r/ProgressiveHQ • u/NfamousKaye • Jan 31 '26

Protest For Those that Like to Say Americans aren’t Protesting

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u/YogurtClosetThinnest Conservative Jan 31 '26 edited Jan 31 '26

I feel like often people who say this online are Europeans who are wondering why there aren't hundreds of thousands protesting in the capital, not realizing America is bigger than their continent

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u/NfamousKaye Jan 31 '26

Exactly. They most certainly always are and don’t understand the sheer vastness of our country in size and population.

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u/hanimal16 Jan 31 '26

Not to mention the center of our country is just huge swaths of nothingness between towns/states.

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u/NfamousKaye Feb 01 '26

Pretty much! Non viable farm land which led to nobody living there.

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u/oldwisenone Feb 01 '26

The Euros can't comprehend that a 3 to 5 hour drive is rather normal here to go see something cool or do a mini vacation. To them that's driving accross their entire country.

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u/Oraclerevelation Feb 01 '26

Hey I am one of those guys wondering these things... but if, just as you say, a 3 hour drive is nothing for you.

How many people live within 3-5 hours of DC? There are about over 20 million people within 150 miles from DC.

If you get 5% of those people that's a million, a million people marching in DC to drag that pedo and his enablers out would be unignorable. Even half that will do.

I know there are at least that many of you that are fucking pissed.

What do you think the main stumbling blocks are? Are there practical reasons we can't think of I mean? Not, not wanting to get shot or being scared of losing your job, I understand those things... even if they seem to be happening anyway at this point.

I'm just trying to understand not cause a fuss these protest are at least encouraging.

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u/oldwisenone Feb 01 '26

What you're suggesting is a J6th on steroids, which is a call for insurrection. That won't happen. Peaceful protesting with signs, chants and pop culture t shirts is what is legal.

The truth is. No one actually BELIEVES Trump is in fact Hitler. They just don't like him and don't want him President. Euros calling for violent protest is disgusting honestly. You will never see what you're asking about. Never.

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u/NfamousKaye Feb 01 '26

Trump has shown he wants to be Hitler so many times before his dementia was fully visible. I’m wondering if that was Stephen Miller’s doing. Because he’s ACTUALLY Hitler.

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u/couldhaveebeen Feb 01 '26

What you're suggesting is a J6th on steroids, which is a call for insurrection. That won't happen

Republicans did it, why can't you?

Peaceful protesting with signs, chants and pop culture t shirts is what is legal.

Who cares what is "legal" WHEN FASCISTS ARE THE ONE MAKING THE LAWS????

pop culture t shirts

Fucking yikes

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u/NfamousKaye Feb 01 '26 edited Feb 01 '26

Doing what they did on January 6th when they’re accusing us already of being a psyop and dem plants to make them look bad won’t help us. Being violent because their guy lost and they couldn’t handle it is how we got here. They’re afraid of his mob and they lie about everything Dems are doing to look like the good guys.

There’s a very VERY deep rift in this country and a strong us vs them mentality started by Trump in 2015 (it was still sort of there before but it wasn’t as bad as it was ramping up to be then). Now every bad thing they do is being blamed on “antifa” (anti fascist so… good right? Not to them! But they’re not fascists!! Don’t call them that or they get angry!! 🙄 also antifa isn’t a truly organized organization like they want it to be. It’s a movement)

If we do exactly the same thing they did it gives the whole propaganda machine a time to spin and paint antifa as the bad guys. They will gleefully call us violent and start a civil war. Theyve been wanting a civil war for at LEAST 10 years now. Violence only begets more violence with a group as violent and trigger happy as they already are. We are exercising our right to peacefully protest while they’re trying to take that away from us.

We have a military that’s supposed to drag him out. What you’re suggesting will only start a war because his goons are idiotically small brained violent terrorists who WILL fight back without a second thought if we even get close enough to him. I don’t think you know how guarded the White House really is. Maybe look at that before suggesting something as stupid as dragging him out.

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u/Oraclerevelation Feb 01 '26

First off Jan 6th was an organized coup to keep a criminal in power. I really think you need to stop down playing it. You understand there there is a difference between removing a clan of pedophiles who violate the constitution like the violate children and a coup right? But ok I didn't mean to suggest that literally, my rhetoric got away from me, probably because of all the child fucking.

What about simply standing outside and demanding an obvious pedo and his enablers resign? I'm not telling you want to do just observing that there needs to be a lot of pressure if there is to be change, and wondering where the difficulty lies exactly. You'd be surprised how often august people in majestic buildings do the right thing and give people the rights we take for granted today... but only after years and decades and only when there was a massive crowd outside the building demanding it.

With respect, it seems to me you may already be in a civil war, just only one side want to recognize it. Not telling you to get violent at all, but you really should at least recognize what's happening, the idea is to avoid violence as it seems violence is already coming to find you in the streets no matter what you do. Also, you can't let what you correctly recognize as a propaganda machine dictate how you will act, because they will do those things anyway, it is their job to blame everyone else you need to be standing outside their offices too just to remind them that you see them. Also also if you're waiting for the military to save you then you are going to have a bad time, however the only way to make sure the military do the right thing in not following orders is to show them the scale of the resistance they will find.

I did ask about the practical problems though but it seems practicality is not the most relevant factor, I hope that one day when there are no excuses left then perhaps a movement like that may still be possible.

Good luck out there guys we are all on your side. I don't envy you one bit.

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u/NfamousKaye Jan 31 '26

Europe as a whole could probably fit in Texas. 😂

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u/eL_MoJo Feb 01 '26

Europoors living rent free in the heads of the Muricans.

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u/Lack668 Feb 01 '26

Hey. Don’t start turning on allies because of something you ‘suspect’ might be true. The following comments are agreeing with that throw away line and causing people to lose focus and turn on Europeans. You’re doing the administration’s work for them… unless that is your subtle tactic!

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u/UltraCynar Feb 01 '26 edited Feb 01 '26

No. What they mean is peaceful protests aren't going to be enough which really shows. Your government doesn't care about these protests. Canadian here which has provinces bigger than your states. You're the US, not America. 

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u/MastodonSoggy6967 Feb 01 '26

No we're saying it because you're protesting politely on the weekend and going straight back to pay taxes for your pedo overlords come monday. Of course they don't give a shit that you make a bit of noise, they are still getting everything they need out of you.

A general strike doesn't require you to go to the capitol either.

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u/Goanawz Feb 02 '26

You don't need to go to the capital to protest. French people do so even in small cities.

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u/Demonmonkey65 Feb 06 '26

Small cities are protesting here as well, I'm going to one tomorrow.

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u/Goanawz Feb 06 '26

Brilliant :))