For this being nearly 2 years into Trump's second term, things seem to be eerily quiet in the nation right now as far as public protest.

Given the amount of outrage in Minnesota over those 2 citizens being killed back during the Winter when it was cold as fuck, some people predicted much more turmoil and upheaval when the weather got warmer....lol.

Look at the gas situation.......

People were complaining when the national gas average was $3.75 to almost $4 a gallon.
Now it's nearly $5 a gallon (in Michigan atleast) and nobody is saying shit about it.
The complaining about gas has all but stopped.

45 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

For this being nearly 2 years into Trump's second term, things seem to be eerily quiet in the nation right now as far as public protest.

They are protesting at the ICE facility in Newark, NJ this week. A few folks have been arrested.

Last week, Secret Service shot a man near the White House after he opened fire on them. He later died at the hospital.

There's a certain amount of F8ck Trump protests happening around the nation.

The media is not reporting most public protests because the current administration has them shook. 😎

@Pioneer1 , it is eerily quiet to you because your social media feed, apparently, is not feeding you the information.

Watch Democracy Now if you want to be kept up to date on actions across the country, indeed the world. They ain't "shook" by the Trump administration, as they are completely independent of Government funding or corporate underwriting.

Scroll to the 3:27 mark for an example for a protest in NYC. The Newark protest @ProfD mentioned is covered.

Yeah, there's being a few incidents here and there but it's relatively nothing compared to what we saw back in 2020 during the George Floyd protests and the January 6 Insurrection.

Perhaps the mainstream media IS keeping things on the "hush hush" but if the public outrage was THAT big...they wouldn't be able to.

Back in the summer of 2020 I didn't need CNN or Fox News to tell me that people in America were protesting and angry.
I could walk outside and see and hear it.

I didn't have to "dig it up" on the internet to know that it was going on....lol.

I live in Michigan but I've traveled to other states around the country as recently as a couple weeks ago and outside of a few middle aged White folks on freeway overpasses holding up banners and signs written in crayon.....I haven't too much protesting.

How long has America been fighting an actual hot war with Iran?
Months now.
That alone used to draw the youth out into the streets because they would be the potential draftees.
But so far I haven't seen any protests.

Again, nobody is even talking about how high gas is now......except me, lol.

I think it's the high potency weed so many people are smoking.
It's keeping many of the youth calm and satisfied....lol.

2 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

How long has America been fighting an actual hot war with Iran?
Months now.
That alone used to draw the youth out into the streets because they would be the potential draftees.
But so far I haven't seen any protests.

The USA has not put any boots on the ground in Iran. Whole war has been aerial. So, the chance of a draft are zero.

As a result, the war in Iran is a non-issue to young folks. No different from Desert Storm & War in Iraq back in the 1990s & 2000s. No protests during those conflicts either.

2 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

Again, nobody is even talking about how high gas is now......except me, lol.

It's proof that many Americans are doing well enough to grin & bear the escalating price of gas.

2 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

I think it's the high potency weed so many people are smoking.
It's keeping many of the youth calm and satsatisfied...lol.

I would offer that people are doing well enough to keep a roof over their heads, food in the fridge, reliable transportation, alcohol, drugs, etc. & just enough access to money & credit to make ends meet.

That's why fewer people are protesting in the streets. Life isn't that bad.😁😎

15 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

nothing compared to what we saw back in 2020 during the George Floyd protests and the January 6 Insurrection.

Well, we were in the midst of a pandemic, and the country was reacting to a public lynching.

The January 6 insurrection was in direct reaction to try to prevent Trump from leaving office. Maybe they’ll be another one in two years.

Those two examples were from a different time and different conditions.

15 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

That alone used to draw the youth out into the streets because they would be the potential draftees.

In addition to what @ProfD wrote what are you expecting Vietnam type like protests? Again completely different situations. Start forcing a bunch of poor people onto the front lines and get them killed. It will be a whole different story.

13 hours ago, ProfD said:

That's why fewer people are protesting in the streets. Life isn't that bad.

Perhaps.

But I also think people are less informed. Distracted by a variety of things… dare I say it… social media.

Far more people are spending four more time on TikTok versus watching democracy now or any other similar platform.

@Pioneer1 out of curiosity have you ever heard of democracy now before?