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Protests against Project 2025 and President Donald Trump's executive orders are planned for Wednesday at state Capitol buildings in all 50 states ...

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[–] chknbwl@lemmy.world 12 points 14 hours ago

https://50501.info/

The 50501 are the group leading this charge. Their website has all the information anyone would need on where and when to protest.

[–] A_A@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

Thanks for this nice post Sergio, Only 2 hours to go before these protests begins !

[–] Saljid@lemmy.world 33 points 20 hours ago

Godspeed to all of you attending, especially those in the red states.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de -5 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

More peaceful protests. That always fixes things. The US even became a nation after peacefully protesting the British.

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Peaceful protests are a symbol of potential violence and support.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 minutes ago

Sure. When has the peaceful one made anyone stop?

[–] Lumiluz@slrpnk.net 2 points 9 hours ago

That's only true if there was actual significant violence by the protestors at least in the last half century.

If a dog barks all the time but never bites you'll stop fearing it.

[–] A_A@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party The Boston Tea Party was an American political and mercantile protest on 1773 December 16 (...) The episodes escalated into the American Revolution (...)

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 8 minutes ago

Yeah. A protest that didn't work. What happens next, after tea bagging the ocean? The brits leave us alone?

[–] Sergio@slrpnk.net 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

There were plenty of peaceful demonstrations during the American struggle for independence. (example)

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 11 minutes ago (1 children)

Did they give us what we wanted? Nope. The protests happen all the time, but name one instance when it actually worked. Nothing ever gets done unless a stick gets involved. Now we have a nazi billionaire running around with an orange felon senior citizen and the only thing that happens is "please, stop it" but they didn't even hear you enough to reply back.

[–] Sergio@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 minutes ago

Did they give us what we wanted? Nope. The protests happen all the time, but name one instance when it actually worked.

The example I linked describes how a peaceful protest convinced the Pennsylvania Assembly to vote for American independence.

Respectfully, I think you are arguing in bad faith.

[–] aaron@lemm.ee 5 points 21 hours ago

Wee fascism