Years ago, I used to protest, it seemed the right thing to do. I protested Bush's wars during the 2000s, and during Trump's first term. There's no regrets for this, back in those days while there were local anti-war groups, it wasn't a "national" from the top thing. We didn't have a Soros group offering "themes" and telling us what to write on our protest signs. We didn't have people running around in blue vests to direct things or writing rules about what to talk about or not talk about.
I did tell him, maybe I'll do my own protest, and write signs about food costs, inflation, Palantir, and add a sign that says "No to Digital ID" but he didn't think that would be well-received. Us independents confuse a lot of people, it's not easy when you are outside of the two-party system. Sadly, most of America doesn't know that the UK has been protesting Digital ID all week, and as I wrote last week they are planning to bring Digital ID here, with carbon credits. This includes both parties. If there had been anti-Digital ID protesters, I wanted to talk to them but there wasn't.
We were on the way to the library and run other errands anyway. In my small town, there was around 2,000 people. It was disappointing, there wasn't one sign dealing with the economy, there wasn't one anti-war sign in the mix. It was mostly the usual "no kings", a rather meaningless saying to me. Trump got elected. We may not like him but there was an election. Is he a king? Some of our Congressmen and women have been in for 40 years plus, they may border on king/queen-ships with their long reigns.
There were a few things I agreed with, immunity rulings for Trumps bug me. One sign made me laugh, "He's on the list!" [I agree that's very possible] "No more AIPAC!" Yes, I agree with that definitely, too many politicians are bought off by them. "Make America Follow the Constitution Again!" --that's great to me!
The "no king" signs were kind of boring. One guy did have a good sign against billionaires, he was too far away for me to talk to. Maybe he was a freethinker mixed in with everyone else, but for the rest, it was just the usual pro-Ukraine, pro-trans, and empty sayings like No Kings. Some protested ICE, but then while I am against ICE's tactics, of rounding up citizens, LEGAL immigrants and other human right abuses, I don't support illegal immigration like most liberals. Why don't they care that all the jobs and housing disappeared for American citizens? There was only one counter-protester in the mix, standing up for Trump.
Maybe things are different in other cities, maybe some are protesting the economy and war, I hope so, I'm just reporting what I see here where I am. X is claiming that the protests were Boomer dominated. Many conservatives are making fun of it being an all elderly gathering, and that some nursing homes provided paid protesters. Our protest here was full of white-and grey-haired people, older people over 65 definitely dominated the crowd. I saw some members of Gen Z, I wondered if some came with their older parents or grandparents, almost no Gen X and lots and lots of boomers.
Years ago I used to love creative protest signs but the repetitive "no kings" got on my nerves. We used to come up with our own themes, and what to focus on, like war with Syria, Medicare, etc. Sure there was some popular sayings during all these protests, like "I love my country but fear my government" and stuff like this but there was so much repetition. It was kind of dull.
Protesting is just not the same! All the grass-roots efforts got commodified. It seems like every group that rises up, always get bought out somehow. The networks behind No Kings are a bit dubious.
Protesting is just not the same! All the grass-roots efforts got commodified. It seems like every group that rises up, always get bought out somehow. The networks behind No Kings are a bit dubious.
Did my past protesting accomplish anything? The war stuff really mattered. I ask that about even writing about things here. More people did figure out the narcissists and escaped them from people writing like me and I benefited from others who did so. The world situation, I'm not sure. If we are in the last days, am I shouting against the inevitable? Those are the thoughts that crowd my mind. There haven't been many victories for the common man, all the wars and financial oppression just got worse.
My town has turned uber-liberal. It's a resort town and the rich liberals from a big city who like to vacation here have come pouring in. It's changed. It used to be a very Republican place, maybe not anymore. It is very boomer dominant here. The complaints about the protests being all boomers was true here. Maybe it wasn't in your town, but it was in mine. At this protest, almost 80 percent of the crowd were over 65 years of age with random Gen Z people mixed in. There were random millennials and Gen X sprinkled in here and there like this liberal pastor wearing a rainbow sash with a bible verse protesting Trump's treatment of immigrants.
