r/MurderedByWords 14d ago

Murder Oh, merci beaucoup, America 🇺🇸

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u/TheCatInTheHatThings 14d ago

The fact that Americans seem to be unable or unwilling to properly protest is fucking disappointing!

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u/TheCatInTheHatThings 14d ago

The protests are so small that international news aren’t showing it either. How come protests in fucking Russia, where domestic news don’t report on them either, make international news and American protests don’t? The answer is rather simple: American protests so far are a joke. And that’s not a criticism of those who attend the protests so far. On the contrary, that’s fucking fantastic. But it is a criticism of the millions who say they oppose this but don’t protest.

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u/LakeSuperiorIsMyPond 14d ago

The protests in Russia aren't making American news, let's digest that.

I'm consuming more CBC (Canada) to get a world perspective lately.

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u/TheCatInTheHatThings 14d ago

German news are pretty good at covering relevant protests around the world. Protests in Iran, Russia, Turkey and Serbia make the news, those in the US don’t. BLM did by the way, this isn’t because it’s America. It’s simply because so far the protests are irrelevant. You need to crank it up by multiple factors.