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Happening today.
It is time to heed the words of the man I began this whole thing with: John Lewis. I beg folks to take his example of his early days where he made himself determined to show his love for his country at a time the country didn’t love him. To love this country so much, to be such a patriot that he endured beatings savagely on the Edmund Pettus bridge, at lunch counters, on Freedom Rides, he said he had to do something. He would not normalize a moment like this. He would not just go along with business as usual. He wouldn’t know how to solve it but there’s one thing that he would do that I hope we all can do, that I think I did a little bit of tonight. He said for us to go out and cause some good trouble. Necessary trouble to redeem the soul of our nation. I want you to redeem the dream. Let’s be bold in America, not demean and degrade Americans. Not divide us against each other. […] This is a moral moment. It’s not left or right, it’s right or wrong. Let’s get in good trouble.
Senator Cory Booker, April 1, 2025.
I feel like protests like this are also for the morale of the country. We fall into echo chambers online, and it is hard to see how many people are actually unhappy with current affairs. By taking to the streets, you can quantify that number and show Americans that they are not alone with how they feel. When enough people feel that way, enough to take time out of their day to simply march and take to the streets, mayb we can get some weight for people to actually listen. This is our opportunity to stand together, literally and figuratively.
Ya that makes sense!
In my mind you go to a protest to sign 16 petitions, add your signature to people who want to run for office, and register to vote/join a party/etc. I’m always a little discouraged when I go to one and see none of this. There’s a reason they group these rights together in the constitution, they are meant to go hand in hand. DSA has a decent presence where I live but I’ve never seen the actual democratic party out talking to people. Protests are filled with people asking ‘whats next’, and the Democrats keep failing to show up and answer the question.