Protest- is anyone planning on peacefully protesting in Wed 2/5?

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created by carollynden9 on 03/02/2025 at 00:00 UTC

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Comment by mWade7 at 03/02/2025 at 02:00 UTC

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For those complaining that it’s on a Wednesday, the state legislature is only scheduled for full days Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday. Nothing scheduled for Friday, and they don’t start until 4 PM on Monday.

So, those with snide remarks about “some of us have to work - are the organizers dumb?” there’s no point having a protest when the people you’re protesting aren’t there.

Comment by cuteb0ss at 03/02/2025 at 02:29 UTC

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I'm unfortunately not in a position to afford missing work for this. I haven't been able to find much info on what to do in lieu of physically being at the protest BUT I did see some stuff about A) wearing blue in support B) going dark on social media and TV watching and C) doing a no-buy day on 2/5. I plan on doing all of the above.

Comment by Roriborialus at 03/02/2025 at 00:15 UTC

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I cannot stress enough to record as much as you can and stay near friends. Report suspicious problems. Maga terrorists will be there and they will be trying incite violence and unrest. They want you to give a reason to start something. They did this during blm protests and the jan 6th attack. Be mindful of your surroundings.

Comment by reasonableopinion82 at 03/02/2025 at 03:16 UTC

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Found this on r/Illinois -

Regarding the 2/5/25 protest: it's fishy as hell.

I posted this in a thread about the protest, but I think it deserves repeating as its own thread.

I keep seeing vague fliers for the 50 states-50 protests thing for 2/5/this, and it looks really vague. I can't figure out who started the idea, who's been publicizing it - it looks very much like an attempt to make it look to Fox/etc. viewers as though we've got massive civil unrest. You know, to justify martial law and a violent crackdown.

The early fliers I saw posted a couple of days ago had some weird grammatical errors which looked like they were from non-native English speakers, and they mixed up words like "capitol" and "capital". And its social media presence is, um, anonymous. Anonymous posters going to a ton of social media platforms to promote it and declare that information about it is being supressed. Which, given how much publicity I'm seeing for it, is clearly untrue. There's never any traceable individual or organizational identifier.

What is the protest actually against? In particular? What are its goals? Who is organizing it? Who will take responsibility for on-the-ground security (people who will look for potential mass shooters, for instance, and tackle them/warn the crowd)? Is the point to unseat the president? To protest his new policies? Which policies in particular? To protest Musk's freaky IT coup? What, exactly? A protest to say, "You suck, we don't like you" is a protest that provides no actionable demands to Trump or anyone else. This really, really looks to me like a psyop at best and a set-up at worst. Don't go.

Moreover, all the academic research of which I am aware suggests that these sorts of protests don't actually work, anyway. They don't change the actions of politicians, police, or other people who are willing to institute or support authoritarian rule, because those people literally do not care what the general public think about them. They want control, and they are usually willing to respond to protests like this with deadly violence, because they won't feel shame and they want to inspire fear.

Marches and protests worked a bit in the 1960s when they were shocking. Now, all they do is sap the participants' organizing energy, give them the false feeling that they're taking effective political action, and galvanize those who oppose the protesters.

What works is simple: mass civil disobedience. Not sit-ins; not marches; just... don't comply with the government's new policies. Not at work, not at home, not in the street. This is not a minor or insignificant endeavor; it will probably be physically dangerous before too long, but it's all that will work. Don't throw your trans students under the bus. Make ICE and law enforcement get a real warrant if they want to get in your house. If they try to get on your bus to grab someone, tell them to gargle balls and shut the doors in their faces. And simultaneously, please, please, build material support networks with your immediate neighbors (mutual aid). We will need them.

Edit: u/ExeUSA points out that Project 2025 outlines specific plans to use any mass protests as an excuse to deploy the military for domestic law enforcement, up to and including deploying deadly force. Given that so far, all the administration's decisions other than the batsh*t tarrifs have come straight from Project 2025, I think we should assume that even if this national protest were definitely homegrown and well-intentioned, it will be used as an excuse to declare martial law.

Comment by jjade84 at 03/02/2025 at 01:53 UTC

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If you're out there please remember to cover your face and do not wear anything identifying. Be safe!!

Comment by Own_Experience_8229 at 03/02/2025 at 02:19 UTC

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I��ve seen some posts stating we’re protesting Project 2025. This one says it’s the fact he’s in office illegally? What are protesting?

Comment by Blazemeister at 03/02/2025 at 02:35 UTC

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And best case scenario what do we hope to accomplish from this protest?

Comment by DigKlutzy4377 at 03/02/2025 at 01:10 UTC

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Maybe I'm missing it, but is the location posted or is it being kept quiet? If quiet, how do legit folks get an invite? DM is fine for this purpose only, please. Thank you.

Comment by PartoftheUndersea at 03/02/2025 at 00:31 UTC

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This is my question too. I don't have time to drive to Jeff City, so I'm hoping something's happening here.

Comment by No-Independence-6842 at 03/02/2025 at 05:39 UTC

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Why in the middle of a work week?!!

Comment by LivingVoter at 03/02/2025 at 13:14 UTC

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How are you oppressed?

Comment by teimo0390 at 03/02/2025 at 01:35 UTC

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No, I gotta work that day.

Comment by idk_wuz_up at 03/02/2025 at 15:04 UTC

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Can people afford NOT to miss work? 🤷🏻‍♀️

Comment by rjuncu at 03/02/2025 at 15:26 UTC

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Does anyone have plans on protesting in st Louis locally at city Hall instead of driving all the way to Jeff City???

Comment by AdPuzzleheaded5489 at 03/02/2025 at 16:54 UTC

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Idk why y’all go to peaceful protests like you’re not just painting a big sign on your chest that says hey Nazis come and kill me, if it turns violent against the crowd I’ll show up but I’m not letting the feds know I hate them so they can kick my door and kill me like they did after the mike brown protest

Comment by LateKnight1985 at 03/02/2025 at 04:02 UTC

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Peaceful Protest if the Police will allow

Comment by epicmountain29 at 03/02/2025 at 01:35 UTC

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Productive members of society will probably be working but good luck anyway

Comment by dipshit_s at 03/02/2025 at 05:52 UTC

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I would, but I’m a carless student with no way to get there, and I’m a little sketched out. Way too easy for MAGA supporters or cops to make things go violent. I’m also worried about the current administration’s stance on using protests as an excuse to go violent.

For those of you planning on going: proceed with caution. Bring food, water, and anything you can use to protect yourself in the event of teargas. We saw what happened in 2020, things can go that way again. Be safe.

Comment by Ezilii at 03/02/2025 at 02:37 UTC

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I would be there accept my husband has a scan to be done that is rather urgent.

Comment by Yuntonow at 03/02/2025 at 01:48 UTC

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Middle of the day on a Wednesday. Organizers are out of work? Out of touch? Dumb?

Comment by AverageJobra at 03/02/2025 at 01:11 UTC

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Unfortunately I have to work that day. There is a trans unity protest scheduled for March 1st in DC. I was thinking about solidarity protest here.

Comment by Alone-Recover692 at 03/02/2025 at 03:38 UTC

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There will be like 20 fucking people there.

Comment by ChronicWizard314 at 03/02/2025 at 03:05 UTC

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Why haven’t we been protesting non stop for at least the last decade?

I am happy to see that y’all are finally down to hate the government. Quit acting like shit was fine 2 months ago. It wasn’t.