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Wikipedia page "List of protests and demonstrations in the United States by size" says the Hands off protests were the third largest protest in US history (i.redd.it)

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cross-posted from: https://50501.chat/post/97685

Originally Posted By u/Northwest_Thrills At 2025-04-07 01:34:57 PM | Source

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[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 56 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I'm so glad the George Floyd protests solved police brutality!

This is why protesting should only be treated as the initial rallying cry to garner support. Without the millions protesting willing to engage in direct action — like general strikes, permanent boycotts, etc — there will never be meaningful change.

[–] match@pawb.social 36 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

honestly my state saw a lot of meaningful change out of it

[–] AThing4String@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Honestly actually thanks for this - doom scrolling late at night and feeling 0/10 hopeless.

Shit's bleak, but if there's legitimately nothing we can do about it we might as well lay on the railroad tracks, eh?

[–] match@pawb.social 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

hey hey hey. we got 3 million people out to the protests last weekend. the republican house is getting stymied and criticism is rallying from all directions. trump's already running out of steam and we've barely begun fighting him

[–] alanjaow@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

5 million is the official tally! 😁

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

there are no functional railroads near me. I'm going to have to fly to get to them. fml.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I remember when Biden mocked the Defund the Police movement in his first SOTU, and then went on to accelerate the militarization of police. Now, we have cop cities.

At the end of the day, none of these people are going to vote differently than they have for decades, so nothing is going to change.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Coupling his Defund response with his backing of a far right wing genocide, and his absolute bed-defecation in the dem campaign for president, Biden is easily the worst dem president of my lifetime. And I'm not young. I hope history remembers him accurately.

[–] match@pawb.social 4 points 3 weeks ago

but what about his brace leadership during the pandemic where he filled our hearts with hope by

by uh

uhh

i guess we got a stimulus check?

[–] Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I did. I watched. I listened. I learned.

I changed. Others will. Yet more can.

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago

Musk wanted to create a bigger protest by recommending a pardon for his murderer police officer.