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You can stop asking where the mass opposition is. It's everywhere.

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I really don't like the amount of violence being suggested here. Trump needs to be removed but a lot of you are suggesting to support violent fantasies.
By the way that's a very strong tactic be terrifically Republicans to make the left look unhinged. And they're correct. It will turn a lot of people against you. Most are not violent people.
- The point of making the 'left', or any opponent, look unhinged is to pressure them into submission. The reason why this works very well is because your media is complicit in amplifying any wrongdoings by any opponents and twisting the perception.
  i mean, check out protests in Europe and how they're framed by their media. Even your Vietnam war protests back in the day; your media started banging on about them being drug users and layabouts to make dismissing their cause much easier.
  I just think Americans have lost a lot of people power if you have to protest while walking on eggshells. Best thing to combat it is to have a conversation with everyone. Get people chatting face to face rather than having the TV spout nonsense at them.
  
  There's one of the worst ways in modern times to get any message across. It's like suggesting we use carrier pigeons to communicate on a battlefield.
  The Internet exists. Hey did the Republicans protest in the streets to get their message across?
  I didn't see that yet every single person I know could reiterate almost all their talking points. If protests were stuff an effective medium for creating supporting and spreading a cause, how did they accomplish it without it.
  Republicans hired think tanks. Same way the cigarette company did you delay laws. Same way energy companies did to delay and sew distrust on climate change.
  The left for all the geniuses they say they are have not adapted to the modern world. Imagine if every single person at these protests stayed home instead and shit posted on every platform they could. That's how you get messages out in modern times. You use the algorithms. You create content. You boost signals.
  What you do not do is drag people into the streets banging pots. It's not the 1960s
  Everyone is online. You need people burying their signals and amplifying our own. You need memes. You need everyone to force their hand. The fucked up thing is they have such entrenched culture that you'd think it's obvious where to apply pressure. It's not calling them a Nazi. It's culture jamming our society so we associate trucks with femininity. They are more sensitive than ever and it should be easy to find their soft spots. Can't hit it from the middle of the road
  
  What you do not do is drag people into the streets banging pots. It's not the 1960s
  Are you sure? I'm pretty confident that's what happened on the weekend.
  Also, relying on technology owned and controlled by the billionaire class is a bit rich...
  Anyway, I don't want to antagonise you. Just don't discount the traditional methods of communication thinking it's ineffective. In a world where privacy is almost non-existent and you're constantly being monitored, going analogue is one of the best tactics there is.
  
  Are you sure? I'm pretty confident that's what happened on the weekend.
  My point is it isn't effective. What is the result as of today, tomorrow, a week from now. What has it accomplished. What will it accomplish. And as I said, if the goal is to spread awareness about an issue than let's measure this against another method like shit posting. Which was my point about governments and think tanks who get paid to spread awareness. These groups are not doing protest, they create engagement online and in media. There's a reason for it.
  Also, relying on technology owned and controlled by the billionaire class is a bit rich...
  Why? What will happen. How is that any different than relying on the city, the state and the government to not just beat your head in and arrest anything. If anything protests seem to benefit the other side when the other side are authoritarian. It lets them see who the leaders are and knee cap them.
  Anyway, I don't want to antagonise you. Just don't discount the traditional methods of communication thinking it's ineffective. In a world where privacy is almost non-existent and you're constantly being monitored, going analogue is one of the best tactics there is.
  I am an antagonist but not trying to troll. I just don't see value in protests as they exist today. I think protests are a solved game. I believe police and authorities have such an upper hand that they prefer people to protest. The authorities ability to organize, coordinate and apply force is greater than the protestors. It's a wasted effort on my books. The risk to reward is unbalanced and we need to adapt to modern times.
- Same here. The peaceful inclusive protest in Sackets Harbor, NY over the weekend worked. The immigrant children and their mother are being returned from Texas as I type this. Don’t give Trumpy any room to paint the left as unhinged.

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