<![CDATA[I need to warn you that I have very little patience for people who insinuate that getting out onto the streets and protesting is useless and not worth the effort.]]>I need to warn you that I have very little patience for people who insinuate that getting out onto the streets and protesting is useless and not worth the effort.

It is terribly fashionable to be cynical about civil, peaceful protest. But it is deeply demoralising and often people can be easily dissuaded from making the effort by that cynicism.

No act that joins people together in protest for a better society is useless, even if only because it makes you feel less alone.

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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/swggrkllr3rd/statuses/116493513557891426https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/swggrkllr3rd/statuses/116493513557891426Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:52:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I need to warn you that I have very little patience for people who insinuate that getting out onto the streets and protesting is useless and not worth the effort. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:51:36 GMT]]>@Remittancegirl
Last Saturday at our regular suburban protest, a young man approached me and asked what we were doing. He and I had a long discussion about politics. At some point he told me he was a member of the Proud Boys, so then I made the case that in a democracy we should settle our differences without resorting to violence. Who knows if I made any headway in his thinking but that conversation would not have happened were I not on the street holding my "Fire Hegseth Now" sign.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/jawarajabbi/statuses/116493510017528547https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/jawarajabbi/statuses/116493510017528547Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:51:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I need to warn you that I have very little patience for people who insinuate that getting out onto the streets and protesting is useless and not worth the effort. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:32:20 GMT]]>@Remittancegirl

Basically this in fact:

https://mastodon.social/@xs4me2/113895525737253534

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/xs4me2/statuses/116493434266609007https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/xs4me2/statuses/116493434266609007Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:32:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I need to warn you that I have very little patience for people who insinuate that getting out onto the streets and protesting is useless and not worth the effort. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:18:20 GMT]]>@JoannaCanFixIT @HollieK72 @Remittancegirl
"Gathering support" isn't just popular support.

If you want direct action (including even simple action like encouraging people to vote), you need a situation where people who agree on things have each others' contact information and know and trust each other. The connections that enable direct action and support for direct action are more easily formed at protests. Dropping into conversation with the people around you and getting to know them is easier because you already have at least one thing in common. If you regularly see the same people at your local protests, you are building a community that didn't exist before.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fediscience.org/ap/users/116273813905610513/statuses/116493379175208757https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fediscience.org/ap/users/116273813905610513/statuses/116493379175208757Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:18:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I need to warn you that I have very little patience for people who insinuate that getting out onto the streets and protesting is useless and not worth the effort. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:03:36 GMT]]>@Remittancegirl So true. If peaceful protest was "useless," peaceful protestors wouldn't be frequently beaten up by police for it.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://eupolicy.social/users/ilumium/statuses/116493321267971352https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://eupolicy.social/users/ilumium/statuses/116493321267971352Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:03:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I need to warn you that I have very little patience for people who insinuate that getting out onto the streets and protesting is useless and not worth the effort. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:18:45 GMT]]>@Remittancegirl there was a brilliant take on this from Nato Green on the Bugle podcast recently. Basically saying mass protest movements have no chance and are never going to win until they do.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/PunchyMcGee/statuses/116493144943036552https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/PunchyMcGee/statuses/116493144943036552Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:18:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I need to warn you that I have very little patience for people who insinuate that getting out onto the streets and protesting is useless and not worth the effort. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:10:23 GMT]]>@geliga Eh... I think it's probably both.

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Dead billionaire bigots fund Trump's corrupt regime.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2013/12/30/texas-billionaire-harold-simmons-dies-called-obama-most-dangerous-man-in-america/

https://www.texastribune.org/2013/12/29/harold-simmons-gop-mega-donor-dead-82/

Tax cheat & polluter
https://publicintegrity.org/politics/top-gop-donor-harold-simmons-dead-at-82/

https://archive.is/WXyV0

https://www.salon.com/2012/04/05/the_gops_nuke_dump_donor/

53. Harold C. Simmons $5,596,530
54. Kelly Navarro $5,373,100
55. Alice Walton $10,248,000
56. Rob Granieri $5,587,899

https://www.opensecrets.org/elections-overview/biggest-donors

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Npars01/statuses/116493082757500221https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Npars01/statuses/116493082757500221Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:02:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I need to warn you that I have very little patience for people who insinuate that getting out onto the streets and protesting is useless and not worth the effort. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:57:08 GMT]]>@Remittancegirl the world is broken not because bad people's actions, but because of good people not doing anything 👍