Many people close to me support "No Kings" and the protests against Trump. it's hard explaining why I don't take part anymore. Some are in shock that I have dropped out. I protested Trump during his first term, but now I say "Meh", the Democrats are just as bad. Some may not understand but some of us see both parties as two wings of the same poisonous bird. The only things I even support on the left side of things are welfare, unions, and a few matters like that, and those are kind of low priorities to today's Democratic party.
As everyone knows here, I left the left or the left left me. It ended my sojourn in the UU church. Some may say call it a day and go join the Trumpsters and the right wing. Maybe I have more in common with them now since my views on the second amendment and illegal immigration--well without the abuses match. Of course there's things I don't support there, Republican politicians aren't too nice to the poor and working class.
I'm not a Christian Nationalist, I don't like the "go die in the gutter" ethos towards the poor or that they made being homeless illegal. The right wing is not ready to embrace a disabled woman dependent on Social Security. Trump does things I don't like, from signing a 70 billion dollar deal with Pfizer and sending 40 billion to Argentina. He's a bombastic show-boating narcissistic, who is more an actor, always blathering about "central casting". I don't like him as a person. He put an AI video of No Kings people being pooped on. That's just nasty. This kind of stuff is like we live in Idiocracy today. He's not for me, but something seems wrong with the whole country screaming about one guy, like Goldstein in the book 1984. People seem obsessed with the man. Maybe I was too years ago, but I broke out of it. Many of these problems started well before him, and my own household collapsed into poverty during Biden and when inflation really got running. My ire towards Pelosi, is just as bad as my ire towards Trump. All of the oligarchy are working against us. How come no one ever guesses that they may be controlling our protests too, to defuse any real energy to change things?
As everyone knows here, I left the left or the left left me. It ended my sojourn in the UU church. Some may say call it a day and go join the Trumpsters and the right wing. Maybe I have more in common with them now since my views on the second amendment and illegal immigration--well without the abuses match. Of course there's things I don't support there, Republican politicians aren't too nice to the poor and working class.
I'm not a Christian Nationalist, I don't like the "go die in the gutter" ethos towards the poor or that they made being homeless illegal. The right wing is not ready to embrace a disabled woman dependent on Social Security. Trump does things I don't like, from signing a 70 billion dollar deal with Pfizer and sending 40 billion to Argentina. He's a bombastic show-boating narcissistic, who is more an actor, always blathering about "central casting". I don't like him as a person. He put an AI video of No Kings people being pooped on. That's just nasty. This kind of stuff is like we live in Idiocracy today. He's not for me, but something seems wrong with the whole country screaming about one guy, like Goldstein in the book 1984. People seem obsessed with the man. Maybe I was too years ago, but I broke out of it. Many of these problems started well before him, and my own household collapsed into poverty during Biden and when inflation really got running. My ire towards Pelosi, is just as bad as my ire towards Trump. All of the oligarchy are working against us. How come no one ever guesses that they may be controlling our protests too, to defuse any real energy to change things?
A lot of people are more "team oriented". It's more comfortable to have a group and fit in, instead of asking nosy questions. I'm a conspiracy theorist who was disturbed by Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals years ago, because it seemed manipulative. The Counterculture seems like it was mistake to me. Feminism just a betrayal to get women working like slaves. The ideals of 60s brought ruination not prosperity to my own personal life. Many liberal boomers see the world in a far different fashion. Our lives were as different as night and day. I don't see the world how many boomers do, they truly believe they changed it for the better and brought in all these freedoms. I'm confronting the fact, I was more of a traditionalist then I thought, [more on that later]
Sometimes I felt like people at this protest were partying while the earth burned. I can see some people like the costumes and the spirit of fun, so maybe I am an old fuddy-duddy and sour puss. Gen X well life has been very different for us than the boomers. Not all boomers are rich, and some are good people, but in my own town, the turn out looked like Ollie Matthews said it did, a bunch of rich liberal boomers, who don't care that we can barely buy groceries or afford our bills. The ignoring of the economy got on my nerves. Maybe it's a facet of my wealthier town? I don't know. Tell me if you saw different. Gen X is so checked out. Did they all die? Are they all working 2-3 jobs, anyhow they weren't at my local protest but very few.
