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Still No Kings: Millions to Protest Trump On Saturday (prospect.org)
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[–] witten@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Uhh citation needed. Nobody I know working on No Kings locally is pro-Democrat, pro-Israel, pro-cop, or anti-trans. I also don't know of any leftists who had the cops called on them at a No Kings protest.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world -2 points 7 months ago (3 children)
[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

A citation means “A source that says the thing that you were claiming” not just “A news article”.

I’m not about to share with you the results of the latest dog show…

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It’s literally an article with the No Kings organizers bragging about working with the cops.

[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That is only one of the four groups you boldly declared. And “working with” the police doesn’t mean supporting them. Support for police would be things like giving them extra firepower, granting them warrants, paying into their pension fund.

You’re still zero for four.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago

LoL. So now it doesn’t count if they sic the cops on leftists at the rallies, since they’re not contributing to their pension? Wild.

[–] witten@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Sorry, where does that say pro-Democrat, pro-Israel, pro-cop, or anti-trans? Working with cops to further the shared goal of non-violence for this event doesn't mean one supports the system of policing. That's like saying by voting, you support the system of first-past-the-post.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You could try doing even the slightest bit of work to see who’s actually organizing this, and what they stand for.

[–] witten@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Okay.

[–] tgcoldrockn@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

generally protest organizers of any sort (like macy's, easter, pride ) work with the gov and police- if the protest is to be legal. not that it has to be or needs to be legal (like dyke march.)

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world -1 points 7 months ago

Hahaha. Good one. Cracking me up dude.