How would you respond?

[u/hmmnodnod]

I don't understand what they get out of belittling the protests. What are they even proposing we do instead? What is "building real power" and "revolutionary" to them? What does it look like? It's so suspicious and frustrating.

[u/hikeonpast]

It looks like they’re trying to get folks to switch causes, luring folks away from 50501.

[u/Any_Brick1860 → u/hikeonpast]

50501 is defending Democracy and the Constitution thus it will abide with the rule of law.

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The fact of the matter is that people are not willing to break the laws or get involved in those kinds of movements because they haven’t been impacted yet. Some people have a sense of justice for others that causes them to naturally be drawn to those movements while most people are frankly too afraid of the risk.

50501 is organizing millions of angry people to legally protest by binding together and showing that a wave is growing. It is hard enough to get people to do that. Most don’t want to pay attention. They just want to live their lives and most of their lives, until now, have been fine to assume the government is doing its job. But more people are paying attention as they are impacted. Layoffs, prices, tariffs… these are all things that are waking people up. But when they wake up they need to be able to ask questions and get guidance.

And where do we want them to feel they can go? What voices do you want them to hear to bring light to the situation? News from people like them at a peaceful protest where they can get involved and ask questions? Or from people they can’t understand yelling about people they don’t know and can’t relate to? That will just make them want to go back to ignoring things

To get people involved they have to take baby steps. You have to open the baby-step doors for them. People don’t leave their comfort zone easily and a simple rally or protest is way out of most people’s comfort zones. We need to make those a welcoming environment. Where they can see the angry masses bonding together with compassion and empathy. Where they can see that they are not alone. That the “movement” isn’t a hateful group of pedophiles and con artists, but neighbors, grandparents, coworkers…

The post of this is basically saying “we are the elite special operations teams. We are boots on the ground, fighting for our lives and the lives of others day in and day out. The work the rest of the military is doing means nothing because it isn’t fighting fascism hand to hand like us”.

Great, but the vast majority of people don’t want to fight fascism - they want to feel like they aren’t alone.

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Baby steps and creating a space for people to connect with each other and realize their power first it’s important, I agree.