solidheron

I wish I could tag this as discussion.

I'm getting little annoyed at people only say "protest are useless" then proceed to suggest nothing and do nothing just to keep us in a state of complacency with the status quo.

Protest do have a function they do show those in power that people are opposed to policy or politician, but more importantly they show that other people the people that live in their city or local area are willing to show their political stance publicly. It can raise awareness and pull people in the margin to your side. from what I experience, it can show the right that they wont act on their violent words.

I get that the opposition to protest say that it never changed anything or trump continues to act crazy, and I'd say that we need to do more in addition to the protest not that we shouldn't do protest. I'll need someone that advocate not doing protest to speak in the comment.

I want to see protest "upgrade" from a gathering of people to meet-and-greets and concert. If you are at a protest you should actually enjoy it, show off your signs explain it to other protestors, and talk with other people on what to do locally. I would suggest promoting a business at a protest.

protest are good way to get around social media algorithms

Reminder of the details for those of you who have a hazy memory of the finale. ICE looked at Vic Mackey's resume including many charges, complaints and allegations of excessive force, and that he was a prime suspect in multiple murder investigations, and said "Yes please! Have full immunity!"

Good thing nothing like that would ever happen in real life.

So I made a script that post once every 8 hours or where I start the script. The script will post to random c/ that has subscribers but low activity from a corresponding subreddit in hopes of jump starting it.

I do like the features where the image/video is simply put the url into the URL of a lemmy post so Reddit host the file and lemmy instances simply have to send text.

So far it has been a success. While I was building the script and making it post to my very niche 1 sub community the post ended up getting a few comments and over a dozen up votes. Which is great because I got surprised and I got to engage with other users and learn about something new.

Really the challenge is to find existing communities that don't have a active counterpart, have subscribers, have little to no activity, and something I have knowledge over. It would be strange to have something posted randomly and know nothing about that community or post or I have to spend 10 minutes figuring out what got posted

I'm an LGBT ally, but I decided to show support with LGBT flag in a pretty red area next to highway. I got the f slur thrown at me and a fishing reel handle thrown at me (didn't hit me). Just the experience itself affects me. Idk how the LGBT community in general does it or if it's just different for everyone.

I guess it was a small number of people. There was some love.

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/53257330

I Joined a group of protestors in support and solidarity of one of our own being murdered and having horrendous things happening to them

I like putting memoirs of the protests I go to on Lemmy in hopes that it inspires others to go out, do things, explore, and take action. I had fun and who knew waving and dancing at traffic like an idiot could be so entertaining.

**Intro: ** I heard about the protest at a meal share that PDSA was doing the day before and I actually wanted to reach out to them to inform them of the Flock cameras that were next to the bridge. Then I wanted to get more involved since they were coming to my city and I could take my e-bike to protest.

Meeting up: So it was awkward getting to the meetup location. I knew they were getting lunch beforehand and I showed up early to the point and kinda waited for them with my book bag. I even walked into the restaurant asking the staff if I was meeting up with a party who I had no idea what they looked like or how many there were, so I had to go back outside and wait. Eventually they found me and we met up.

Early part of the protest: The original group of 4, including me, got set up and I erected the flagpole I carried in the background. As we got onto the bridge the wind picked up which was good for the flags but just murder on any signs. The sign I brought got ripped out of my hands and fell into the harbor and made its way into the Gulf of Mexico. The sign read "ICE MELTS in FL". More people trickled in and I see more signs in memory of Renee Good and two inflatable costumes (one Cookie Monster and one baby Trump). I did come across the woman I met from the first No Kings Day protest (I recognized her from her oxygen concentrator) and apparently she has been to all the No Kings protests. I told her I was the guy that had the Palestinian flag. Two men showed up with three flags: Dominican Republic, Honduras, and I think Colombia was the third one. I tried my best to get their flags to show off what colorful flags these countries have. I tried to give him a DSA pin I have so that he could pin part of the flag to his shirt, but he ended up wearing it. I showed off my megaphone I brought and when I set it up the Spanish speakers asked me to say "Chinga la Migra" and I gave them several takes and kept saying "I'm trying my best." (I looked it up and it means fuck the border patrol/ICE lol).

