I'd like to thank everyone for my most upvoted post on lemmy ever. Not only have you upvoted it to the top for like 2 days you commented the shit out of it. I'd like to take this opportunity to say fuck the mods of this instance. This was my second post coming off a 30 day ban and I want to say these fucking mods have been nothing but bitches. I've never been more attacked on any other instance, subreddit, forum, etc. then I have been in this fucking instance. Not only have I been attacked I've been told my memes arent memey enough again and again.
I'll be honest, I do not know how to make a meme but I keep posting just to piss in these mods cheerios.
Thanks lemmy.world/politicalmemes for being the worst community I've ever been a part of.
there is no media blackout, you're trying to be cynically hip, which is very cowardly in this situation.
here are thousands of people in Denver alone during the 50501 protest.
https://www.denvervoice.org/archive/2025/2/18/thousands-rally-in-denver-against-trumps-radical-overhaul-of-government
here's a thousand people at Stonewall
https://glaad.org/rally-at-stonewall-draws-1000-people-protesting-removal-of-trans-people-history-from-park-service-website/
there are Nationwide protests happening constantly, and pretending there aren't political events happening that you are choosing not to join because you want to be blissfully ignorant or are afraid of the consequences of fighting for civil and democratic rights is simple cowardice.
own up to your apathy.
Mate it's a bit bloody hard to join from the UK so shove your insults up your arse. I'm not American and I can assure you that this isnt making it on to the major networks (US or international) in any meaningful way. Hence the "media blackout" comment - because that's how it looks.
"Hence the "media blackout" comment - because that's how it looks."
you are either blind and deaf or have never used the internet before.
If you are actually British, and the BBC is not covering these protests, that does not mean there is a "media blackout", it means that Britain specifically isn't covering the protests in the US.
The protests are all over the telly in the states and other countries.
but I guess you guys do have that police state thing going on right now, so I can see why the BBC wouldn't want to report on civil rights movements.
websites and news organizations are reporting on the 50501 movement hourly.
I don't know how you're managing to miss all of the information being disseminated about these protests, but if you type in those numbers, you're going to find all the information you could ever want about the 50501 protests, there's nothing remotely like a "media blackout" happening.
Won't speak to all your statements around the protests, but as a Canadian I haven't heard anything from our news about your protests. The only time I've heard of protests are from Lemmy and Reddit comments, not even posts. Donalds and Elons shenanigans are plastered over all our news sites and social media platforms.
It's good to hear protests are happening though. Good luck and best wishes on all your protests!
Nice of you to say, I'm rooting them on as well.
I feel like between the dozens of judges stepping up, and all of the civil and municipal lawsuits, plus constant nationwide protests against all manner of executive order abolishing civil rights, there's still a way to go before the citizens are down for the count.