• @meowmeowbeanz@sh.itjust.works
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    1025 months ago

    Fifty states, one message: we see through the facade. Simultaneous protests coast-to-coast, and the propaganda machines are in stealth mode. Convenient, isn’t it? A nation erupts, and the so-called “free press” opts for strategic amnesia.

    This isn’t apathy—it’s suppression. When every state rises up, the system panics. The Capitol steps become battlegrounds, yet the narrative is buried under celebrity gossip and stock market fluff. They’re scared. Scared of what happens when people realize that unity in dissent is their greatest weapon.

    Keep marching. If they won’t cover it, we’ll document it ourselves. The truth doesn’t need their permission to exist.

      • @meowmeowbeanz@sh.itjust.works
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        245 months ago

        Exactly. They ran the same playbook with Occupy Wall Street—ignore, ridicule, and then unleash the riot squads when the message hits too close to home. It’s not about “safety” or “order”; it’s about silencing dissent before it becomes unmanageable.

        Blocking freeways? Sure, it’s inconvenient—but so is systemic corruption, unchecked corporate greed, and a government that treats its people like collateral damage. If a traffic jam is what it takes to make the propaganda machines blink, then so be it.

        And yeah, cops love an excuse to escalate. The state’s monopoly on violence doesn’t tolerate competition, even when it’s peaceful resistance. But let them overplay their hand—every raid, every crackdown only fuels the fire they’re desperate to extinguish.

          • @meowmeowbeanz@sh.itjust.works
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            75 months ago

            The system thrives on fear—fear of disruption, fear of unity, fear of people refusing to play by its rules. Blocking freeways isn’t the problem; it’s a mirror held up to a society that values convenience over justice. If ambulances can’t move, that’s not on the protesters—it’s on a government that built a house of cards where one roadblock collapses everything.

            But you’re right: fire is their favorite excuse. It’s not the flames they fear; it’s the spark in people’s minds. Every crackdown is their attempt to extinguish that spark before it spreads. The challenge isn’t just to disrupt but to outmaneuver their narratives.

            Keep pissing them off, but don’t hand them the script they’re desperate to use against us.

    • @LillyPip@lemmy.ca
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      155 months ago

      Then we start picketing them, too. Right outside their media buildings, asking when they plan to grow a spine and start covering what’s happening. Add media companies to the places being protested and show what cowards they are.

    • @Theonetheycall1845@lemmy.world
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      105 months ago

      Why don’t we start confronting news anchors? Start calling them out specifically for being silent. This could be in person or online or both.

      • @GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca
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        35 months ago

        How many news anchors are actually journalists? I get that they’re the face of TV news, but most of them are just people with pretty faces who can read from a teleprompter in an engaging way. This doesn’t excuse them from ignoring these issues any more than the producers or so many other people do.