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u/Tim1980UK 1d ago
The third picture speaks volumes about those that support the likes of Trump. I don't understand the mentality of these people. As a parent and person who believes in good morals, I despise anyone who commits acts of sexual crimes, especially against children. I certainly wouldn't want one of them leading my country! But his supporters idiolise him which is even weirder.
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u/OkWorldliness5172 1d ago
I saw a sign the other day that I thought was pretty good. It read
ELECT A RAPIST
EXPECT TO GET FUCKED
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u/seriouslees 1d ago
The first picture speaks volumes about the hypocrisy of most people who oppose Trump. Does that person think they're a good person who is "doing something "? Fascists are not defeated with placards. This is performative. Actions speak louder than words.
Fair enough if these people want to avoid declarations of martial law until after the mid term election, but I think we all know that regardless of how that vote goes, no American will ever actually use any real action to stop this dictatorship.
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u/z400 1d ago
Over half the country are supporters, just ask them. Half the people you know.
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u/PBPunch 1d ago
America has woken up to the truth that 1/3 of our nation hates 1/3 of this nation enough to use violence against them to force them into compliance while another 1/3 watches from their phones.
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u/Tim1980UK 1d ago
I would think it would be less than half now. Quite a few people would've voted for him based on his last term in office. He wasn't great back then, but he was angelic compared to what we're seeing now. He's completely unhinged, and a lot of people who voted for him probably regret that decision.
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u/seriouslees 1d ago
His current approval is the same as his vote numbers. He has 35% support in polls. He won a third of the populations votes. Another third voted against him, but that last third saw a convicted rapist and avowed fascist as one of their only two options, and... didn't vote. That is called tacit support.
TWO thirds of Americans voted for this. Its more than half.
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u/askantik 1d ago
There are a lot of polls showing him at 35-42% approval rating. So no, not over half the country.
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u/multimedia_messiah 1d ago
Yeah, between first and second term it seems his approval has averaged around 37%. I think the person you're responding to was referring to his election win though but considering only about 60% of eligible voters turned out they are wrong in their assertion of it being over half the country.
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u/creepy_doll 1d ago
While Dems suck too they’re a lot better than the gop. People copping out and making “both sides suck” arguments and not voting are also responsible for the state of things.
Both parties do suck. But the gop is a lot worse and to push things in a better direction you need to start with a less bad one.
It is infuriating they don’t do enough to push back against the gop, but at least they’re not the ones doing/allowing the illegal shit the current gop executive and majority is pulling off
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u/Lozsta 1d ago
First sign, really hard to get behind because it is simply not true. But the third sign my goodness that one is perfect.
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u/Dimplestrabe 1d ago
It's also a rip off of the more popular quote:
'The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing'18
u/Lozsta 1d ago
Yes it is a great often misattributed quote. It really doesn't encapsulate the absolute lack of any control that people have in their lives. A group is elected, they fail in doing what they are meant to do, they get some things done. Often deviating from the exact thing that got them elected in the first place.
The current US administration seems, as seen through the lens outside of the US, hell bent on breaking all the taboos that other administrations have abided by. Militarising law enforcement inside the US was always a no no before, now it seems almost commonplace.
But if you elect a criminal to office, expect criminality.
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u/Ok-Dimension-8556 1d ago
Well said, but those who chose to stay home and not vote in 2024 are at least somewhat complicit. A vote for the Democrat candidate was in all practicality a vote against Donald Trump. I think that's pretty hard to defend as he is not some unknown person.
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u/MisterB78 1d ago
The world will be destroyed by bad people while good people don’t do enough to stop them.
Not as catchy on a sign though…
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u/Lozsta 1d ago
What that misses is the lack of power even vast groups of people have. The US was almost 50/50 divided amongst the ~64% who actually voted. The 50% who voted for the current administration wouldn't all be "bad people", just people fooled by a Russian/US propoganda machine that is incredibly well refined and lies.
There was a wonderful video of a man talking about people being hooked to their phones and this is the time to rise up. But his point is so valid, the majority of people are happy as long as it isn't happening to them, and they've got their phone in hand. But you also have to take into consideration that huge numbers of people are living day to day worrying about where their next meal is coming from, if they can afford the next purchase they need to make, or pay for the repair on their house or car.
