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[Historic NY]

1. Yes lets have Martial Law.

Thats what he wants.

[Jilly_in_VA]

2. It's spelled MARTIAL

For God's sake, please LEARN that! I'm normally not a spelling nazi, but that one grinds my gears

[31st Street Bridge]

7. And make it so

Otherwise, we remain prisoners.
Otherwise, our entire system remains in shackles.
Otherwise, entrenched minority rule, a demonic SCOTUS, a complicit Congress remain in control.

[usonian]

3. WAIT!

[LuckyCharms]

4. You first. n/t

[31st Street Bridge]

8. My pleasure

[LuckyCharms]

10. What are you going to do?

[BannonsLiver]

17. Complain bitterly and anonymously on social media, apparently.

[31st Street Bridge]

42. Why are you attacking me??

You should be attacking Child Rapist 47 and his fascists!

[BannonsLiver]

44. Bless your heart. I appreciate the commitment to the bit.

[Torchlight]

5. It is one of many valuable responses.

No one thing will ensure victory or success. There is no magical panache, it's a long, slow steady game of using every tool available, when and where most effective, protests being merely one of many other tools.

I can certainly understand the protest's increasing notice and size are getting a lot of people concerned.

[Blue Full Moon]

6. Show up at your representative and senators offices with pitchforks.

The French politicians were given several chances to do the right thing before the French Revolution occurred.

[31st Street Bridge]

11. I was in a crowd at Fetterman's office a few months back

He wasn't there. Two wheezing security guards kept protesters at bay.
Next time, we'll take the zombie bastard's office.

[LuvLoogie]

9. If you go to one of these protests and start to break things...

expect to get your ass pummeled by some of the protestors, e.g. grannies, teens, veterans, immigrants. Nice try, though.

[SocialDemocrat61]

12. Revolution???

When you fire the first shot, no matter how right you feel, you have no idea who's going to die. You don't know whose children are going to scream and burn. How many hearts will be broken. How many lives shattered! How much blood will spill.

[Just_Vote_Dem]

52. One of the best Doctor Who speeches n/t

[WhiskeyGrinder]

13. "This past weekend, federal buildings should have been seized and occupied." Are you organizing for that outcome?

[maxsolomon]

14. Low Count Poster Advice

You're cynical. I get it.

There is no pending "Revolution" in America. We're too comfortable, and will remain so with gas at $6/gallon. I paid $5.60 on Sunday.

[31st Street Bridge]

31. The "low count" comment offends me

I've been here for years.

[steelyboo]

40. Well, that's horseshit. A click on your name says you're account started Sept 23, 2025.

If you were here under a different account, that might be one thing. But your current account hasn't been here a year, let alone "years".

[31st Street Bridge]

43. I've been ready DU for years, I mean

I only joined when you cited. But why are you attacking ME?

[rzemanfl]

48. "Reading?' n/t

[steelyboo]

50. You made a questionable statement in defense of a criticism. It was easily refutable with the facts at hand.

That is not an attack.

[BannonsLiver]

46. "I've been here for years"

Or, actually, about 7 months. But who’s counting!

[BannonsLiver]

15. " What will it take to wake up this shattered country?"

Surely sanctimonious, despondent, nothing matters anymore bleatings will help wake people up.

[leftstreet]

16. LOL why is it always either/or?

"either you people march in frog costumes"

OR

"you people break shit and burn down buildings"

That's insulting. The next evolution for the current protesting can be non-violent DISRUPTION. A No Kings march on a Monday instead of a weekend.

[31st Street Bridge]

45. And that will accomplish nothing

By then, Felon-47 will have torn down half of DC.

[BlueTsunami2018]

18. Americans are too afraid and too comfortable to do what it takes.

Parades make people feel good and they entertain the ruling class but they don’t inconvenience them in any way let alone scare them.

The only thing that gets their attention is fucking with their money. Hitting them where it hurts.

And that requires a hell of a lot more than dancing in costumes and carrying signs.

We’re just not ready for real protests. We’re not ready for revolution. People have to be desperate in order to spring the kind of resistance we need to overcome fascism. Americans aren’t willing to sacrifice their Netflix subscription let alone ration food to sustain the kind of strikes and civil disobedience we need.

It’s unfortunate because we should be doing this while there is food and supplies to be had. But no one really wants to do it. They just want want to complain.

Eventually that time will come.

[31st Street Bridge]

33. Yep. Fat and happy and so easily controlled

Take my freedom. Just don't take my football on Sundays.

[ornotna]

59. Who's pulling your strings?

Enlighten us.

[EdmondDantes_]

19. Read some history books

That doesn't usually work out the way people intended.

French Revolution, U.S. Civil war, the Nazis, Russian revolution, etc.

[31st Street Bridge]

47. Uh, the Russian revolution was a full success

The czar and the Whites lost.

[EdmondDantes_]

57. And the people of Russia did so well under the Soviet Union?

When you get a period called the Red Terror because the winners of the Bolshevik revolution wanted to consolidate power by eliminating enemies, that's bad. Then they got Stalin and gulags. All sorts of winning for the people there.

[oasis]

20. "Not gonna do it, wouldn't be prudent"

[rzemanfl]

21. There is one thing here I always read.

It appears others don't.

