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TIL No Kings Protests were the 3rd Largest in US History
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You should absolutely look any horse in the mouth, if it’s a gift from a billionaire.
Not even one person can clearly state what the intended goal of this action was. That’s a huge red flag that should have you asking questions. Not asking why a billionaire is doing something is exactly how both Red & Blue MAGA have ended up on both sides of this fight, though no one on either side can clearly state what their side stands for.
The most common refrain I've seen from interviews with protestors is the desire for Trump to be impeached and face some semblance of the rule of law. If the billionaires want to help us make that happen, I'm happy to take their money and we can work on taxing the hell out of them when we're not fighting for the lives of every marginalized person in this country.
The fact that you think the fight for our lives only was an issue under Trump is exactly why you’re a worthless ally.
I am profoundly well aware of how marginalized people have been victimized for the entire duration of this country's existence. I work in medicine, and most of my experience has been in emergency medicine. I have more experience than I ever wanted to have with trying to save people from the maw of poverty and destitution and I have been involved in social services in one way or another since childhood. My life is one of the ones on the line if shit goes sideways enough, but that doesn't stop me from standing up to my superiors to fight for the rights and humanity of my patients, especially those who are members of marginalized groups that face more structural barriers to health than others.
I am not just an ally. My head's on the chopping block too, and your assumption to the contrary is insulting.
You may be useful, but you’re not a trusted ally. Your eagerness to join causes funded by billionaires, paired with your refusal to examine their motivations, make you a significant liability.
I'm not eager to join them, and she spent her money in a way that was impossible to refuse. Are you saying that everyone should have abandoned the planned protest as soon as she took out that ad? Are we supposed to throw hissy fits and cancel everything we try to do because someone that doesn't pass a purity test participates?
Unless you're out there interrogating every single protest attendee and refusing to participate in any political action that your "undesirables" are also participating in....you're just as much of a hypocrite as you are claiming that I am.
Can you even articulate with the protest was for? What were the actionable demands? What did it stand for?
Opposing genocide is a perfectly acceptable “purity test” that anyone should be able to pass. It’s just basic human decency.