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Bringing a "please don't" to a gun fight (lemmy.world)

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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why We're Organizing No Kings Protests on Saturday--A king is only a king if we bow down

For the would-be dictator, success depends on projecting power and creating an aura of inevitability. They need you to believe that Trump is the new normal, that the MAGA movement will be in power for the long haul, that the only rational move is to go along, keep your head down, and protect your own interests.

In short, it requires a countless number of people in a countless number of places to do something that the Trump regime doesn’t want them to do, or to NOT do something the Trump regime wants them to do. That’s how we shake off the aura of inevitability and halt the autocratic breakthrough.

For that to happen, people need to feel like we’re part of something bigger. We need to understand that we’re part of a movement. We need to feel like we will win.

https://www.howwefightback.com/p/why-were-organizing-no-kings-protests

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I sure felt better at Saturday's protest. 2,000 people there, in the reddest part of Florida, and that wasn't the main protest.

Just kept saying, "Thank god thank god. Had no idea there were so many sane people around here."

And BTW, I conceal carried my Colt .45. What a heavy PITA. The gun pictured (Beretta 92FS) is my next pistol!

[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

I’m glad for your sake the event remained nonviolent.

There was one other event where a MAGhat tried to draw a weapon, a peacekeeper with a weapon fired at them, and THEY (the peacekeeper) killed an innocent person in the crossfire.

So while that’s a better turnout than a mass shooting, I fervently hope for tensions not to escalate.

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 6 points 18 hours ago

That is one of the biggest powers of a protest. It lets people know they are not alone. When we know we have backup, we are a lot more willing to act. If enough people act together, even giants fall.