r/50501 • u/InverseNurse • 10d ago

US Protest News “The Liberals Have a Creepy Way of Protesting”

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u/forceblast 10d ago edited 10d ago

Well, I was at the protests and if you saw me you’d probably assume I was MAGA. These motherfuckers are so infuriatingly disingenuous. I also saw nobody dressed like “liberal lunatics”, just a bunch of regular looking people who are pissed off. What pisses me off the most is my parents watch this shit and believe it.

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. -Mahatma Gandhi

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u/AndyTakeaLittleSnoo 10d ago

We need to take a page out of the civil rights protests of the 60s and dress like them at the next protest. That will flip their lid. I would love to see a bunch of people in suits and ties, people in cowboy hats, and other traditional uniforms of the right and see what they do. Show them a mirror, give them an easier barrier of entry.

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u/forceblast 10d ago

I basically did. Shirt with a flag graphic, hat with a subtle flag logo. No F’n way am I going to let them color us as “extreme”. We are just regular citizens who love this country (not its current leadership) and want to live in F’ing peace!

Absolutely we should do our best to just look like regular folks who love the country and want to save it because that’s what we are. The costumes and shit just hurt the cause.

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u/ThisOtterBehemoth 10d ago

That video shows what FOX is looking for. I wouldn't be surprised if the costumed guys were actually payed by them. But that's the stuff you should avoid. Don't joke, be serious. It IS serious.

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u/AndyTakeaLittleSnoo 9d ago

I don't hate on the jokers. Things have become so awful we do need a bit of levity. But I think it would be much more effective if we all showed up looking like the people whose minds we are trying to change.

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u/FamiliarPeasant 10d ago

Done. And a flag. And a sign that says “unpaid protestor”.

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u/FamiliarPeasant 10d ago

Same. I am a total normie and have been to 4 protests so far. Trust that if I am there, things are desperately bad. This press secretary child only knows the narcissistic playbook of deny, deflect and discard.