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orangecrush

(28,027 posts)
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 10:47 AM Jun 2025

Time to call off all public mass protest till the midterms? [View all]

It would deprive him of the excuse for further deployment of the military, and avoid unnecessary bloodshed.

Other forms of protest can be amped up.

I assume this is something that is going to be looked at long and hard by those involved in planning such events.

It's way over my pay grade, but isn't using military in blue states to quash dissent something that would merit Democrats shutting down Congress until courts reign Orange Caligula in?

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NOPE. Next Saturday is a national protest. www.nokings.org and I will be there! OMGWTF Jun 2025 #1
This! SheltieLover Jun 2025 #28
No. Keep applying the pressure. lastlib Jun 2025 #2
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! benpollard Jun 2025 #3
Yes bdamomma Jun 2025 #24
Has that ever worked in world history? newdeal2 Jun 2025 #4
NO, now is the time to RAMP THEM UP! They want us scared and ready to quit! WE can't do that. Greybnk48 Jun 2025 #5
Mass protests are our greatest grass roots strength. Everyone must go out in the streets June 14th. flashman13 Jun 2025 #14
No Botany Jun 2025 #6
Do Not Obey in Advance Nigrum Cattus Jun 2025 #7
yes. Calling off June 14 would be obeying in advance Captain Zero Jun 2025 #9
Power doesn't need an excuse. It will always find one. Act accordingly, in line with your values. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2025 #8
" Other forms of protest can be amped up." WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2025 #10
NO! peggysue2 Jun 2025 #11
Never bdamomma Jun 2025 #25
No. Scrivener7 Jun 2025 #12
quite a range of opinion on this. everything from 'pedal to the metal' to ... stopdiggin Jun 2025 #13
Give in to Trump and he wants more. There's no satisfying his quest for power. dem4decades Jun 2025 #15
We've been giving in to him and look where we are! You are right..he has an insatiable desire for power Deuxcents Jun 2025 #34
No way. Submission isn't the way to go. David__77 Jun 2025 #16
It's time to do more fluid & flexible mass demonstrations & not have big targets. elocs Jun 2025 #17
Nope chowmama Jun 2025 #18
NOOOOOOO!!! Wuddles440 Jun 2025 #19
I'm not sure about the protests but I'd love to see some of the panic and melodrama on the forum called off. BannonsLiver Jun 2025 #20
Thanks orangecrush Jun 2025 #21
Good Gawd, NO. It's just more bending the knee. GoCubsGo Jun 2025 #22
And he bdamomma Jun 2025 #29
Obedience in advance is not the answer. TomSlick Jun 2025 #23
Absolutely! SheltieLover Jun 2025 #27
Nope! SheltieLover Jun 2025 #26
Absolutely not. Fuch trump. He can't deprive us of freedom of assembly. brush Jun 2025 #30
Black Lives Matter demonstrations in 2020 Frasier Balzov Jun 2025 #31
I'm with the no's. pandr32 Jun 2025 #32
Hell no! William769 Jun 2025 #33
Is suicide our most effective form of resistance? struggle4progress Jun 2025 #35
Maybe just burn a few less cop cars? Break fewer windows? But double the number of people in the streets ... marble falls Jun 2025 #36
NO. He will take this as an admission of defeat on our part. He is an extortionist, a bully, a thug... Hekate Jun 2025 #37
No canetoad Jun 2025 #38
I think it's cute you still believe there will be midterm elections. Especially if we back down now. mucholderthandirt Jun 2025 #39
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