Also in our local crowd, even though we live right next to a predominantly African American community, I only saw 2 black guys, that's it. There were no Hispanics or other minorities. Some could have been in the crowd I missed. I do think the Democratic party is less popular among their numbers, maybe because of the financial end of things. The poor and working class of all colors are just struggling way too much.
Hey I used to enjoy my old protests in my old town, even though we protested war, we would have dinners together and this one guy would play the guitar and sing self written songs like "Never Trust the Government" He was a libertarian. We would laugh and debate. Life felt lighter then. I had uncharitable thoughts that the boomers dancing at protests just weren't understanding why young people stayed home or how we feel like our worlds were collapsing as many of theirs remain financially secure. Hey I don't want people to suffer if they are good to their kids so be it, but why are there no economic changes being discussed on the left now? Why is that gone? Why is the economic suffering IGNORED?
Also in our local crowd, even though we live right next to a predominantly African American community, I only saw 2 black guys, that's it. There were no Hispanics or other minorities. Some could have been in the crowd I missed. I do think the Democratic party is less popular among their numbers, maybe because of the financial end of things. The poor and working class of all colors are just struggling way too much.
Hey I used to enjoy my old protests in my old town, even though we protested war, we would have dinners together and this one guy would play the guitar and sing self written songs like "Never Trust the Government" He was a libertarian. We would laugh and debate. Life felt lighter then. I had uncharitable thoughts that the boomers dancing at protests just weren't understanding why young people stayed home or how we feel like our worlds were collapsing as many of theirs remain financially secure. Hey I don't want people to suffer if they are good to their kids so be it, but why are there no economic changes being discussed on the left now? Why is that gone? Why is the economic suffering IGNORED?
I felt annoyed by all the cartoon animals, and remember I'm a person crazy for cartoons and animation. People need some fun but if you are really protesting a ruthless dictator out to kill us all or something would you be partying this way? Maybe reading too much world history made me serious, all those wars, genocides, and the movie the "Day After" and wonder if the apocalypse is here. Isn't this stuff going to make people take you less serious. What do the homeless think seeing that as they limp by carrying their tent, or maybe some guy in jail who got TV privileges?
I usually like that stuff. Sometimes it seemed like people were dancing on the would-be grave of America. Some people I know get annoyed with me, when I talk about America collapsing soon. It's not a topic to be covered with most. The Uniparty always works for the oligarchs. It would be easier living my life thinking that at least some of them care. Even one I thought cared some, was all pro-Big Pharm. All the politicians are crooks. Is Newsome the guy who destroyed California going to come in and save the day? He's got actor/model looks that will help him but I don't support him either nor the rest of them like Pelosi and pals. Hillary Clinton lent her support to No Kings. Sorry but that kind of means No Kings is not a threat to the ruling class.
I saw some members of my old UU church, they remain committed to liberal causes. Many are great people. They were friendly, one guy smiled at me, they are friendly to me which I'm glad for. They probably thought I was out protesting like I used to. They know I'm married to a die-hard liberal. I have told my husband and other friends I can't be a Democrat anymore because of Covid.
When protesters shout about authoritarianism and fascism does it matter when both parties have gone authoritarian anyway? Where were you when they fired people for not taking an experimental medical product and locking people down and closing their businesses during Covid? Does anyone care about Constitutional freedoms or liberty anymore? I still live in fear of what the left may do to me. As much as I fear the right pushing all disabled into the gutter, with the left it could be mandates on the next pandemic go around. If they get the ability to force whatever dangerous vaccine they want on people via "Digital Ids" [an updated vax- pass] and demand carbon credits out of the poor or shut off us buying something because we ran out of carbon credits, that's a very bad outcome. Anti globalism and the left do not go together. Sometimes I just want to be left alone, I can't stand politicians in general. Stop scaring and threatening me. That's it, leave me alone. Being apolitical has been hard, I'm always walking on eggshells, hoping a liberal friend won't get mad at me for a conservative opinion or vice versa. I try to not talk about politics in real life, but other people will bring it up.
