feels worth flagging that we've now had sustained disparate protest and One Big Day protest at or above the scale of 2017 so it might be time to drop the "public reaction to trump has been more muted in his second term" spiel - ThreadSky

parsnip.bsky.social • 1 day ago

feels worth flagging that we've now had sustained disparate protest and One Big Day protest at or above the scale of 2017 so it might be time to drop the "public reaction to trump has been more muted in his second term" spiel

Reposted from J. P. Gownder (கவுண்டர்)

Might be bigger than the Women's March 2017, which I attended. Massive crowd on Boston Common. #HandsOff

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mariasol01.bsky.social•1 day ago

Also, the"But this was an absolutely peaceful protest, almost like a tour" excuse for January 6ers. Today showed what peaceful protest and democracy really look like. How amazing to see millions of people across the US and beyond showing support!

10milestereo.bsky.social•1 day ago

We’re outpacing 2017

https://bsky.app/profile/chenoweth.bsky.social/post/3llwfrdur322p

parsnip.bsky.social•1 day ago

you can keep noting that businesses and other institutions are more often capitulating or collaborating against the positions and welfare of the public though

parsnip.bsky.social•1 day ago

and — i know i keep saying this but i have a hunch it'll be important — americans have not yet felt the tariffs

jenniferholton7.bsky.social•1 day ago

People think the tariffs will just be "more expensive stuff" and think they can adapt with fewer discretionary purchases. They're going to be very shocked when there are non-discretionary items that aren't available at any price.

millielou1.bsky.social•1 day ago

My city! Dallas, Texas REPRESENT! The turnout all over Texas was amazing today. 🥳

millielou1.bsky.social•1 day ago

Dealey Plaza, Dallas, TX. #HandsOff #NoKings

txteacher.bsky.social•1 day ago

A friend who was there said it was the biggest protest he’d ever been to. I’m proud of Texas today!

millielou1.bsky.social•1 day ago

Me, too! So proud! 🥹

conover.bsky.social•1 day ago

Agree — the muted response has been from seated Democrats. It’s not clear if they support the Republican Party or just have no idea how to do politics.

dhappy2b.bsky.social•2 hours ago

lejanaysola.bsky.social•11 hours ago

The *coverage* is more muted.

copingkat.bsky.social•1 day ago

Collier County Fl, redder than red. Lots of support, at least 2k strong

sibben.bsky.social•1 day ago

NYT is unsurprisingly not making a big deal of it, instead focusing on pieces that somehow downplay how much damage Trump can do. It’s just one big hose of copium for center right pundits trying to not see how their own edgy contrarianism paved the way for fascism in the USA.

icebeard.bsky.social•17 hours ago

They couldn’t get enough of the frigging diner safaris back in 2017. But massive rally’s against Trump/Musk are barely worth mentioning.

bigworker.bsky.social•1 day ago

The corporate media is trying to speak a lack of protest into existence

sanfele.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you

missangeleyes58.bsky.social•1 day ago

2017 dc had a million. How many were there today? I’m seeing country wide there were about 5 million in attendance

hlayfield.bsky.social•1 day ago

I haven't seen any definitive numbers for the Hands Off rallies, but my own sense from having attended the 2017 women's march in Boston and this one yesterday, is that 2017 was much bigger. I hope I'm wrong.

raging-dee.bsky.social•13 hours ago

I was at both marches as well. They felt similar in size to me.

hlayfield.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Could well be. The 2017 march was really a rally, with everybody gathered on the Common. Since this involved a march down Tremont from Common to City Hall, there wasn't a real apples to apples comparison. Again, just my perception from where I happened to be in each crowd.

missangeleyes58.bsky.social•1 day ago

2017 was twice the size as yesterday. I think if they start planning for a summer march we would hit house number. I wanted to head to dc but we didn’t have the buses going down like we did In 2017

cathyw.bsky.social•1 day ago

The 2017 marches had about a 2 month lead time. Yesterday, maybe 2-3 weeks?

cathyw.bsky.social•1 day ago

also, much like the reviled wine moms, the making of the pussy hats spread the word about the protest through the crafting community (that's how I heard about it), and they told all their friends...

missangeleyes58.bsky.social•1 day ago

That’s why I would love to see a group organize a march for summer months. Give enough time to get buses and allow people to get time off or get child care. Or whatever they need to do to attend. I want to see a march of that size or bigger

dmaxmj.bsky.social•1 day ago

Interesting that right-wing spin he's more popular than ever and Americans are happy that he is doing what they sent me to Washington to do. I mean sent him Mar-a-Lago to do.

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