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My friend, you may not be aware that there is an election in a few months. This chaos will continue to escalate all summer and into the fall. Then once Trump wins re-election your really gonna see some slacktavism.

>>sky_rw+(OP)
in particular because our president refuses to be eclipsed in newspaper headlines so he's likely to keep doing things that keeps these protests relevant for the next few months. (unlike #occupy)

>>sky_rw+(OP)
This. Surprised anyone thinks things will die down soon.

>>sky_rw+(OP)
sky_rw has a good point and the post does not deserve the downvotes.

There very well might be a direct connection between the upcoming election and the protests.

>>steveh+d1
I’m not American, and I always wonder why it’s always about Trump. The police in the US reports to the mayor, governor, whatever, but not the president. George Floyd was killed in the city where mayor and governor are democrats. In Seattle where CHAZ is mayor and governor are democrats. In New York where police brutally attacked protestors they are also dems. Why Trump is responsible for anything? What Trump is doing exactly?

>>DenisM+ra
:shrug: people are mad because they don't want to admit that that Trump still has a real shot. Or they just assume that anybody who even tables the idea is racissss. Oh well.

>>lightg+Fm
> What Trump is doing exactly?

He has been doing the same old Trump-y things, such as publicly praising violent crack-down of protests in places like Mineapolis as being "beautiful".

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattperez/2020/06/11/beautiful-...