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My feelings in all this:
Why are Americans not protesting. Are they stupid?
Then
Okay, at least some are really not cool with this.
Then
Oh wait, those Americans not being cool with this must feel really damn bad.
So here’s one European saying thank you for your protests. You are not alone.
Keep in mind, protests have been happening all along. This one was so huge that even the media had to pick it up. The US is huge too, that's a shit ton of people. Some estimates are in the millions. They don't like covering this stuff, trust me.
AltNPS is saying 5.2M.
The team that put this together did an amazing job. It's got a great name because it appeals to all people who are upset. It also brings everyone together and what a great turn out. Good job 50501
Edit: Good job coalition:
The Hands Off protests were led by a nationwide coalition of organizations, including civil rights organizations, veterans, women's rights groups, labor unions, and LGBTQ+ advocates, for example Indivisible.[3] The protests were in response to what the organisers saw as the administration's overreach on many issues: NATO; schools; libraries; courts; veteran services; fair elections; transgender rights; Social Security; Medicare; Medicaid; the federal workforce; abortion rights; and many others.[4] In a document, organizers said that they had three demands: "an end to the billionaire takeover and rampant corruption of the Trump administration; an end to slashing federal funds for Medicaid, Social Security, and other programs working people rely on; and an end to the attacks on immigrants, trans people, and other communities."[3]
But i don’t get why none of those showed up in any feeds if they exist. I am very far left of centre (by american standards) you’d think some of the people i follow would share - or non-us media would.
But this is not that thread.
This is the thank-you-thread :)
Check my post history*. I post about them quite frequently here on Lemmy. They still get less attention here even. The sorting algorithms like active boost posts with more engagement which photos of protests often don't get until they are truly enormous
For instance, here was one large protest a month ago in the Iowa Statehouse that I had posted about
So social media posts about protests often get lost in the sea of bad news and news outlets are downplaying them severely. That's why few people were hearing about them
*From my instance or some other one. From your instance, it seems a lot of my posts about the protests haven't federated :(
But i don’t get why none of those showed up in any feeds if they exist. I am very far left of centre (by american standards) you’d think some of the people i follow would share - or non-us media would.
Here are a few guesses:
Also people aren’t there to post on social media they’re there to let the establishment know they’re upset
Because we have an extremely strong propaganda machine enforcing the status quo and are also a very geographically dispersed country. The news media in America has a long history of under-reporting protest movements here.
For what it’s worth: if you’re relying on legacy media, they tend to avoid covering this stuff until it’s starts getting covered by a lot of other legacy media. You can immediately see the problem there.
Cool to see the grassroots are working together and are really moving now. And there are a lot of Americans that are fed up enough to actually do something.
IMO USA is a country split between good and evil, and the evil side has been winning way to many battles. Let's hope the tide is turning now.
God damnit i forgot about that and spent the day writing bad code
"Muskrat, whoa, muskrat
Ooh why do you smell so bad?
I've been living in the ground all of my life
I'm mortified in my head, head
I'm mortified in my head
I'm mortified in my head, head
I'm mortified in my head"
