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Hekate

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

Reply to orangecrush (Original post)

Mon Jun 9, 2025, 12:01 AM

17 hrs ago

Push back, and push back hard, and never let up.

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

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

This! SheltieLover 20 hrs ago #28

No. Keep applying the pressure. lastlib Yesterday #2

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! benpollard Yesterday #3

Yes bdamomma 20 hrs ago #24

Has that ever worked in world history? newdeal2 Yesterday #4

NO, now is the time to RAMP THEM UP! They want us scared and ready to quit! WE can't do that. Greybnk48 Yesterday #5

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

No Botany Yesterday #6

Do Not Obey in Advance Nigrum Cattus Yesterday #7

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

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

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

NO! peggysue2 Yesterday #11

Never bdamomma 20 hrs ago #25

No. Scrivener7 Yesterday #12

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

Give in to Trump and he wants more. There's no satisfying his quest for power. dem4decades Yesterday #15

We've been giving in to him and look where we are! You are right..he has an insatiable desire for power Deuxcents 20 hrs ago #34

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

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

Nope chowmama Yesterday #18

NOOOOOOO!!! Wuddles440 Yesterday #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 Yesterday #20

Thanks orangecrush Yesterday #21

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

And he bdamomma 20 hrs ago #29

Obedience in advance is not the answer. TomSlick 20 hrs ago #23

Absolutely! SheltieLover 20 hrs ago #27

Nope! SheltieLover 20 hrs ago #26

Absolutely not. Fuch trump. He can't deprive us of freedom of assembly. brush 20 hrs ago #30

Black Lives Matter demonstrations in 2020 Frasier Balzov 20 hrs ago #31

I'm with the no's. pandr32 20 hrs ago #32

Hell no! William769 20 hrs ago #33

Is suicide our most effective form of resistance? struggle4progress 19 hrs ago #35

Maybe just burn a few less cop cars? Break fewer windows? But double the number of people in the streets ... marble falls 17 hrs ago #36

NO. He will take this as an admission of defeat on our part. He is an extortionist, a bully, a thug... Hekate 17 hrs ago #37

No canetoad 17 hrs ago #38

I think it's cute you still believe there will be midterm elections. Especially if we back down now. mucholderthandirt 1 hr ago #39