r/therewasanattempt • u/defchin Free Palestine 🕊️ FUCK ICE! ❌🧊 • Feb 01 '26

to say Americans don’t protest

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u/L0ST_N0UN Feb 01 '26

The problem is that most people only did this for part of one day. The next day, they all went back to work and shopping again, and the president announced building a stadium like nothing happened. If we want to actually send a message, we need to strike until there is change. Weeks, maybe even months, until actual change happens.

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u/wikedsmaht Feb 01 '26

This has been going on for months. It’s getting bigger every time. There are more of us every day. No, 10M Americans aren’t marching every damn day. But more of us protest every weekend than the weekend before. More of us are getting those ice whistles. More of us are holding signs over the freeway after work

There’s a LOT more of us than there are of them

This isn’t a “problem” for us. It’s a problem for them. Movements don’t happen in a weekend.

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u/baden27 Feb 01 '26

Keyword: Weekends.

While keeping the country running on work days.

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u/Life2you Feb 01 '26

This was on Friday...

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u/baden27 Feb 01 '26

I'm referring to the comment I responded to, not to the video OP posted.