[niyad]

22. Understood. As do I.

[rzemanfl]

24. Thank you.

Often there is no star.

[31st Street Bridge]

49. I don't get it

But I'm not in the club, it seems.

[rzemanfl]

55. Read your profile.

Then maybe you will get it.

[RussBLib]

25. And what would that be?

Or just stay cryptic?

https://russblib.blogspot.com/?m=1

[Red Mountain]

23. Maybe after the election this fall

The pressure needs to be ratcheted up under our elected officials, too.

[doc03]

26. That is exactly what Trump wants, dumb.

[31st Street Bridge]

34. So just stay peaceful

It's safer, man.

[leftstreet]

54. You need to read replies to your post

It's been suggested that non-violent DISRUPTION of the system can be a next step in the process

Protesting on a Monday vs a Saturday can make a stronger statement

Unless you're just goading members here to endorse violence?

[Mysterian]

27. Network news spent more time on Tiger fucking Woods than the mass protests

Sickening.

[31st Street Bridge]

35. Yep. Incompetent AND complicit

The media are gone.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

28. It brings likeminded people together

It doesn't stop with a demonstration if one really gives a shit.

[Keepthesoulalive]

29. Why don't you ask the people of Minnesota how that turned out

Hong Kong, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Gaza. Revolutions don’t happen in a day or week, it takes years ask black Americans.

[MineralMan]

30. Nonsense! Minnesota is proof that you are incorrect.

Trump sent in his little brown shirt army to the Twin Cities. The people here came out and said No! Thanks, but No.

Before long Noem was out. Bovino was out. Homen came in and shut the nonsense down and the ICE cosplay dudes left town.

Why? Because people went into the streets and said NO! Get out! And they got out!

Public action brings change. It works. It's not an instant fix, but things get fixed, one way or another.

No Kings day protests also work.

Stop trying to discourage people from public protesting. Just stop!

[31st Street Bridge]

36. NO ONE is discouraging public protest!!!

I'm just saying that IN THIS CASE, in 2026, it's simply not enough.

[MineralMan]

38. You are doing exactly that.

Please stop!

[31st Street Bridge]

53. You win.

Keep marching, k?

[MineralMan]

56. Yeah. I've been doing that since the early 1960s.

Civil rights. Vietnam War. Abortion rights. LGBTQ+ rights. All of that stuff. And now, at 80, I don't go march. I can't, really. But I support and help to fund.

What do you do, exactly? I'll wait here.

[BannonsLiver]

60. Sounds good.

[33taw]

32. Can you post pics of you seizing federal buildings?

[31st Street Bridge]

37. I'll remove this comment before I even make it

[MineralMan]

39. Of course not.

[patphil]

41. If we do this, I guarantee we will lose any chance of retaking the House and Senate.

We're no where near the point where violence is an acceptable option. Right now we have the high ground, and what you are asking will not only galvanize Trump's supporters, but will be rejected by millions of people who are supporting the Democrats. Essentially we'll lose the high moral ground.
Radicalizing the anti-trump movement is exactly what the republicans want. It gives them the excuse to brand us as dangerous, anti-american radicals, and allows them to justify harsh countermeasures before the election.
What you are calling for will destroy the election process and leave violent revolution as the only means of effecting change.
I reject that.
We need to show the whole country that the Constitution and the rule of law still matter.
I can say with all certainty, that if we lose the high ground, we lose the elections. It's that simple.
Right now we're gaining in polls all over the country, even in deep red states. This is how people show their strength in a Constitutional Democratic Republic.

Fat, lazy, cowards? That simple isn't true.

[pandr32]

51. What these protests accomplish is plentiful.

First of all we break the narrative that we are violent and 'radical leftists' which is important.
Secondly, we show ourselves to each other and our communities, and to the larger nation and world. The support that results helps fortify our resolve.
--We are getting more coverage than when we started. This is not unhelpful. Representatives see us--as do advertisers who spend money on networks.
--Children see us and ask questions. One of the best things I saw at Saturday's No Kings protest here in Hilo (over 3,000) was a car that went by with very stoic adults in the front. No honking support, no smiles, waves, shakas, or anything affirmative. In fact they pulled into the inside lane to create more distance. The kid in the backseat by the window slipped his arm out with a thumbs up. He gets it.
--Already, several GOP in Congress have said they will not run again. They see the writing on the wall.
--We are getting mostly positive feedback from others. Passerbys are honking and signaling support, but even better we are entering the community consciousness. We are hard to ignore and conversations are happening. People who supported tRump are no longer feeling popular or cool. There have been NO rallies to support him roadside for some time now. The last one only had a few people and all the flags and signs are gone.
--By staying plugged in and supporting each other the movement is growing--not shrinking.
-We are reclaiming American symbols. We have veterans with us wearing veteran caps and we have flags everywhere with us. Many signs use patriot language and refer to our U.S. Constitution. Someone always shows up as our Lady of Liberty.
--We are reclaiming our space without guns and tough hyper-masculine cosplay.
--We are there in our diversity--all together.

[vanessa_ca]

58. It matters a bit, but you're right. It's not enough

our elected officials do not care.

[Nigrum Cattus]

61. that's quite a repug/ruskie statement

the protests help to show each of us that we do count.
that we don't support or accept what the repugs/religious extremists are doing.
keep your negative opinions to your self