I am in a small town in WNC, and we had what looked to be about 300 people on the old courthouse square. Across from the square is Brown Mountain Bottle Works, which hosted the local Alcoholics for Trump meeting. There were about 8 of them. They would come out the door and yell shit but no one took the bait. It made them sad. Feel free to post a Google review if you are so inclined.
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At our local demonstration, there was a group of 10 MAGA that came up to the crowd to stir shit. After a few minutes, the police encouraged them to move along.
That I will ProfHillbilly!! Good on you mate!!
There were 122 in my little conservative town. They expected 40, so that was nice.
A win is a win especially with a 300% turnout
Meanwhile reporting on the BBC... A short segment that said "thousands" of people were protesting. Technically not a lie, but still.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again - there were zero major media outlets at the protest I went to, which was being held in a state capitol. I have no idea what the estimated number of attendees was, but it was definitely a news-worthy amount.
I know there are people that will continue to claim that nobody in the U.S. is "doing anything," but don't be misled just because corporate media interests don't align with the interests of the people. The lack of media coverage is note-worthy on its own. If they're not talking about these public protests, imagine what else they're deliberately refusing to cover.
The revoIution will not be teIevised.
Cell lied to me?
I disagree. It's misleading, therefore deception, therefore a lie. And they are doing it on purpose. It's very telling.
Not just the bbc. ABC USA was equally horrible. “There’s thousands”, cut to live reporter after rally is over on empty grass. Show almost no shots of actual mass in the report. A lot of Americans don’t realise how loyal most corporations are to this regime. Their job is not to tell you the truth, it’s is to control you for the benefit of the regime.
Mind you if you do the same again on Saturday, and keep growing, this is just a stop gap measure, and eventually protesters tend to walk into tv studios with hot cameras ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
It’s often better to get an international sources. ABC Australia, used drone and chopper shots and was overall a lot less biased in their reporting. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6q8b2FfoqY&pp=0gcJCa8AFFPMqEg1
Please post sources / calculations, it will give us a lot more credibility.
Good look out added sources in the post!
Don't lie to us, OP. Fox News wrote (after you scrolled for 5 minutes) that it was "thousands".
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Thousands of separate protests. ;)
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Yes!
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P.S. Updated post for sources. Everyone on Bluesky is saying that
5 millions for such a big country ? Those are rookie numbers, you've got to french it up
The size and distribution of this country is what makes big numbers impossible. We are, in reality, 50 micro-countries, all with their own laws and culture and mostly populated with poor people.
Damn I wish I would've went. I wanted to but I worked and I need money. Sorry for disappointing my people
amusingly, a very intelligent gentleman shouted "get a job!" from his vehicle as he passed us.
No worries come to the next one!!
Next one is on April 19th, so 11 days from now
I'm predicting it's going to go up to 15-20,000,000
No worries come to the next one!!
If they keep being on the same day then those of us with consistent work schedules can't
Literally the one day I have a solid 8 hour shift at work is Saturday so unless the protests happen some other day I'm picking not starving over adding to the masses
Let's push for them to do daily protests so more people can make it to them
Is this how many people protested in a single day? A week? What's the time scale? I literally have no clue.
Amazing
Truly splendid indeed. And it's just the start. Another on April 19th, we definitely need one everyday though
Again!
April 19th, next one, we all got this!! Wooo!!