My signs are removed by most subreddits. Anyone know if where my style of protesting would be welcomed?
Originally Posted By u/East-Beyond3494 At 2025-05-08 10:17:53 AM | Source
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Like anyone changes their mind over a protest sign, grow up.
You're there to be a body in the crowd, idgaf what your sign says if it's not fascist
It's simple psychology. But thanks for infantilism.
Edit: Clearly pushing some buttons here. You can stop replying, I don't care.
iT's sImPlE PsYcHoLoGy - there's your "infantilism". Maybe go back to the thesaurus on that while you're at it.
God I'm sick of whiny ass liberals telling people how to protest
Same. It’s just tiresome that libs are still like “NOOO WE HAVE TO BE NICE TO FASCISTS”
We already tried that shit bud, they just called you pussies and doubled down. You’re not going to change the mind of someone who doesn’t respect you.
For real. Their bullshit got us here, period. They rolled over and over again for the GOP every fuckin session since 9/11. We warned the liberals over and over again, "hey buddy nice police state you got there, whatcha gonna do about it?" Listen to black people? FUCK no, the Democrats just kept their heads up their asses cause that's where the checks arrive.
We learned all these fuckin lessons with the liberals in Germany and Spain and look what fuckin happened.
Ugh I'm so mad all the goddamn time these days. My rants are improving though.
All the things leftists said would happen are happening and liberals are still finding ways to blame the leftists. It’s infuriating, makes me want to punch a motherfucker. Lots of nazis around these days but if I punch them liberals will get mad at me. I don’t understand it.
Yeah, I generally mentally file the centrists telling everyone to be nice to Nazis under the "Bad Actor" file where I'm 50/50 they're not just trolls.
They’re just dumb. I did the same shit when I was 20 and hadn’t read any books and thought spending time on the internet arguing made me smart.
Fuckin EXACTLY, this misguided moralizing from the folks (very weakly) on the left, MAN I'm over it. I swear they'll say this same dumbass, milquetoast, appeasement-ass fuckin garbage no matter how bad things get.
Un-fuckin-real. Then they go pat themselves on the back for their enlightened, reasonable takes - so much more wise than the ignorant fools choosing anger.
🤡
MLK Jr. was right. Insincere, weakass support is the bigger problem, enemies can at least be fought properly. Fuck these uncommitted "progressives". Cowards.
Sorry. Often angry too these days.
Edit to add: just so I don't come across as "all gas no brakes" I have close relationships with two Trump voters. I understand nuance, and I work on them as I can, and I'm making real progress. We DO need to bring MAGAs back to reality if we can, and probably don't have a hope without it.
But fuck this moralizing, telling others what to do, and especially fuck complaining about a particularly mean sign!
Preach, friend. I'm right there with you.
I think about Letter From a Birmingham Jail a lot.
Anytime someone says "simple psychology", you know they're full of shit haha
There's no such thing as simple psychology. You're talking about the fucking human mind here mate. We don't even understand a fraction of a fraction of a percent of how it really works.
People are so nuanced and complex with so many variables at play, it's never about one thing or two things, or a hundred things. It's about the condition of being human. You can't just boil things down to "simple psychology" and then walk away like you proved something or said something insightful.
Humans are complex, yes even MAGAts. You are not at a protest because you are expecting to convince people your ideology is better than theirs with clever signs. You're there to show support for an event or action item that has no other way to show support. You're there to meet other protestors and create a community of like minded individuals who can help and support each other.
Protests are a sign that the system is failing/has failed.
All the things you think should happen should have happened further up the pipeline before the protest. But it didn't fucking work did it? They're still fucking dipshits gargling trump's balls no matter what he does to them.
So people are out in the streets and pissed off. They've got nowhere else to vent or voice their frustrations of what they see as a failed system/society. They are not there to convert, they're there to announce loudly that they disagree with what's being done right now. That's it.
It's simple psychology ;)
More complex psychology suggests that certain ways of thinking can't easily be changed particularly the type of person that backs Trump.