Some liberals do frighten me, because of the Covid stuff, I have good friends who are liberals too, but I fear violence in a way that is hard to describe. I spent years hiding my status, and lost former friendship groups and even left a church over this stuff. The reaction to Charlie Kirk's death no matter what really happened to him freaked me out. No one should celebrate anyone's death. Some liberals are talking Civil War, I saw this on a message board recently where they said, "We have to pledge our lives to liberty and honor", as they talked about being ready to fight the conservatives. You hear people call anyone who believes anything conservative, as being Nazis. What does that do but bring out the hate or see them just as a person they want harmed? I've been called a "hater" though Nazi hasn't been lobbed at me yet. What happens to independents if Civil War breaks out?
The right wing is far more gunned up but I hate talk like that. I've warned on here, that there's a reason for all those military guys being sent to our big cities and it's more than immigration and cleaning the crime up, some unrest is expected by the ones in charge. They got everyone at each other's throats. I hope conservatives aren't counter-protesting, maybe it's good only one guy showed up with Trump signs at our protest. Let everyone do their thing in peace to keep the peace.
I usually like that stuff. Sometimes it seemed like people were dancing on the would-be grave of America. Some people I know get annoyed with me, when I talk about America collapsing soon. It's not a topic to be covered with most. The Uniparty always works for the oligarchs. It would be easier living my life thinking that at least some of them care. Even one I thought cared some, was all pro-Big Pharm. All the politicians are crooks. Is Newsome the guy who destroyed California going to come in and save the day? He's got actor/model looks that will help him but I don't support him either nor the rest of them like Pelosi and pals. Hillary Clinton lent her support to No Kings. Sorry but that kind of means No Kings is not a threat to the ruling class.
I saw some members of my old UU church, they remain committed to liberal causes. Many are great people. They were friendly, one guy smiled at me, they are friendly to me which I'm glad for. They probably thought I was out protesting like I used to. They know I'm married to a die-hard liberal. I have told my husband and other friends I can't be a Democrat anymore because of Covid.
When protesters shout about authoritarianism and fascism does it matter when both parties have gone authoritarian anyway? Where were you when they fired people for not taking an experimental medical product and locking people down and closing their businesses during Covid? Does anyone care about Constitutional freedoms or liberty anymore? I still live in fear of what the left may do to me. As much as I fear the right pushing all disabled into the gutter, with the left it could be mandates on the next pandemic go around. If they get the ability to force whatever dangerous vaccine they want on people via "Digital Ids" [an updated vax- pass] and demand carbon credits out of the poor or shut off us buying something because we ran out of carbon credits, that's a very bad outcome. Anti globalism and the left do not go together. Sometimes I just want to be left alone, I can't stand politicians in general. Stop scaring and threatening me. That's it, leave me alone. Being apolitical has been hard, I'm always walking on eggshells, hoping a liberal friend won't get mad at me for a conservative opinion or vice versa. I try to not talk about politics in real life, but other people will bring it up.
Some liberals do frighten me, because of the Covid stuff, I have good friends who are liberals too, but I fear violence in a way that is hard to describe. I spent years hiding my status, and lost former friendship groups and even left a church over this stuff. The reaction to Charlie Kirk's death no matter what really happened to him freaked me out. No one should celebrate anyone's death. Some liberals are talking Civil War, I saw this on a message board recently where they said, "We have to pledge our lives to liberty and honor", as they talked about being ready to fight the conservatives. You hear people call anyone who believes anything conservative, as being Nazis. What does that do but bring out the hate or see them just as a person they want harmed? I've been called a "hater" though Nazi hasn't been lobbed at me yet. What happens to independents if Civil War breaks out?
