Comment by archagon
8 months ago
Democrats could do a lot with their physical bodies if they wanted to. Take a page out of classic American protest strategies: strikes, marches, sit-ins, etc.
8 months ago
Democrats could do a lot with their physical bodies if they wanted to. Take a page out of classic American protest strategies: strikes, marches, sit-ins, etc.
You mean the democratic leadership, or members of the party/people-who-vote-democratic?
Protests happen in the summer mostly, and they always have a small amount of violence and property destruction (even when the protest is organized to be peaceful). Trump is just waiting around for that so he can have the military shut them down (at least, that's what he said).
Unless the protests are large enough (say, 1/4 the population of the US), and persistent, and affect business heavily. Maybe that would be enough to dispel the reality distortion/enforcement shield Trump has cast on the republicans.
People-who-vote-democratic need leaders to organize them. Their elected representatives need to be the ones heading marches and organizing rallies, not just AOC and Sanders shouldering the entire burden.
Yes, the administration will try violence, but it’s a lot harder to justify when elected officials are on the firing line.
Won't happen - Erdogan has written Trump's playbook for that. You'll end up in Guantanamo.
Tens of thousands out in the streets in Turkey right now. Still possible there. Still possible here.
WH comms director is now literally calling people who are talking about this "enemies of America, spreading lies"