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Keeping gas prices high for their corruption & greed.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-hands-first-sale-of-swiped-oil-to-his-megadonors-company/

https://www.commondreams.org/news/venezuela-oil-sale-trump-donor

https://truthout.org/articles/first-us-sale-of-seized-venezuelan-oil-goes-to-company-of-trump-megadonor

43. John & Shannon V. Addison $6,757,065
44. Robert H. Book $6,986,387
45. Susan Fox $6,687,414
46. Patricia Perkins-Leone $6,606,600
47. Jeffrey Hildebrand $6,508,389
48. Bernard Marcus $9,397,150
49. Steve Brodie $6,481,298
50. Daniel Newlin $6,063,928
51. Trevor D. Rees-Jones $5,765,124
52. Ross & Sarah Perot $5,643,416

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Npars01/statuses/116493051377826405https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Npars01/statuses/116493051377826405Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:54:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I need to warn you that I have very little patience for people who insinuate that getting out onto the streets and protesting is useless and not worth the effort. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:52:52 GMT]]>@rasterweb Me too. Exactly this!

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https://chicago.suntimes.com/2016/12/20/18384092/trump-met-with-chris-reyes-leader-of-giant-rosemont-food-company

They funded a coup attempt.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michelatindera/2021/02/19/here-are-the-billionaires-who-donated-to-donald-trumps-2020-presidential-campaign/

https://www.chicagobusiness.com/manufacturing/how-reyes-holdings-became-biggest-beer-distributor-us/
https://archive.is/U5N6o

https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/interactive/2024/biggest-campaign-donors-election-2024/
https://archive.is/f9wGP

34. J. Christopher Reyes $9,536,425
35. Jay Winters Faison $9,084,324
36. James Davis $8,497,854
37. John W. Childs $8,694,286
38. Patricia Duggan $8,446,099
39. Richard G. Haworth $7,500,800
40. Marc J. Rowan $8,721,299
41. Jeffrey Specher, Kelly Loeffler $7,052,013
42. John L. Nau III $7,030,556

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Npars01/statuses/116493037836156984https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Npars01/statuses/116493037836156984Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:51:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I need to warn you that I have very little patience for people who insinuate that getting out onto the streets and protesting is useless and not worth the effort. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:48:20 GMT]]>@Remittancegirl

Thats purely plotted planned propaganda,
because
PROTEST is literally the only tool (we the) people have to combat corruption at the highest level.
Period.

Wish id seen such ridiculous commentary, because id have to object & explain why that in itself is: compliance/complicity/permission.

Protest, 24/7, with ample enough #’s of people, is doable & effective.

And while we succumb to the extravagance of white collar crime & allow it to continue, is acceptance & approval.

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https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/skrewdriver-shirts-sale-walmart-website-white-nationalist-1235109723/

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/prison-labour-walmart-mcdonalds-investigation-b2488339.html

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-5-step-fascist-plan

21. Rob Walton $17,572,601
22. Janet J. Duchossois $16,306,033
23. Howard W. Lutnick $16,503,667
24. Kelcy L. Warren $16,151,105
25. Walter W. Buckley Jr. $15,522,500
26. Thomas Peterffy $14,305,900
27. Anthony Pratt $14,000,000
28. Sherrilyn Fisher $13,299,894
29. David Millstone $13,413,486
30. Lynne Walton $13,037,750
31. Charles Schwab $12,801,600
32. Stephen Wynn $12,518,750
33. Anthony Lomangino $9,529,705

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Npars01/statuses/116493012553915485https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Npars01/statuses/116493012553915485Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:45:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I need to warn you that I have very little patience for people who insinuate that getting out onto the streets and protesting is useless and not worth the effort. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:41:25 GMT]]>@Remittancegirl I always want to ask the people that slag off peaceful protest how many molotov cocktails they've thrown. Like, put up or shut up

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https://jacobin.com/2025/06/andreessen-manifesto-oligarchy-tech-democracy

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/apr/13/end-times-fascism-far-right-trump-musk

