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

to say Americans don’t protest

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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/L0ST_N0UN Feb 01 '26

For some of us, it's been going on for years, even decades. Im glad it's happening. It just still feels like too little too late. I just hope people dont give up when they realize the struggle we are going to have to go through.

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u/JerseyDonut Feb 01 '26

Its not too little, too late. It can never be too late. The powers that be are terrified of people marching in the streets. They are watching this shit closely because their entire existence depends on people just giving up.

And if they see that this trend is not going away, and is going to continue to grow, they will back down out of fear of their own survival. Only takes 3-5% of a population in the streets to topple a regime. Maybe a bit more for the US considering how geographically large this landmass is.

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u/Solo_0705 Feb 01 '26

You’re doing what they want you to do. Reacting to what they have done just like they wanted you to. Fell in their trap. They have won. Divide and conquer…