We all knew the type of degenerate losers who put up the Biden “I did that stickers” were just partisan hacks who would (and largely do not) feel the same way now that Trump actually has directly impacted fuel prices. That was always part of the reason people rolled their eyes every time we saw one.
Holy Cow!
I live in a rural area, surrounded by staunch conservatives. It’s isolating at times.
But today? It was incredible to see how many people showed up for our small town rally. Hundreds of people who feel the way I do about the direction this country is being taken. And it’s a breath of fresh air. Hard to feel alone when I talked to dozens and dozens of people today who want the same thing I want … NO KINGS.
Almost as refreshing? Almost no hostility shown to us. I saw a few middle fingers. One lame-ass truck drove by and tried to “roll coal”. It was pitiful. My lawnmower smokes more than that. Overwhelmingly, it was cars driving by beeping and waving and smiling at us. Felt the love.
Realistically, though, these events are our practice runs. It’s where the people are learning to exercise their rights. Lots of folks are rusty. Even more of us are just now attending our first protest ever. It’s also local people learning how to organize and build community. For a lot of those folks, this is their first time organizing events for hundreds or thousands of people. It’s a daunting task. They deserve recognition, too.
Next steps: Did you see any local organizations today like I did? Did you see who organized your local No Kings? Reach out to them. Offer help. Offer feedback. Send donations. Sign-up. Register. Follow their socials. Blah, blah, blah. You know the drill.
Yes, plenty of people with this kind of mentality exist in the USA.
I don’t know if this particular person is satire or not, and I’m not going to spend any time hunting down their profile to verify.
The fact that they aren’t blaming Biden in both of these posts makes me think it’s satire, though. Because the very limited exposure I still have in real life to people of this general political persuasion suggests that they’re all about blaming Biden for the current spike in gas and grocery prices. I’ve heard several different variations of why them blame Biden for current gas prices, but it mostly boils down to a nebulous, tangential line of reasoning that Biden didn’t start a war with Iran during his term.
As though dealing with the consequences of Trump’s disastrous handling of COVID and the economy wasn’t enough, they apparently think Biden should have also been bombing Iran “back to the stone age.”