Response from the traffic: Apparently it is mostly positive but I never know if a honked horn is positive or negative, but I treat it as positive anyway. Some people put their hands out to wave or waved in the car. I did hear a bit of cheering from the cars. I am gonna say the negative attention was way more hilarious. I could not hear everyone from their cars because of the wind and traffic, but one couple was red in the face and yelling at the group. People were flipping us off from their car cabin as I waved and smiled. My favorite was the guy who pantomimed turning the car into the group even though there was a concrete barrier in front of us, so I kind of wished they did just for the adrenaline. The craziest thing was when I separated from the group to take pictures from the top of the bridge with my LGBT flag held high and some guy on the passenger side of the truck called me the f-slur then threw a metal handle to a fishing reel at me. The handle never hit me but it made a ping sound and it was left on the bridge. I wanted to believe it was a metal pipe and they could not get any more drugs.

Later parts of the protest: I came across a pedestrian and bike rider who thanked me for protesting, and I tried to say thanks for the support and after an awkward pause they told me Jesus died for me (definitely was a hard thing for them to say). Then some teenagers came and took some pics. I thought they were the same guys who threw the handle, but they were interested in what everyone was doing and I posed in the picture. The rest was me throwing my heart at people and waving until everyone wrapped up and said goodbye.

protest was in a deep red area that consistently goes to republicans in elections

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/53257330

I Joined a group of protestors in support and solidarity of one of our own being murdered and having horrendous things happening to them

I like putting memoirs of the protests I go to on Lemmy in hopes that it inspires others to go out, do things, explore, and take action. I had fun and who knew waving and dancing at traffic like an idiot could be so entertaining.

**Intro: ** I heard about the protest at a meal share that PDSA was doing the day before and I actually wanted to reach out to them to inform them of the Flock cameras that were next to the bridge. Then I wanted to get more involved since they were coming to my city and I could take my e-bike to protest.

Meeting up: So it was awkward getting to the meetup location. I knew they were getting lunch beforehand and I showed up early to the point and kinda waited for them with my book bag. I even walked into the restaurant asking the staff if I was meeting up with a party who I had no idea what they looked like or how many there were, so I had to go back outside and wait. Eventually they found me and we met up.

Early part of the protest: The original group of 4, including me, got set up and I erected the flagpole I carried in the background. As we got onto the bridge the wind picked up which was good for the flags but just murder on any signs. The sign I brought got ripped out of my hands and fell into the harbor and made its way into the Gulf of Mexico. The sign read "ICE MELTS in FL". More people trickled in and I see more signs in memory of Renee Good and two inflatable costumes (one Cookie Monster and one baby Trump). I did come across the woman I met from the first No Kings Day protest (I recognized her from her oxygen concentrator) and apparently she has been to all the No Kings protests. I told her I was the guy that had the Palestinian flag. Two men showed up with three flags: Dominican Republic, Honduras, and I think Colombia was the third one. I tried my best to get their flags to show off what colorful flags these countries have. I tried to give him a DSA pin I have so that he could pin part of the flag to his shirt, but he ended up wearing it. I showed off my megaphone I brought and when I set it up the Spanish speakers asked me to say "Chinga la Migra" and I gave them several takes and kept saying "I'm trying my best." (I looked it up and it means fuck the border patrol/ICE lol).

Response from the traffic: Apparently it is mostly positive but I never know if a honked horn is positive or negative, but I treat it as positive anyway. Some people put their hands out to wave or waved in the car. I did hear a bit of cheering from the cars. I am gonna say the negative attention was way more hilarious. I could not hear everyone from their cars because of the wind and traffic, but one couple was red in the face and yelling at the group. People were flipping us off from their car cabin as I waved and smiled. My favorite was the guy who pantomimed turning the car into the group even though there was a concrete barrier in front of us, so I kind of wished they did just for the adrenaline. The craziest thing was when I separated from the group to take pictures from the top of the bridge with my LGBT flag held high and some guy on the passenger side of the truck called me the f-slur then threw a metal handle to a fishing reel at me. The handle never hit me but it made a ping sound and it was left on the bridge. I wanted to believe it was a metal pipe and they could not get any more drugs.

Later parts of the protest: I came across a pedestrian and bike rider who thanked me for protesting, and I tried to say thanks for the support and after an awkward pause they told me Jesus died for me (definitely was a hard thing for them to say). Then some teenagers came and took some pics. I thought they were the same guys who threw the handle, but they were interested in what everyone was doing and I posed in the picture. The rest was me throwing my heart at people and waving until everyone wrapped up and said goodbye.