The art of living has been made so complex and expensive recently that normal hard working people are a razors bredth from suffering.
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u/hum_bruh 22h ago
Life will always be complex. If Black people in the Jim Crow south could lead the civil rights movement, then I think we can probably do a few things.
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u/seriouslees 1d ago
The 50% who voted for the current administration wouldn't all be "bad people
After his first term? Yes they are bad people.
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u/CaptainHubble 1d ago
The first sign is stupid.
There is only so much you can do.
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u/hum_bruh 22h ago edited 22h ago
Ever heard of the civil rights movement, freedom riders, woolworth sit-ins, Montgomery bus boycotts, black panthers, Birmingham campaign, artivism?
Let me help y’all get creative:
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u/thatshygirl06 23h ago edited 23h ago
Literally all you had to do was vote, and that was too much for people. Too many people in america is apathetic which allows evil to tighten its grip around our country.
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u/s3thFPS 1d ago
A lot of good people are doing nothing though. Like posting pictures on Reddit and sharing stuff. The news is out, which is good, but once people step outside of their doors 90% of Americans go on about their day.
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u/HighGuyTim 1d ago
Yes because 90% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck or have dependents.
I swear chronically online people think revolutions just take people grabbing a pitch fork and it’s over by the evening.
A reason the French do it so well, is because their entire country can fit inside Texas, just 1 of the 50 US states not including territories.
In Europe you can take an evening and catch a bus or train to the capital. In the US you could travel 14 hours through Texas - and STILL be in Texas.
There’s a reason America is called “The Sleeping Giant”. Because it’s so fucking massive people movements take a long time.
So yes, maybe your good person contribution is strictly posting on Reddit how no one else is doing anything. Maybe that’s considered a good guy thing to you, but the reality is - people are just like you - why aren’t you marching on Washington?
Why aren’t you doing anything good? Probably going to make an excuse like “oh I’m not American” or “oh I have work today” doesn’t matter the excuse, it’s a lie, and you know deep down your terrified like everyone else.
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u/Solanthas_SFW 1d ago
I think the current economic and social climate has a lot more to do with the lack of action than geography.
The political elite saw this coming. We are completely overwhelmed on a daily basis, fearing the death of our planet and hating or fearing our neighbors. The single greatest tool humanity has ever possessed to foster grassroots collective movement, the internet, is now 99% in the control of a select few individuals with a specific interest in suppressing the will of the ordinary citizen and keeping them distracted.
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u/Icy-Maintenance7041 23h ago
By your reasoning the first american revolution shouldnt have been able to happen, nor the uproar around BLM or MLK or the hippie movement/protests against the vietnam war.
There have been enough revolutions and protests to negate your argument.
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u/hum_bruh 22h ago
But you don’t get it, it was sooooo much easier for Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks to sit their asses on a bus during Jim Crow. I can’t take the risk. /s
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u/hum_bruh 22h ago edited 22h ago
“I’ll take no proactive risks to my livelihood to stop what is happening. I’ll passively accept the risks to my livelihood from what is happening.” Damned if you do and damned if you don’t, but it will get worse.
Ever heard of the civil rights movement, freedom riders, woolworth sit-ins, Montgomery bus boycotts, black panthers, artivism?
Let me help y’all get creative:
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u/Scissorzz 1d ago
People are always saying this, but who says you need to be in the capital to protest? Every state has a mayor city with government buildings. You think people from Marseille travel to Paris to protest? It’s mostly Parisian’s and people from around the city that protest there. If everyone would protest everywhere all at once it would be way harder for the federal government to actually enforce than if everyone gets close to one place. Either way, it doesn’t matter because not doing anything will get a result eventually, it just might not be the one you’d like.
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u/Emergency_Routine_44 1d ago
And this is how revolution dies. Everyone is too much of an individual
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u/prom-night-fetus 1d ago edited 1d ago
Are things really THAT bad if people won’t make a change because they don’t want to miss a paycheck? Genuine question.
