When Peaceful Protests Are Everywhere
When Peaceful Protests Are Everywhere
There were more than 2000 No Kings demonstrations on June 14, a record-breaking number: Why this ubiquity matters
Yesterday, demonstrators gathered in more than 2000 locations across the United States and around the globe for overwhelming peaceful, exuberant, and defiant anti-Trump protests, with the shared theme of “No Kings.”
With the possible exception of the early days of the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests, there have never been this many coordinated protests on a single day in the United States before. The ubiquity of these protests is historic.
This minimizing horseshit is more than institutional arrogance and bad reporting. It's a continuation of a longstanding Times habit of downplaying both the scale and significance of protest, especially when it's overwhelmingly nonviolent, as the No Kings demonstrations were.
Rather than linger on the possible causes for this consistent distortion, I want to focus here instead on why it matters that demonstrations against the current Trump regime have been more ubiquitous and numerous than at almost any other time in U.S. history.
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Ya think people will vote now?
To be fair, there was evidence of voter disenfranchisement and voting abnormalities that seem too widespread to ignore. Check out the Election Truth Alliance and see for yourself. This isn't conspiracy shit. The numbers don't lie.
No, they'll still argue that whoever is the Democratic candidate is not perfect or not liberal enough, and stay home.
Or they'll vote for them in the presidential election, but not back them up during the even years with Congressional elections. Because, you know... a president ain't a king, which is the whole fucking point of the protest.
Ya think it will stop fascism?
Voting? Yes. At this point? I dunno.
Nope