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I went to my first protest! 😊 (lemmy.world)

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Didnt get any pictures cause my phone was turned off but there were a ton of people driving by filming

It was honestly really fun, I expected to to feel like a necessary and important chore, but it was super fun waving to every car and trying to get people to honk, and shouting

There were times where it felt like everyone at the major intersection we were at were honking simultaneously and it was kinda incredible 😅 I imagine it helps a lot we were in a fairly blue area in my state

We went to a smaller protest location instead of the main one in our area so we expected it to be really small and peeter out early but it was way bigger than either my friend or I expected

Overall it was really nice, I got to chat with folks, there were folks passing out food so I got a free cookie and donut, got to wave at cars, see people and sometimes little kids in the back seat wave back, try and get moving trucks and whatnot to honk (a good number did lol), only downside is I'm pretty sunburnt cause afterwards we went strawberry picking lol. I'm sure not all protests are fun, but as a first time experience it was a lot more fun that I expected

Walking away from it I feel a bit more connected to my community and I love that feeling

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I think the people that were filming it like this was a Taylor Swift concert still don't understand what a fascist regime is, and are putting everyone else at risk of retaliation.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Eh, I'm in an area where it was very unlikely to escalate and there is tangible value in protest being seen. Its a tradeoff. Protesting is about making yourself seen, and video has risks associated with it but it can also broadcast that visibility in a way that's incredibly beneficial

There are pros and cons and I'm generally of the thought that whether it's a bad thing to do depends on the all the circumstances and specifics of how and when and where a protest is being filmed.

There was also a news film crew out there. Protest is not always entirely above board, but this very much was, this was a crowd of people standing around the edges of a big intersection in a pretty blue area. Personally I think the benefits outweigh the risks in this specific situation, at this specific point in time, at the specific place I was in, and with the specific nature of the protest

Thats how I see it anyway 🤷‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

That's a very naive worldview in the face of authoritarism.

What do you think that will happen when the Palentir's face recognition goes through the photos in Google Photos or Apple Cloud and identifies federal employees in the background?

There's anonimity in large numbers that gets lost when half of the people act as Gestapo informants out of irresponsibility.