https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2023/02/18/698461/US-antiwar-rally-washington

  • Coolkidbozzy [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Nobody likes any of these people. Other than ron paul, only like 0.25% of the country knows about any of these goons

    reporting on them just makes actual leftists look crazy which is an objective of the state department

      • Coolkidbozzy [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        I agree but these speakers aren't leftists

        I'd rather not have my political opinions associated with right-wing antivaxxers

        • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          That's not how movements work. People who agree on the issue being able to work towards a shared goal even if they disagree fundamentally about everything else is a sign of a successful campaign.

          The anti-vietnam war movement wasn't all leftists either

      • Zuzak [fae/faer, she/her]
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        2 years ago

        Those are good things, sure, but what exactly is the strategy for how this group hopes to achieve them? Making demands that you have no power to back up is pointless idealism.

          • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]
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            2 years ago

            The BLM marches were at least willing to use force to make their point, this event is just "Hey pls stop your massively profitable war because we're asking nicely

              • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]
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                2 years ago

                Yeah dude, protesting against police murder is definitely the same thing as the going to a rally with Tulsi Gabbard, Jimmy Dore and the Libertarian party.

                • World_Wario_II [he/him]
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                  2 years ago

                  Yeah dude, protesting against imperialism and world war 3 is definitely the same thing as the going to a rally with Kamala Harris, Joe Biden and the Democratic Party

          • Zuzak [fae/faer, she/her]
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            2 years ago

            A nationwide movement with aims like "stop killing black people" or "spend less money on cops" is being a lot more realistic than a handful of cranks saying "disband NATO."

              • Zuzak [fae/faer, she/her]
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                2 years ago

                Looks like a pretty clear message of ending the war, not a whole bunch of other stuff that's obviously never going to happen. Also doesn't look to be run by chud grifters lol.

                  • Zuzak [fae/faer, she/her]
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                    2 years ago

                    The difference is that the people involved are actually reputable (afaik). If they got concessions, it wouldn't be chud grifters negotiating what those concessions look like. Personally, I don't like the tendency for protests to have broad, general demands with no plan for achieving them, but I can put up with it if it's people on my side saying it, because if they ever need to negotiate their actual demands I can trust them to do so.

                    These are all good and even MORE “unrealistic” (according to you), I would say “broad”, than the other anti-war rally. That makes it better not worse, you must’ve never gotten off your ass and protested anything.

                    Ah, the classic, "If you're not on board with this specific protest with extremely sus leadership you're completely worthless," tact. That kind of thing just tells me that you're opposed to the idea of vetting movements altogether, which confirms to me that I can safely disregard your perspective.