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Things you are doing to fight the coup

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by SamFisher, Feb 14, 2025.

  1. SamFisher

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    I know we sit here & rage post a lot but that doesn't do ****, and ultimately the Nazi drug addicts - other wackos who have seized control of the government WANT us to just post away and otherwise do nothing

    Don't let them. You can't post your way out of fascism

    (Though you can post your way into it, we might have)

    This thread is to post things - even small things - you did to make a difference

    It can be something like "went to a protest" - there's a Tesla protest tomorrow nationwide, I'm going - or even something much smaller like "I helped someone who needed help"

    That is the only way we are getting out of this - get the **** off line & engage. These evil MFS hate you for it. Build a community that they can't control.

    Peace.
     
  2. Space Ghost

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    I convinced 5 genz to get out and vote regardless. They really didn't want to vote but I persuaded them and reminded them it's never been easier. Even if they filled out a blank ballot.
    Needless to say 3 of them were leaning Harris and all but one ended up voting trump.

    I feel like i made a difference.the get out and vote campaign works and always favors the candidate who persuaded them to vote regardless.
     
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    This thread needs to be bumped, I appreciate it. I dont know what else we can do. But Sam is right, were not gonna fix this, on the internet. We cant post our way out of it.
     
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  5. Reeko

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    I’m not doing a damn thing…it’s every man for themselves now AFAIC

    Democratic leadership doesn’t even want to put up any serious fight anyways

    call me when they decide to stop being so weak

    republicans will do anything to win and spit in their face while Democrats sit there and talk about decorum, reaching across the aisle, and norms

    Democrats stay bringing a spork to a gun fight, and I’m tired of the BS
     
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  6. SamFisher

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    They absolutely aren't going to do anything if people don't get into the streets & your community

    The best time to start was years ago - the second best time is now - good luck.
     
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    Did u hear Hakeem Jeffries the other day? These weaklings aren’t ready and willing to fight for anything
     
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    Go away. You're a failed lawyer
     
  9. Reeko

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    if the Dems had any sense, all these people that just got laid off at the VA, people now on the verge of losing their business because of the federal funding freeze, doctors dealing with a measles outbreak in TX and TB in Kentucky, people not able to afford things after tariffs are enacted, etc would be getting paraded around telling their stories and linking this back to things the republicans have done while telling the American people what u will promise to do instead of tweeting about democracy and tsk tsking about a coup

    they’d be going on non-stop about grocery prices…I was at Whole Foods the other day, and there was a cap on how many eggs u can buy

    there’s literally a farmer who voted for Trump going viral on TikTok because he’s crying about potentially losing his farm after the freeze

    they just had some republican on TV arguing against free school lunches for kids saying they need to get a job at places like Burger King and show they have some value

    they just introduced a bill attempting to cut Medicaid which even had Steve Bannon like “Wait, hold on a minute, a lot of MAGAs are on Medicaid”…this should be getting amplified everywhere…ads on YouTube, ads on TV, ads on every social media site should already be in full throttle over this

    Aren’t these the “kitchen table issues” they claim they want to focus on?
     
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    superfob Mommy WOW! I'm a Big Kid now.

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    Put my money in Chinese stocks, writing on the wall for the American economy for the short term.
     
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    I can't figure out what liberals are upset about.

    Removing criminal aliens is a great idea. Threatening countries with tariffs forcing them to capitulate, works for me.
    The voters in AOC's district are overwhelmingly against her position of harboring the illegals.

    Auditing members of congress who suddenly find themselves worth many millions after a couple years of earning ~$170k seems like something we should be doing.

    Stop sending billions of dollars to countries all over the planet that doesn't do anything for the US taxpayer .... fantastic idea.

    Negotiating an end to the Russia Ukraine conflict and no longer sending them billions of US dollars at your expense while gaining access to their rare earth minerals, great idea.

    Finding a solution to the Israel / Hamas conflict sounds like a win to me when we have been funding both sides of it.

    Stripping government waste .... why u mad?

    Reducing federal spending when we have a $2T shortfall?

    A sovereign wealth fund to help reduce the debt?


    What I don't hear anyone pissed off about is Democrat Representative, Ayanna Pressley, says that Democrats are willing to work with anyone who is serious about censoring the American people - her own words.
     
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    I’m not gracing anything CNN related with a click…every time they drop another 10% in viewership, an angel gets its wings
     
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    Here at the Tesla Takeover and it's a miserable cold rainy day but maybe 100+ people & lots of support from passing cars.

    Cringe slogans & chants but whatever man
     
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    Of course I'm an actual moderate so mileage with other Dems may vary.
     
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    First I took away their feed. Tonight I will go in, boots, 2 pairs of jeans and a thick hoodie with some MMA gloves. I’m not leaving until every one of them is dead. Feathers and blood will be everywhere.
     
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    AOC is right there. Jasmine Crockett is right there. Brian Schatz is right there. Need new leaders who get it.
     
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    Trump won the popular vote. Republicans won the House and Senate, most of the governorships and statehouses. Protesting isnt going to work until voters have a chance to regret their choices. Persuade your neighbors, sure, but pressuring officials with protest to do "what the people want" will sound hollow. The center of the fight right now is the courts. Activist lawyers and NGOs have a lot of work to do opposing the Admin's actions. But regular people, not so much. Maybe the most effective thing you can do is give money to an organization that will fight the Admin in court. Or organizations that will help the people hurt by the changing policies. But unless you can shut down the economy or something, idk what a public protest will accomplish.
     
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