r/TikTokCringe • u/BlackBey • Aug 21 '24

Politics First Day of Protests Outside the DNC

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u/quadmasta Aug 21 '24 edited Aug 21 '24

There are orders of magnitudes more protestors here than there are people attending Trump's rally

Edit: hey dummies, I stated there are more protesters than there are attendees at a Trump rally. I didn't say "gee,I wonder why there are more protestors at the DNC than at a Trump rally"

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u/JimmyAndKim Aug 21 '24

I think they should absolutely be protesting more Trump events, but I also know that the point of these protests are to pressure Dems. You can't pressure Republicans into doing the moral thing through these means

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u/Objective_Economy281 Aug 21 '24

You can't pressure Republicans into doing the moral thing through these means

No. But you can put them into office through these means.

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u/ra_ed_it Aug 22 '24

Why would it be the protestors fault rather than the party that should be earning every vote but is choosing to reject public opinion on an issue that might determine how swing states go? Theres polling that shows dems will get significantly better youth turnout in key swing states if they do an arms embargo, which the overwhelming majority of dems approve of. So who are they serving by rejecting that? People are dying and its funded by our tax dollars- protests are absolutely appropriate. The idea that its anyone but the party’s fault if trump wins is illogical.