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[–] kwr112233@feddit.dk 117 points 2 months ago (7 children)

My feelings in all this:

Why are Americans not protesting. Are they stupid?

Then

Okay, at least some are really not cool with this.

Then

Oh wait, those Americans not being cool with this must feel really damn bad.

So here’s one European saying thank you for your protests. You are not alone.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 77 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Keep in mind, protests have been happening all along. This one was so huge that even the media had to pick it up. The US is huge too, that's a shit ton of people. Some estimates are in the millions. They don't like covering this stuff, trust me.

[–] kwr112233@feddit.dk 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

But i don’t get why none of those showed up in any feeds if they exist. I am very far left of centre (by american standards) you’d think some of the people i follow would share - or non-us media would.

But this is not that thread.

This is the thank-you-thread :)

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

But i don’t get why none of those showed up in any feeds if they exist. I am very far left of centre (by american standards) you’d think some of the people i follow would share - or non-us media would.

Here are a few guesses:

  • You are from Europe, so your algorithm doesn't feed you that stuff as much. It has to be a huge deal, like this one.
  • Americans don't get in our feed either. I have only mainstream sources bookmarked that I go through and I check every work day to post in a small American Politics community. I would know if it came through and they don't. You have to subscribe to small sites/blogs that put on these smaller protests.
  • Sometimes the protests are put on by people that don't align with your interests. Not that you'd be against them, but that they're not "your type." For instance, maybe it's put on by the immigration advocates, or the Veterans, etc., etc. That's why this org did such a great job, they brought everyone together under one umbrella.
[–] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Also people aren’t there to post on social media they’re there to let the establishment know they’re upset

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