Personally, I do not give a flying fuck if you think protesting is boomer cringe. That is a terrible, selfish fucking reason not to protest. It is life and death for a whole lot of people and street action matters - ThreadSky

gwensnyder.bsky.social • 5 days ago

Personally, I do not give a flying fuck if you think protesting is boomer cringe.

That is a terrible, selfish fucking reason not to protest.

It is life and death for a whole lot of people and street action matters

Reposted from O.K. Computermeyer

If you think protesting is boomer cringe, I get it. So find something else to do that makes Tesla's brand toxic. Make art, leave bad reviews, use your imagination. Tesla's business is weak, and if we can make it weaker, the stock will fall and wipe out his fragile paper fortune. Every bit helps!

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robcinos.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy•5 days ago

@gwensnyder.bsky.social "Protests don't work", "Boycotts don't work" and other cringe. These folks better get it straight, and soon.

Here are 198 methods for non-violent resistance:
https://commonslibrary.org/198-methods-of-nonviolent-action/

jeffifer.bsky.social•4 days ago

What if both viewpoints here are valid?

wonderfulstarfish.bsky.social•4 days ago

It's possible that some Gen Z folks found protesting less than satisfying following the campus efforts around Palestine last year...

Also possible "Boomer Cringe" is a weak attempt to depress youth turnout...

marsbar078.bsky.social•5 days ago

I just went to a protest and yes, it was super-boomer. But so what? People were able to connect face-to-face. People shared information. People shared their fear and hope. And yes for the record I am a sort of boomer (really fall more into Gen X FWIW).

anarchymarshmallow.bsky.social•4 days ago

imagine not resisting fascism because you're embarrassed. ??? that's as silly as not wearing a mask because you don't want to look like you're trying not to die- OH WAIT. Everyone's lost the plot.

midnightmusings.bsky.social•4 days ago

I’m not putting my black body in the streets, y’all go right ahead

gwensnyder.bsky.social•5 days ago

Capacity is one thing and as someone home with a 13 month old all the time with extremely limited childcare options, I am there and I get it.

Safety concerns I get, too.

But CRINGE? That's the excuse?

Gtfo

wonderfulstarfish.bsky.social•4 days ago

One thing people with low capacity can do is shitpost.

I'm serious.

Flood all your channels with memes of Musk replacing Trump as president. Make that narrative strong enough that Trump and Musk turn on each other.

nefariousnautilus.bsky.social•5 days ago

Yup. People seem to be pissed that your average person isn’t going into foaming anti-capitalist rage. There are a lot of things to do before we get to that point.

paddys.bsky.social•5 days ago

I wouldn't want people to think embarassing things about me on the internet while they search for AI femboi porn.

lukewarmgruel.bsky.social•5 days ago

That's agent language and propaganda right there

lukewarmgruel.bsky.social•5 days ago

Like someone at the DOGE DOJ was playing with the apples to apples woke pack trying to formulate insults.

pissyrabbit.bsky.social•4 days ago

I totally understand where you’re at. I took a lot more physical risks w/ regard to protesting before I had a kid. I took her to protests in 2016-2020 but now, world has gotten more insane & I wouldn’t be surprised if at some point these protests get more violent.

pissyrabbit.bsky.social•4 days ago

I’m choosing some things differently now and certainly not bringing her into it until I see how they are unfolding.

ztopia.bsky.social•5 days ago

We need action on ALL the fronts. Only someone immature doesn’t understand that.

Showing up in-person, with your physical self on the line is a fundamentally human exercise in defiance

dluneau.bsky.social•5 days ago

why would protesting be cringe??? protests have brought down governments!

kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social•5 days ago

some people want to jump to Glorious Revolution and skip over the boring holding signs and chanting parts that you should definitely try first

trejon.bsky.social•5 days ago

The people who won’t even do the simple work of voting or holding a sign are obviously the people I would trust to have my back on the battlefield.

kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social•5 days ago

it's always some dude with like 19 followers. man you can't even get anyone to follow you online, who is going to follow you into a revolution

dluneau.bsky.social•5 days ago

ahh, the underpants gnome method for fighting a dictator. I'm sure that will work eventually

kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social•5 days ago

people who say that stuff online are either
1. feds
2. extremely stupid

anyone who IS doing a revolution is not talking about it on bluesky ffs

pissyrabbit.bsky.social•4 days ago

Right. People aren’t protesting to be cool. Good I hate this place.

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