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[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml -2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I've been going to a few of these "indivisible" protests, and while it's nice to see people out there I'm usually left disappointed. It is mostly elderly folks, and they are very orderly: strictly obey all laws and permitted protest times. All while chanting "no justice, no peace!". It isn't credible.

[–] FlyingCircus@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It’s better than nothing, though. Which is what it would be if our elder activists left it up to the young generations.

I get it, my partner and I are consistently the only ones under 60 at our local protests. I have been feeling profoundly disappointed by my fellow millenials. Can’t talk shit about the boomers though, at least they are actually out there doing something instead of doom posting.

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 0 points 4 days ago

I'm glad people are out there, but it seems to me that we aren't really accomplishing anything, and that should be the point, right? Otherwise, it's just a social event where we all get a nice chuckle out of each others' clever signs.