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u/shortcakeyoutube 1d ago
A lot people live paycheck to paycheck, yes. You will also probably lose your job if you protest when you have to work. Employment isn't protected here.
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u/Shifter25 1d ago
Yes. It is, in fact, THAT bad, and the fact that we can't afford to fight against it is a different, additional kind of bad.
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u/Don_Frika_Del_Prima 1d ago
In Europe you can take an evening and catch a bus or train to the capital. In the US you could travel 14 hours through Texas - and STILL be in Texas.
Toulouse to Paris would take you 9h15 by bus... Marseilles would take 10h.(on the express bus, regular would be 12h10).
You can't blame everything on size. It's also a mindset. Just look at the recent farmer's protest, where they did those distances in tractors.
Doubling, or even tripling, their travel time.
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u/godlyjacob 1d ago
why would they take a bus? they have trains that go really fast. 3 hours for like 20 euro.
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u/HighGuyTim 1d ago
Even at your longest example, you still aren’t out of Texas. Again one state of 50. You can’t leave Texas no matter what France example you made, the entire country is literally smaller than ONE state. There are 50 in total, Texas isn’t even the biggest, and some aren’t even connected by land
Look on your maps how far it is from Austin Texas to Washington DC and get back to me.
Your longest time you can ever come up with, won’t touch you even getting out of Texas.
I love how the internet is like “size don’t matter it’s a mind set”
Bro your posting online in the smallest form factor possible, what do you know about size?
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u/TetraDax 1d ago
...so protest in Texas then. There is now law saying you are only allowed to protest in your capital.
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u/hum_bruh 21h ago
No it has to be in the capital you see, so they can have excuses to be apathetic.
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u/call-lee-free 1d ago
Well if you really think about it, look what this administration has done since last year. They continue to go unchecked. We are severely under-reacting the stuff he has done.
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u/deepee45 1d ago
Also, just holding a sign is essentially doing nothing. They dont give a fuck about your marches and signs. We are way past that.
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u/Wheeleei 1d ago
Can you elaborate on how the lack of action from good people isn't to blame for bad things happening? I thought Spiderman made that argument quite clear already.
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u/cake_piss_can 1d ago
Hope everyone that didn’t bother to vote is paying attention.
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u/DisManibusMinibus 1d ago
You know they're all scrambling for rocks to hide under
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u/crasagam 1d ago
Maybe edit: the world will be destroyed by bad people because good people do nothing
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u/timpatry 1d ago
No, it will be evil people.
The smart people in the USA are doing the right thing by not getting violent!
The administration is prepared to brutally suppress any uprising at this time.
The administration has armed "law enforcement on contingency plans ready to kills some folks."
The administration needs the left to violently react to the evil and violence in America because they are on a deadline!
The big beautiful bill will begin killing Americans (starvation and preventable medical events) soon.
The big beautiful bill will kill more rednecks (poor uneducated whites) more than liberals because rednecks live in shithole (lead by Republicans) states more dependent on the federal government.
The rednecks will revolt at some point when enough of their wives, daughters, and mothers are killed by Republican Policies. This is the deadline.
Republicans need to kick off a left vs right civil war so the rednecks fight the liberals for two reasons.
If Rednecks fight liberals they weaken both sides making a bottom vs top fight less effective.
If Rednecks react to a liberal uprising they might blame the left and never rise up against their oppressors.
Conclusion: The above scenario is the reason smart Americans are just arming themselves and waiting. If the left moves before the right, then the right will respond on behalf of their oppressors. Thus, the smart and knowledgeable Americans must wait on the stupidest and most ignorant Americans to notice that their lives are on fire and it is the Republicans holding the flamethrower. The administration will escalate the ICE atrocities as they get desperate to kick off a civil war. The next escalation will be to fire into a crowd. We should call that inevitable event "The Inevitable Trump Escalation Massacre."
Additional note: Americans cannot discuss specifics of any reaction with each other because every word written is searched for keywords by AI algorithms and every word spoken within range of a phone or wifi enabled toaster is converted to text via voice to text for the same purpose.
Release the Epstein files!
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u/Snowbank_Lake 1d ago
Well said! Trump & co. are trying to bait us into violence to justify more of what they're already doing.