I Joined a group of protestors in support and solidarity of one of our own being murdered and having horrendous things happening to them

I like putting memoirs of the protests I go to on Lemmy in hopes that it inspires others to go out, do things, explore, and take action. I had fun and who knew waving and dancing at traffic like an idiot could be so entertaining.

**Intro: ** I heard about the protest at a meal share that PDSA was doing the day before and I actually wanted to reach out to them to inform them of the Flock cameras that were next to the bridge. Then I wanted to get more involved since they were coming to my city and I could take my e-bike to protest.

Meeting up: So it was awkward getting to the meetup location. I knew they were getting lunch beforehand and I showed up early to the point and kinda waited for them with my book bag. I even walked into the restaurant asking the staff if I was meeting up with a party who I had no idea what they looked like or how many there were, so I had to go back outside and wait. Eventually they found me and we met up.

Early part of the protest: The original group of 4, including me, got set up and I erected the flagpole I carried in the background. As we got onto the bridge the wind picked up which was good for the flags but just murder on any signs. The sign I brought got ripped out of my hands and fell into the harbor and made its way into the Gulf of Mexico. The sign read "ICE MELTS in FL". More people trickled in and I see more signs in memory of Renee Good and two inflatable costumes (one Cookie Monster and one baby Trump). I did come across the woman I met from the first No Kings Day protest (I recognized her from her oxygen concentrator) and apparently she has been to all the No Kings protests. I told her I was the guy that had the Palestinian flag. Two men showed up with three flags: Dominican Republic, Honduras, and I think Colombia was the third one. I tried my best to get their flags to show off what colorful flags these countries have. I tried to give him a DSA pin I have so that he could pin part of the flag to his shirt, but he ended up wearing it. I showed off my megaphone I brought and when I set it up the Spanish speakers asked me to say "Chinga la Migra" and I gave them several takes and kept saying "I'm trying my best." (I looked it up and it means fuck the border patrol/ICE lol).

Response from the traffic: Apparently it is mostly positive but I never know if a honked horn is positive or negative, but I treat it as positive anyway. Some people put their hands out to wave or waved in the car. I did hear a bit of cheering from the cars. I am gonna say the negative attention was way more hilarious. I could not hear everyone from their cars because of the wind and traffic, but one couple was red in the face and yelling at the group. People were flipping us off from their car cabin as I waved and smiled. My favorite was the guy who pantomimed turning the car into the group even though there was a concrete barrier in front of us, so I kind of wished they did just for the adrenaline. The craziest thing was when I separated from the group to take pictures from the top of the bridge with my LGBT flag held high and some guy on the passenger side of the truck called me the f-slur then threw a metal handle to a fishing reel at me. The handle never hit me but it made a ping sound and it was left on the bridge. I wanted to believe it was a metal pipe and they could not get any more drugs.

Later parts of the protest: I came across a pedestrian and bike rider who thanked me for protesting, and I tried to say thanks for the support and after an awkward pause they told me Jesus died for me (definitely was a hard thing for them to say). Then some teenagers came and took some pics. I thought they were the same guys who threw the handle, but they were interested in what everyone was doing and I posed in the picture. The rest was me throwing my heart at people and waving until everyone wrapped up and said goodbye.

I tried to call into the majority report two days ago, and I just get some serious stage fright, didn't help that a national news story broke. I was stressing waiting for que to call in, calling in and getting voicemail, then getting put on hold. Like it was weird that I was high strung to the point where it was hard to form words.

I might try again after things calm down I'm America

Tried to call into the majority report to talk about the DSA, but of course a big story about the ICE came out. also they ended call ins before i got a chance to speak (i could have been several callers behind for all i know)

but it was a pain even outside of that you have to call at the right time of the show or you enter a voice mail and if you do enter there's a chance that the queue is full and you get kicked. even after all that they can stop taking calls.

I was nervous to even call the show and while I was on hold I had to listen to seeder on the phone talk about tragedies and that time guy with the beanie and I had to deal with the anticipation of my area code being called and having to talk. when I was adding notes on what else I could, I was having issues putting words together.

I had to call in multiple times majority report, listen to the show for when you start calling in, and I was on hold for 40 minutes.

also I'm not the only DSA member that calls into the MR there are prolific DSA members that call in.

ill most likely try again just to see what comes out of it, but this is mess that goes into this plan.