8. Marc Andreessen $42,365,113
9. Stephen Schwarzman $40,202,039
10. Timothy Dunn $35,780,200
11. Rob Bigelow $34,991,500
12. Diane Hendricks $33,165,417
13. JJ Ricketts $32,273,650
14. Shirley W. Ryan $32,198,116
15. Warren A. Stephens $25,895,650
16. Isaac & Laura Perlmutter $25,344,890
17. Vince & Linda McMahon $23,961,659
18. Ronnie & Nina Cameron $21,372,500
19. Jan Koum $20,855,091
20. Thomas Klingenstein $17,410,263

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Npars01/statuses/116492996091378131https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Npars01/statuses/116492996091378131Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:40:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I need to warn you that I have very little patience for people who insinuate that getting out onto the streets and protesting is useless and not worth the effort. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:39:00 GMT]]>@JoannaCanFixIT @Remittancegirl Enough to create the conditions where deeply organized resistance and direct action will follow.

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Project 2025 has six dynasties funding it, in alliance with petrostate despots like Putin &

https://www.desmog.com/2024/08/14/project-2025-billionaire-donor-heritage-foundation-donald-trump-jd-vance-charles-koch-peter-coors/

Bradley, Koch, Coors, Scaife Mellon, Seid, Uihlein

https://www.desmog.com/2024/10/25/project-2025-trump-mapped-how-6-billionaire-family-fortunes-fund-climate-denial/

These are the top GOP donors in 2024.
They're the ones funding the fascism.

1. Elon Musk $291,482,587
2. Timothy Mellon $197,047,200
3. Miriam Adelson $148,304,900
4. Richard Uihlein $143,498,936
5. Ken Griffin $108,402,284
6. Jeff Yass $101,128,680
7. Paul E. Singer $66,800,800

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Npars01/statuses/116492985711275500https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Npars01/statuses/116492985711275500Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:38:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I need to warn you that I have very little patience for people who insinuate that getting out onto the streets and protesting is useless and not worth the effort. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:34:41 GMT]]>@Remittancegirl At the end of the day, even when the framework of democracy has been completely erased, getting out into the streets still works.

There are definitely situations where voting no longer works - but no situation where bodily protest stops working.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.cat/users/androcat/statuses/116492971670147407https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.cat/users/androcat/statuses/116492971670147407Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:34:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I need to warn you that I have very little patience for people who insinuate that getting out onto the streets and protesting is useless and not worth the effort. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:33:10 GMT]]>@HollieK72 @Remittancegirl gathering support is important, but most of people already agree that genocide should be stopped, rich should get taxed and environment should be protected. What more popular support do you need?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/JoannaCanFixIT/statuses/116492965659219744https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/JoannaCanFixIT/statuses/116492965659219744Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:33:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I need to warn you that I have very little patience for people who insinuate that getting out onto the streets and protesting is useless and not worth the effort. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:31:17 GMT]]>@Remittancegirl

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/us/politics/koch-network-2024-election-trump.html

https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-oil-industry-donations

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/23/big-oil-445m-trump-congress

Remember the 3.5% rule.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/17/what-is-the-3-5-percent-protest-rule

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190513-it-only-takes-35-of-people-to-change-the-world

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3.5%25_rule

https://nicolagriffith.com/2026/02/19/3-5-a-small-number-with-huge-implications/

The billionaires funding fascist movements globally get very nervous about that 3.5%.

The fossil fuel industry is preparing to do anything, literally anything, to keep its power & wealth.

Frying the planet & democracy.

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/as-americans-deepen-their-nonviolent-mobilization-the-trump-administration-begins-to-make-concessions/

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💯

Public protests are essential to building community, awareness and momentum.

They are not enough, in themselves, but they are essential. Those who dismiss them are not engaging in good faith.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/TCatInReality/statuses/116492951811566977https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/TCatInReality/statuses/116492951811566977Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:29:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I need to warn you that I have very little patience for people who insinuate that getting out onto the streets and protesting is useless and not worth the effort. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:26:34 GMT]]>@JoannaCanFixIT @Remittancegirl Isn't gathering support necessary? Where will you get the people to do the things that make the changes, if you don't gather support?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/HollieK72/statuses/116492939749570642https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/HollieK72/statuses/116492939749570642Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:26:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I need to warn you that I have very little patience for people who insinuate that getting out onto the streets and protesting is useless and not worth the effort. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:23:41 GMT]]>@Remittancegirl a mass protest sends an important message to power: "We're asking nicely"

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://neopaquita.es/users/ehproque/statuses/116492928399052171https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://neopaquita.es/users/ehproque/statuses/116492928399052171Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:23:41 GMT