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17. Do people need to be in the streets to show they oppose it ?

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 07:56 PM

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I agree that many in this country do support it.

But I disagree that one has to be in the streets to show they oppose it.

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We have lost. [View all] angrychair Yesterday OP

According to the QAnon crazy that I follow for shits and giggles hamsterjill Yesterday #1

Whenever I think of Qanon I picture a 14yr old in his moms basement eating cheetos while posting prophecies. nt yaesu Yesterday #5

I think that's probably accurate. hamsterjill Yesterday #6

But..... OAITW r.2.0 23 hrs ago #45

What does over mean? EllieBC Yesterday #20

Yeah, I'd vote for #3 hamsterjill Yesterday #23

If it's QAnon then it's "The Storm" Diraven Yesterday #28

I think he's trying in incite something EllieBC 18 hrs ago #68

What does martial law look like for 330 mil people? johnnyfins 8 hrs ago #80

Maybe this is a lull before a storm Deuxcents Yesterday #2

drumpf's approval rating is in the 30s. assuming only the people who physically went into the streets today oppose him Takket Yesterday #3

Resistance is built on hope? Easterncedar Yesterday #4

Hope, eventually, has to produce something angrychair Yesterday #9

I was very young when Kent State happened. How did the Maru Kitteh Yesterday #25

I was a college student at IU at the time karynnj Yesterday #29

I think Neil Young's song might make us feel that there was a lot of immediate collective acfion Iris Yesterday #36

I think it's a moment of reality. Should scare every Republican supporting this criminal clown. OAITW r.2.0 23 hrs ago #46

You forget how blind they are Bettie 8 hrs ago #77

Ice Storm OC375 Yesterday #7

Bull. mzmolly Yesterday #8

That crowd was small angrychair Yesterday #12

No it was not small. mzmolly Yesterday #15

Yeah but that's why it ain't doing nothing. Sorry to have to say that, but kumbaya is not going to fix this. Solomon 11 hrs ago #70

It's a bit soon to tell mzmolly 8 hrs ago #73

Any chance you will cut them some slack for the weather? GreenWave Yesterday #19

We will prevail rso Yesterday #34

On this point, masked white supremacist militia have been scrubbing Ross' residence LuvLoogie 22 hrs ago #55

Will take more than whistles and marching to fix this. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Yesterday #10

I've noticed too there seems to be much less outcry from the people of the Twin Cities... Mark.b2 Yesterday #11

I completely disagree. mzmolly Yesterday #13

Noted. I could have probably used a better word than "outcry." Mark.b2 Yesterday #26

Are you fucking kidding me?? I live here, not very far from the crime scene, Ocelot II 8 hrs ago #76

I'm sorry your community has been through so much the last few years. Mark.b2 7 hrs ago #82

Even tiny Wayne, Maine had a couple hundred people out Easterncedar Yesterday #14

LOL. I live in Maine and I know Wayne is a pretty small pop location. OAITW r.2.0 Yesterday #27

You are WRONG angrychair!!!! But to be truthfull, we do have a Ars Longa Yesterday #16

Do people need to be in the streets to show they oppose it ? JI7 Yesterday #17

It's below freezing in Minnesota and massive numbers of people mzmolly Yesterday #18

Also wasn't it during Covid and it was mostly young people JI7 Yesterday #21

Exactly! mzmolly Yesterday #22

Was thinking it's like how rally size doesn't predict popularity in general. betsuni 23 hrs ago #48

Yes, I think this place and our side in general still doesn't JI7 11 hrs ago #71

Also consider the Oligarchs control the Main Stream Media Dan Yesterday #24

Mediastouch. That's my go to political news network. OAITW r.2.0 23 hrs ago #47

Maybe/hopefully Timewas Yesterday #30

To quote from NBC News... regnaD kciN Yesterday #31

"Never Again- markie Yesterday #32

We have not lost rso Yesterday #33

There were protests in the Florida Keys, tavernier Yesterday #35

We have barely started. Democracy is a slow process, not just the legislative and judicial part but the people part. Eko Yesterday #37

Have we never made progress? EdmondDantes_ Yesterday #38

Love your optimism! MuirHero 23 hrs ago #49

"People have become wholly disengaged and don't care as long as it doesn't happen to them." J_William_Ryan Yesterday #39

Okay then! MorbidButterflyTat 21 hrs ago #60

History would argue that protests can and to effect outcomes. mzmolly 8 hrs ago #74

I'm a pessimist but I don't throw in the towel before the last bell. CrispyQ Yesterday #40

Gas chambers for liberals in all major city's then? BradBo Yesterday #41

I am more optimistic about just how angry the people are Joinfortmill Yesterday #42

I Agree and know that most people will not....so.... Bread and Circuses 23 hrs ago #43

Death penalty? MichMan 6 hrs ago #84

"What does over mean?" J_William_Ryan 23 hrs ago #44

They'll get better at arresting and killing us mountain grammy 23 hrs ago #50

I'm not sure I could disagree with you more angrychair. Ol Janx Spirit 23 hrs ago #51

Who is this "we" orangecrush 23 hrs ago #52

The fucking asshole and his fucking asshole goon squad are trying to twist the narrative. Initech 23 hrs ago #53

Why tamp down our expectations? There were 1000 applegrove 23 hrs ago #54

THIS. PeaceWave 7 hrs ago #83

You're WRONG--- every poll I've seen about ICE and immigration says that Jack Valentino 22 hrs ago #56

Thank you Jack Mystery To Me 8 hrs ago #81

We have not begun to fight. Swede 22 hrs ago #57

Too true. So sadly true. Bobstandard 22 hrs ago #58

Nyet, comrade. ZZenith 22 hrs ago #59

Nope H2O Man 21 hrs ago #61

What is the point of this thread? MorbidButterflyTat 21 hrs ago #62

The point angrychair 21 hrs ago #64

Lack of urgency? Fuck that. Come to Minneapolis, go anywhere in the city, Ocelot II 8 hrs ago #78

That's not a point; it's a rant. MorbidButterflyTat 6 hrs ago #85

Disappointed because everything isn't literally being burnt down, perhaps? MichMan 6 hrs ago #86

Anger the revolution still hasn't happened, everyone's too apathetic because Dems tell them to be polite. France. betsuni 5 hrs ago #89

... Wednesdays 21 hrs ago #63

Agree with Orangecrush Endlessmike56 20 hrs ago #65

To win we'd need an effective opposition. DJ Synikus Makisimus 20 hrs ago #66

What would be "an effective opposition"? betsuni 20 hrs ago #67

We need to have a majority in the congress mzmolly 8 hrs ago #75

Democrats doing Kabuki theater? Mayor and governor caved? Nothing happened overnight so nothing ever will? betsuni 17 hrs ago #69

Just want to say, i feel bad really bad. MAD really MAD. Helpless really helpless. BUT bluestarone 10 hrs ago #72

EPSTEIN. madinmaryland 8 hrs ago #79

Fuck that lost bullshit. Fuck it fuck it. Stop dooming. themaguffin 5 hrs ago #87

We keep trying to hit MAGA's fists with our faces. gulliver 5 hrs ago #88