I attended the downtown local No Kings Day festivities in Northampton, Massachusetts, and estimate that some 1,500 people came out. I liked the crowds but
We need to swiftly transform No Kings from a Democratic Party spectacle to a grass roots resistance movement.
LOL what? I was at both and this take on it is dumb. It is very grass roots. I saw American flags, both right side up and upside down, Mexican flags, Palestinian flags, LGBTQ flags, and more. No Democratic party flags. Yes, frogs, axolotls, spongebobs and Santa’s. You know, democracy.
I’m glad it didn’t happen where you live. But you’re saying this “take is dumb” because you didn’t experience it at two out of thousands of protests, which is like saying, “since it didn’t happen to me, it didn’t happen.”
I saw the democratic establishment propaganda at my local protest. That’s not to say that the protests are bad, but having a party that’s right of center glob onto what is essentially a populist movement and use it as a campaign rally is kind of disheartening.
We need to be voting for actual leftists. Whether they run as a democrat, a green, or an independent.
same, Saw no democrats in there, no stalls, no flags, nothing. the local DSA was there though canvassing for free healthcare and other common sense policies.
I’ve found out about them during the first no kings
no doubt the us is fed up with Democrats, even though republicans is the main evil, the uselessness of corporate owned political parties is pissing everyone.
Man you guys are trying really hard to delegeitimize this thing before it gets going. I just read MAGA had started posting to BlueSky. Guess they’re already here in Lemmy too…
LOL what? I was at both and this take on it is dumb. It is very grass roots. I saw American flags, both right side up and upside down, Mexican flags, Palestinian flags, LGBTQ flags, and more. No Democratic party flags. Yes, frogs, axolotls, spongebobs and Santa’s. You know, democracy.
I’m glad it didn’t happen where you live. But you’re saying this “take is dumb” because you didn’t experience it at two out of thousands of protests, which is like saying, “since it didn’t happen to me, it didn’t happen.”
I saw the democratic establishment propaganda at my local protest. That’s not to say that the protests are bad, but having a party that’s right of center glob onto what is essentially a populist movement and use it as a campaign rally is kind of disheartening.
We need to be voting for actual leftists. Whether they run as a democrat, a green, or an independent.
The take that it’s a ‘Democratic party spectacle’ as the OP said is a very dumb statement.
same, Saw no democrats in there, no stalls, no flags, nothing. the local DSA was there though canvassing for free healthcare and other common sense policies.
I’ve found out about them during the first no kings
Nice! It seems like these events might a good place for smaller parties to make their presence known to people. Maybe even get some new ones going!
Yes, my DSA is growing thanks to NoKings.
no doubt the us is fed up with Democrats, even though republicans is the main evil, the uselessness of corporate owned political parties is pissing everyone.
Yep. From my experience of them I think people are really just looking for some new options.
Yhea, the democratic party is a dead party. they couldn’t even win against Trump, the worst candidate and president in US history.
And so many dems bent the knee to trump, and only offer symbolic useless resistance.
I legit didn’t know there was a Dem flag. Is it just a flag with a donkey?
Also. This post is definitely propaganda b.s
Man you guys are trying really hard to delegeitimize this thing before it gets going. I just read MAGA had started posting to BlueSky. Guess they’re already here in Lemmy too…