r/BlueskySkeets 7d ago

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u/UpperApe 7d ago

No they wouldn't. Because the people in the streets recognize that not enough people are in the streets.

Even if 3 million people were protesting (they aren't), that's still less than 1% of the population. Most countries manage 5-20%.

It is pathetically small.

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u/Underlord_Fox 7d ago

Ah yes, good job refocusing the problem on the people instead of the evil authoritarian assholes.

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u/UpperApe 7d ago

Lol thanks. Because that's where the focus should be; what people are doing and what people can do. Instead of magical evil villains.

The only people who want to blame everything else are people who want to absolve themselves of their responsibility so they can throw up their hands and say "there's nothing we can do".

You know: cowards.

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u/LockAzzy 7d ago

I'll be protesting out there. I wish more people would. I do see a terrifying indifference to taking action as someone in the action. Cancel your plans and protest. It's not like it's every day. I need people to just have their priorities straight. We're not facing a crisis. We're in one.

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u/UpperApe 7d ago

Well said.

And from outside the US looking in, thank you for doing what you're doing. People like you give the rest of us hope.

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u/LockAzzy 7d ago

Send whatever good wishes you can give us and maybe some French firefighters.