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William769

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33. Hell no!

Reply to orangecrush (Original post)

Sun Jun 8, 2025, 09:36 PM

Jun 8

I'm not gonna be "please sir, may I have another".

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Time to call off all public mass protest till the midterms? [View all] orangecrush Jun 8 OP

NOPE. Next Saturday is a national protest. www.nokings.org and I will be there! OMGWTF Jun 8 #1

This! SheltieLover Jun 8 #28

No. Keep applying the pressure. lastlib Jun 8 #2

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! benpollard Jun 8 #3

Yes bdamomma Jun 8 #24

Has that ever worked in world history? newdeal2 Jun 8 #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 8 #5

Mass protests are our greatest grass roots strength. Everyone must go out in the streets June 14th. flashman13 Jun 8 #14

No Botany Jun 8 #6

Do Not Obey in Advance Nigrum Cattus Jun 8 #7

yes. Calling off June 14 would be obeying in advance Captain Zero Jun 8 #9

Power doesn't need an excuse. It will always find one. Act accordingly, in line with your values. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 8 #8

" Other forms of protest can be amped up." WhiskeyGrinder Jun 8 #10

NO! peggysue2 Jun 8 #11

Never bdamomma Jun 8 #25

No. Scrivener7 Jun 8 #12

quite a range of opinion on this. everything from 'pedal to the metal' to ... stopdiggin Jun 8 #13

Give in to Trump and he wants more. There's no satisfying his quest for power. dem4decades Jun 8 #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 8 #34

No way. Submission isn't the way to go. David__77 Jun 8 #16

It's time to do more fluid & flexible mass demonstrations & not have big targets. elocs Jun 8 #17

Nope chowmama Jun 8 #18

NOOOOOOO!!! Wuddles440 Jun 8 #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 8 #20

Thanks orangecrush Jun 8 #21

Good Gawd, NO. It's just more bending the knee. GoCubsGo Jun 8 #22

And he bdamomma Jun 8 #29

Obedience in advance is not the answer. TomSlick Jun 8 #23

Absolutely! SheltieLover Jun 8 #27

Nope! SheltieLover Jun 8 #26

Absolutely not. Fuch trump. He can't deprive us of freedom of assembly. brush Jun 8 #30

Black Lives Matter demonstrations in 2020 Frasier Balzov Jun 8 #31

I'm with the no's. pandr32 Jun 8 #32

Hell no! William769 Jun 8 #33

Is suicide our most effective form of resistance? struggle4progress Jun 8 #35

Maybe just burn a few less cop cars? Break fewer windows? But double the number of people in the streets ... marble falls Jun 8 #36

NO. He will take this as an admission of defeat on our part. He is an extortionist, a bully, a thug... Hekate Jun 9 #37

No canetoad Jun 9 #38

I think it's cute you still believe there will be midterm elections. Especially if we back down now. mucholderthandirt Jun 9 #39