The right wing is far more gunned up but I hate talk like that. I've warned on here, that there's a reason for all those military guys being sent to our big cities and it's more than immigration and cleaning the crime up, some unrest is expected by the ones in charge. They got everyone at each other's throats. I hope conservatives aren't counter-protesting, maybe it's good only one guy showed up with Trump signs at our protest. Let everyone do their thing in peace to keep the peace.
I agree with these posts. Some have said to me, "Get over it, Covid's over!" but both sides in my opinion have gone authoritarian.
The young at least around here [Gen X on down] have checked out, there are exceptions to this of course. The young have been smashed by the economy, both on the left and the right. They can't afford homes or families, and you can see the despair many have gone into. It's really sad. I hate to say it but one reason the economy is not on the agenda of these protests is the billionaires are playing "Divide and Conquer", they'd rather we turn on each other than turn to them and ask where all the damn money is going?
Sadly, considering the financing of these protests and the scripting of their message, who is going to realize what's really going on? Trump is a lightning rod to deflect all the anger away from the ruling class. He was billed as an outsider, something I don't really agree with but this is how they sold him to MAGA. He was even sold as a medical freedom supporter along with RFK, but he signed a 70 billion dollar deal with Pfizer, so the games and lies continue. I don't see any use in screaming about one guy when the whole system is seeming to fall apart. Hey I protested Trump and made my own mistakes, though Biden turned out to be just as bad. Some of us just wish, things worked again. Politicians did their job, they looked out for Americans, they put Americans interests first instead of starting endless wars, and causing us endless pain and misery--both sides.
One reason I cannot ally with the left, is because I see the left who praised Covid tyranny supporting globalist Digital IDs. It's scary how people aren't being told about these technocratic developments, they want it here too. Both parties part of it with Trump and ties to Palantir, and the Democratic parties love of vax passes and more. What does the left represent now when it comes to freedom, beyond "hating Trump"? This no kings thing didn't even have any real calls to actions as part of it, and the powers that be want it that way. What is the agenda? The courts are stopping some of the craziest stuff like Trump going after birth right citizens. That's why they suppress all discussion of the economy, antiwar and other matters that are most important to the American people. Newsome and pals won't change anything, it will be business as usual. Maybe I have lost belief in politics. When everything is owned and managed by billionaires, this is what you get. I miss the old protests.
The young at least around here [Gen X on down] have checked out, there are exceptions to this of course. The young have been smashed by the economy, both on the left and the right. They can't afford homes or families, and you can see the despair many have gone into. It's really sad. I hate to say it but one reason the economy is not on the agenda of these protests is the billionaires are playing "Divide and Conquer", they'd rather we turn on each other than turn to them and ask where all the damn money is going?
Sadly, considering the financing of these protests and the scripting of their message, who is going to realize what's really going on? Trump is a lightning rod to deflect all the anger away from the ruling class. He was billed as an outsider, something I don't really agree with but this is how they sold him to MAGA. He was even sold as a medical freedom supporter along with RFK, but he signed a 70 billion dollar deal with Pfizer, so the games and lies continue. I don't see any use in screaming about one guy when the whole system is seeming to fall apart. Hey I protested Trump and made my own mistakes, though Biden turned out to be just as bad. Some of us just wish, things worked again. Politicians did their job, they looked out for Americans, they put Americans interests first instead of starting endless wars, and causing us endless pain and misery--both sides.
One reason I cannot ally with the left, is because I see the left who praised Covid tyranny supporting globalist Digital IDs. It's scary how people aren't being told about these technocratic developments, they want it here too. Both parties part of it with Trump and ties to Palantir, and the Democratic parties love of vax passes and more. What does the left represent now when it comes to freedom, beyond "hating Trump"? This no kings thing didn't even have any real calls to actions as part of it, and the powers that be want it that way. What is the agenda? The courts are stopping some of the craziest stuff like Trump going after birth right citizens. That's why they suppress all discussion of the economy, antiwar and other matters that are most important to the American people. Newsome and pals won't change anything, it will be business as usual. Maybe I have lost belief in politics. When everything is owned and managed by billionaires, this is what you get. I miss the old protests.
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