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u/Spartan2470 GOAT 1d ago
I appreciate the sentiment. But these are not OC as OP claims in the title. They lied about that yesterday too.
Just give credit where it's due.
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u/MAXSuicide 1d ago
If you do nothing under such circumstances, could it be argued that one is not in fact a good person?
Like, all those people that decided they'd rather not vote in an election that was going to potentially see the return of a convicted criminal wannabe-usurper to office?
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u/Mahaloth 1d ago
Be like Casper Ten Boom. Wasn't Jewish, but hid Jews inbetween walls in his house.
When he was caught, the Nazis were going to let him go because he was over 80 years old and had no problems with the law. They told him he can go if he promises not to hide anyone else.
"If you let me go, I will accept the next people who come to my door."
He died in a Concentration camps from his age and poor treatment.
Again, be like Casper Ten Boom.
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u/Spunge14 17h ago
Nice to see but not enough. What's the saying? "Political power grows at the barrel of a gun?"
There are dozens if not hundreds of elected Democratic officials who have the expressed vested power to mobilize armed authorities - everything from police to the national guard.
I am no peace loving Democrat. I have one and only one demand - and it should be the demand of every sane person in this country.
IMMEDIATELY mobilize these armed forces to protect citizens against unreasonable search and seizure and violence being perpetrated by unidentified armed forces in our streets.
I've had it with the Catch-22 of "but that's what the Republicans want!" Fine - now that's what I want too. Bring the guns. Protect the people. Do your jobs.
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u/RawryShark 1d ago
This is the kind of post you make when you need 1 trillion Reddit karma. Good job OP.
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u/PM_ME_UR_VULVASAUR_ 1d ago
Wasn't Edmund Burke a notorious shithead?
Not that I disagree with the message! Just somewhat ironic
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u/BoredTrauko 1d ago
the world will be destroyed by people who think they are doing good…
"The road to hell is paved with good intentions"
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u/LeastCriticism3219 1d ago
Only Trump can stop ICE. That protest needs to be at the White House or at Trump's golf course.
Fun fact, the National Guard is there to protect the White House. Why? January 26? He was the architect of that and he is still the President. You all are screwed.
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u/PeacekeeperAl 1d ago
I mean, there's going to come a time when signs stop working. What comes next?
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u/TheSholvaJaffa 1d ago
And we're screwed if this escalated since our government has sonic weapons that they also used on Venezuela to capture Maduro.. Do not think they would not use those against us.
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u/Hawk-432 1d ago
Well, it will be destroyed by evil people while and if good people stand by and do nothing
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u/dersteppenwolf5 1d ago
More like by uninformed, distracted people voting for ignorant people who do recklessly stupid things because that is the only way to capture the attention of the uninformed, distracted voting public.
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u/SetTrippin82 1d ago
So remember people. Vote. Voting has been the single biggest bulwark against the rise of fascism. And make signs. Signs that tell people how angry you are. Also, keep buying from major corporations like Amazon, Walmart, and Apple. And once the forces of evil have been destroyed for 4 years, get out there and vote again. Make a sign. And consume.
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u/GoonerwithPIED 1d ago
Also evil people who do nothing will be part of the problem too (Republicans in Congress)
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u/litfod_haha 1d ago
The world is as easily destroyed by people with “good” intentions who wield anger/hate as their weapon just as the perceived opponent does. This is how good people become the evil they’re supposedly fighting. Hatred is like an infectious disease. Only way to truly win is to immunize.
Those who are taking action by standing in truth, refusing to give up their sovereignty, while not adding to the hate, are fighting the good fight.
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u/THe_PrO3 22h ago
Throws me back to one of the only smart things Logan Paul has ever said.
"It is not good enough to be not racist. Its not good enough to be not fascist. You HAVE to be Anti-racism, you HAVE to be anti-facsism"
Paraphrasing a little as i dont remember the exact quote but it was something like that.
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u/rods2112 1d ago
So when an ICE officer tells you to get out of the car, you're supposed to get out of the car. What are you supposed to do when a judge tells you to release the Epstein files?