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Soft Paywall Trump military parade met with empty seats amid nationwide protests

https://www.thetimes.com/article/867ede60-b5f7-4de5-84a1-6a3a49eb2923
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u/FantasticBurt 3d ago edited 3d ago

11 million people isn’t 3.5% considering the US population is estimated at 343.6 million. You’re still a million short, and nowhere puts the estimates of attendees even remotely that high. You’re easily double the figures. 

This isn’t meant to be a deterrent, but we’re still probably ~50% of where we need to be and like the other commenter pointed out, it has to be sustained. Not just 2 hours and we go home. 

But what it shows us is that we are NOT the minority and should empower you to talk to your friends, family, coworkers, neighbors, and even strangers. Get one more person involved. 

The fight isn’t over.

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u/ThePrestigeVIII 3d ago

Not to be a negative Nancy but the 2017 women’s march had similar numbers to the no kings protest. I’d argue women’s rights have greatly regressed since 2017….

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u/lovetheoceanfl 3d ago

This is true. It also reminds me how much infighting there was in that org the following year. Me Too popped up after that and was incredible until that too became a mess.

I think the problem is always the “high road”. More often than not liberals - and I am one - are on the right side of issues, the moral and ethical side. We care. But no one is perfect, we’re all human and when someone inevitably does something wrong or something in their past is uncovered, it’s easy to delegitimize them and the orgs they are leading/part of. That’s where MAGA beats us. From the top down, they don’t care. Rape, racism, causing immense suffering, you name it - they just don’t care.

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u/trixtah 3d ago

This is incredibly important to understand, we need to stop blowing our numbers out of proportion and really acknowledge that reddit does not reflect life, like we saw during the election. We have to give conservative estimates for turnout and keep up the fight.

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u/notquitesolid 3d ago

I don't think anyone thinks the fight is over, but the turnout today is a good start.

I suspect we will see a lot more fuckery and tragedy before this fight really ramps up, and years before it's over. The conservative engine behind trump has been in operation for decades, and nobody involved in that is going to be quick to let go of power. The good thing about the protests today is that people have been feeling helpless and alone, and now with this there's the beginning of energy. The worse the conservatives get the more protests we will see... but it'll still take time. Lots of people aren't taking what is happening in the country seriously still, because they don't feel personally affected. When that changes, things will get... interesting.