Demonstrators gathered in cities across the U.S. on Wednesday to protest the Trump administration’s early actions, decrying everything from the president’s immigration crackdown to his rollback of transgender rights and a proposal to forcibly transfer Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.

The protests were a result of a movement that has organized online under the hashtags #buildtheresistance and #50501, which stands for 50 protests, 50 states, one day. Websites and accounts across social media issued calls for action, with messages such as “reject fascism” and “defend our democracy.”

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  • @[email protected]
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    -5012 hours ago

    In Brazil, fuck off. American exceptionalism strikes once again, not everyone is in the US 🙄.

    • @sighofannoyance
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      1911 hours ago

      This isn’t about you. The country with one of the most powerful armed forces in the world is about to turn fascist. If protestors can avert the impending catastrophe this might save us from WW3

      • @[email protected]
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        -78 hours ago

        Sure, and because Americans believe they’re heliocentric, they can just ask literally the entire world to ignore their generalisations.

        How are you so self-important and haven’t drowned like narcissus yet?

        • @datalowe
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          34 hours ago

          I am not from the USA (or any other part of the American continent for that matter). In a thread about protests against fascism in the US, taking place in the US, I think it’s fair to assume the “you” refers to US citizens. If there was a thread about Brazilian politics I would assume a similar post refers to Brazilians and that’s fine IMO. US exceptionalism is real and no doubt many US Lemmy users also fall into that trap, but this particular post just doesn’t seem problematic to me.

    • @[email protected]
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      411 hours ago

      lol, fucking Brazilians thinking everyone is talking to them! This isn’t for you lmfao.

      • @[email protected]
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        -58 hours ago

        “the post” clearly you can’t read comment chains, must be all that lead in your pipes.

    • chingadera
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      09 hours ago

      Just because you stumbled upon this doesn’t make this anyone’s fault but you’re own.

      Imagine planting a landmine, then stepping on it, then saying “who would do such a thing”

      • @[email protected]
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        8 hours ago

        You guys planted the landmine in your redneck analogy lmao.

        Oh and it’s “your”, not “you’re”. For someone who only speaks one language you sure are imbecilic.

    • @NOT_RICK_SANCHEZ
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      010 hours ago

      You can easily tune this out but here you are being the dipshit…

      • @[email protected]
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        -68 hours ago

        Ah yes let me just “tune out” 90% of all posts and comments on all content on this platform.

        Disingenuous buffoon.

        • @NOT_RICK_SANCHEZ
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          04 hours ago

          I’m a disingenuous buffon yet here you are like a clown making a show you claim you don’t want to be a part of.

          • @[email protected]
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            053 minutes ago

            Check the name of your instance and come back to me about clown shows.

            Far as I’m aware, the world isn’t the US.