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In reply to the discussion: I now have a better understanding of why Americans aren't protesting everyday [View all]dustyscamp
(2,224 posts)5. I like this quote
The real damage is done by those millions who want to 'survive.' The honest men who just want to be left in peace. Those who dont want their little lives disturbed by anything bigger than themselves. Those with no sides and no causes. Those who wont take measure of their own strength, for fear of antagonizing their own weakness. Those who dont like to make wavesor enemies. Those for whom freedom, honour, truth, and principles are only literature. Those who live small, mate small, die small. Its the reductionist approach to life: if you keep it small, youll keep it under control. If you dont make any noise, the bogeyman wont find you. But its all an illusion, because they die too, those people who roll up their spirits into tiny little balls so as to be safe. Safe?! From what? Life is always on the edge of death; narrow streets lead to the same place as wide avenues, and a little candle burns itself out just like a flaming torch does. I choose my own way to burn.
― Sophie Scholl
― Sophie Scholl
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I now have a better understanding of why Americans aren't protesting everyday [View all]
ecstatic
Aug 2019
OP
They don't care about or understand young people who feel they have nothing to lose
BeyondGeography
Aug 2019
#2
They watch Fox all day and it indoctrinates them. It is poison for sure.
redstatebluegirl
Aug 2019
#10
politicians and medi a don't have to pay attention to protestors anymore and the reason is
certainot
Aug 2019
#83
We've been trained to distrust each other specifically and collective action in general.
WhiskeyGrinder
Aug 2019
#8
Maintain the status quo at all costs. Radical changes or ideas are to be suppressed.
jalan48
Aug 2019
#9
Americans prefer to protest only on voting day, and they do so blindly and emotionally.
Auggie
Aug 2019
#14
I've seen some whiny, self-centered posts here on DU when a street protest has inconvenienced them.
Gidney N Cloyd
Aug 2019
#15
Like most major int'l airports, there's a subway system that feeds directly into that airport
BeyondGeography
Aug 2019
#47
how about we the people get to supervise the counting of our ballots?
questionseverything
Aug 2019
#65
That was amazing...should be on every news program...we should be helping them..
Karadeniz
Aug 2019
#33
When I turned the tv on, CNN was doing a better job than Andrea Mitchell, who gobsmacked me ...
Hekate
Aug 2019
#28
Yep. There isn't a social justice movement they didn't bend over backward to undermine.
tenderfoot
Aug 2019
#51
I've said for many years that most Americans won't protest in the streets until their cable TV
TeamPooka
Aug 2019
#58
There were protests about caging children and gun violence held across the country over the weekend.
UniteFightBack
Aug 2019
#79
Convenience plays a factor whether we like it or not. Inconveniencing others because "I have..."
MadDAsHell
Aug 2019
#81
I Wish You Were Wrong - Suppression Of Non-Violent Free Speech Comes In Many Flavors
corbettkroehler
Aug 2019
#86