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And some people on Lemmy were worried that the cold would keep Minnesotans indoors lol their fears were clearly unfounded
Per Midwest culture, rain is the weather that keeps the most people indoors.
“But why don’t Americans protest? All they do is sit back and take it up the ass!” I hear every European crying as they ignore this right alongside all the other protests.
Because just standing outside is not how a protest achieves anything. True protests must be disruptive and last. The Yellow jackets burned down the avenue des champs Elysées every Saturday for multiple months. The protests following Nahel’s murder (very similar to that of Renee good in some aspects) burned down multiple police stations.
Standing protests like this a regular occurrence in France, but those are not the ones you hear about. Their only role is so build momentum and make people feel united.
Real change happens only through either much stronger protests or through actions like the whistles and following ice around making them feel unwelcome 24/7.
Heh, I can actually pick myself out in that picture.
And just to confirm, yes, it was really fucking cold out.
There were so many people handing out hand warmers. I even brought a few to share. Dude at the DSA table in the commons was handing them out and quipped “can’t flip off ICE without your middle finger”.
Holy moly. (this is °C)
