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Sue is Walking the Earth 🌱

@susankayequinn@wandering.shop · 2 weeks ago

THOUGHTS ABOUT PROTESTS

*We'll fight the fascists American style*

Peaceful protests, creative signage, Portland Frog absurdity, costumes.

Americans do "collective" with lots of individualism.

Trumpers tried to raise the spectre of vast"coordinated" signage.That's FASCIST RALLY not protest.

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Pittsburgh Oct 18 No Kings protest inflatable Trex with "I am Aunt Tifa" sign and "Release the Epstein Files!" sign

Pittsburgh Oct 18th No Kings protest signs — all different

Trump rally with identical Mass Deportation Now signs

Sue is Walking the Earth 🌱

@susankayequinn@wandering.shop replied · 2 weeks ago

*we'll try anything and everything to see what works*
Also a very American thing—one of our core strengths, willingness to experiment.

Not a coincidence the Frog was from Portland.

The key is to spread what works: WHICH WE DID

And it escaped containment to the world!
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The Tennessee Holler
‪@thetnholler.bsky.social‬
#NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Outside the American Embassy in Dublin
protesters with inflatable frog and chicken costumes — The Tennessee Holler ‪@thetnholler.bsky.social‬ #NoKings October 18, 2025 at 11:36 AM Outside the American Embassy in Dublin protesters with inflatable frog and chicken costumes

Sue is Walking the Earth 🌱

@susankayequinn@wandering.shop replied · 2 weeks ago

*if you try to scare us, you just make us mad*

And more determined. Americans have faults like any other people, but BOY HOWDY, don't tell us what we can or cannot do.

The right to protest is the FIRST Amendment, and Americans take it for granted deep in our bones. Don't fuck with it.

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Prisonculture
‪@prisonculture.bsky.social‬
The regime tried to scare people and failed. That's good.
October 18, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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22 saves — Prisonculture ‪@prisonculture.bsky.social‬ The regime tried to scare people and failed. That's good. October 18, 2025 at 7:04 PM 663 reposts 4K likes 22 saves

Sue is Walking the Earth 🌱

@susankayequinn@wandering.shop replied · 2 weeks ago

*distributed action works*
From #TeslaTakedown to #NoKings to dozens of other protests
it's been a rolling primal scream across the land for months

My tiny suburban hometown had *3* #NoKings protests.

MASS PROTEST is *thrilling* but distributed action gets everyone in the game.

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Indivisible ❌👑
‪@indivisible.org‬
This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings
Mass protests in Minneapolis, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Chicago, New York City, San Diego, Boston
October 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM — Indivisible ❌👑 ‪@indivisible.org‬ This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings Mass protests in Minneapolis, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Chicago, New York City, San Diego, Boston October 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM

Sue is Walking the Earth 🌱

@susankayequinn@wandering.shop replied · 2 weeks ago

*protests work at MANY levels*
—visibility: normies at home know shit is real
—practice: every person protesting now knows how to get their sign ready, find transport & get out with like-minded others to exercise their 1A rights

Connection, coordination, info sharing, inspiration, comraderie

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Sue is Walking the Earth 🌱

@susankayequinn@wandering.shop replied · 2 weeks ago

Make it fun, more people will come.
Make it accessible, more people will come.

Protest seems like a huge step (if you've never done it) but it's the gateway drug to activism. It's like "here's a fucking party with all the people as PISSED as you are about this shitty timeline, okay now LFG"🫡✊
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