all over the US and not in DC, is the regime thinking peaceful protestors are going to be there? ?

Donman

(21 posts)
8. Manufacture a crisis of violence
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 10:38 PM
15 hrs ago

The day that Trump won the election, I thought that he would create with the minions that will take the rap if it fails, anything that he could declare as an insurrection so he could enforce Martial Law. This entitled little punk thinks he should be king. He's managed to evade any accountability of any law he has broken, any responsibility fof the division in the country the he has precipitated. He needs to be taken to the wood shed. Afterwards, he must be tried legally for his transgressions of the law and face, and continually be reminded of the immorality of his existence for a life in prison until he is dead.

usonian

(18,123 posts)
9. Here's their plan. They will overreach and be stopped. But it will take some brave people.
Mon Jun 9, 2025, 12:47 AM
13 hrs ago
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220295160

Part of the bigger picture, the fascist playbook.

Folks, it's all scripted. The devil's in the details (literally)


It's a cookbook.

Examples:
The Fascists’ Playbook
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/05/08/the-fascists-playbook/

10 Small Steps: Executing the Fascist Playbook
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/10-small-steps-executing-the-fascist-playbook_b_585dfec2e4b04d7df167cfab
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