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Is anyone planning on joining the 50501 protest on the 5th? (beehaw.org)

submitted 7 months ago by BevelGear@beehaw.org to c/chat@beehaw.org

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[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Context?

[–] BevelGear@beehaw.org 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

It's a nationwide protest against Project 2025 and fascism

https://50501movement.carrd.co/

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Link to Project 2025 document

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Ah, thanks. Not in US so it doesn't apply to my 'nation', but I stand with y'all in solidarity!

[–] BevelGear@beehaw.org 5 points 7 months ago

Thanks.

[–] melp@beehaw.org 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Really wish* they had a mastodon

[–] LukeZaz@beehaw.org 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Probably not. It's looking from a glance to be pretty small and ill-planned, as many spontaneous "how 'bout we just All Protest Right Now?" things tend to go. I want to believe it'll be big, but I doubt it, and my state capital is a long drive away for something I have so little faith in.

[–] pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 7 months ago

That's how it turned out in my state

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 7 months ago

I can't find any real (read: website, email, etc) for the protest and honestly am wondering if it's a false flag operation.

I am not going to Facebook or reddit for info about this.

[–] Alice@beehaw.org 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I'm worried this will be a mess. On the subreddit everyone is discussing wearing blue and the US flag and I've only seen one person pointing out that none of this is practical for a protest, and no one is listening.

I know I need to be more politically involved but I wonder if it'd be better not to risk my job so I can at least donate to causes that might be more effective. But I've also never seen a proper protest so maybe this is normal? What are y'all's thoughts?

ETA the user listed as the organizer for my state is suspended from Reddit, no other contact

ETA II: yeahhhh I've seen three different start times for my state. I wonder if the reason I never hear about protests around here is we're all stupid

ETA III: the person saying they'll DM people the signal link for my state never got back to me. Is this normal? I thought protests were supposed to be more coordinated but I've also never seen one local to me so I might be wrong.

[–] Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org 3 points 7 months ago

I wish you all good luck

[–] TehPers@beehaw.org 2 points 7 months ago

The weather here has us trapped at home, but I hope that the protest goes well! Organizing like this is important, and I hope we see more of this in the future, preferably with more time to prepare.