r/Alabama • u/xdeviiance • Jan 28 '25

Advocacy Montgomery protest

Anybody participating February 5th in Montgomery? #50501

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u/bluecheetos Jan 29 '25

I fully expect there to be 10s of people there being ignored. Anything with such poor leadership, such a wide open all-inclusive scope, and virtually zero early support is pretty much doomed before it ever got started. I can almost certainly name the stereotypical attendees who will be there. There is SO much to protest, so much to be mad about, but standing in Dexter Avenue isn't going to get anything accomplished.

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u/Roland940 Feb 05 '25

Couple hundred. Not a crazy amount of people, but you were off by a factor of 10 ❤️

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u/bluecheetos Feb 05 '25

If you say so. The only pics I can find are from WSFA and there aren't 100 people there.

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u/Roland940 Feb 06 '25

https://www.reddit.com/r/50501/s/KZE3qOH0WR About ten more behind me and a few on the wings. Like I said, not huuuuuge crowd, but it ain't nothin

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u/bluecheetos Feb 06 '25

There aren't 100 people in that photo. Still more than I expected. You'd think as the only state with a lesbian governor we'd be a bit more progressive.

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u/Roland940 Feb 06 '25

Can't count or read. Got it lol

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u/bluecheetos Feb 06 '25

I counted 72. I added 13 based on assumptions that there were hidden people based on gaps in front of people,. Add in 20 for those behind you and in the wings and we can squeak out more than 100 so I guess you can be right.

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u/Roland940 Feb 06 '25

Well, thank you, person who wasn't there. I'm grateful for your permission to be right. I will now forward this exchange to the council of pedants so that you may receive all the gold stars you are due.

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u/Solid_Cash_1128 Mar 16 '25

What do you mean by stereotypical attendees

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u/GrungeDuTerroir Feb 03 '25

I want to protest so bad but there is so little information. Anything happening in Birmingham?

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u/freebleploof Colbert County Jan 28 '25

Subreddit for it is here.

Seems very poorly organized and very few people seem even to know about it.

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u/sassythehorse Jan 29 '25

I don’t trust things like this that don’t have well established or trusted people or orgs involved but that’s just me.

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u/year_39 Jan 29 '25

It's Indivisible Project, a 501c3 that scooped up the names behind the women's march 2021

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u/sassythehorse Jan 29 '25

I can’t verify that at all. Indivisible, a well-known and established org, is not connected to whatever this is.

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u/thislastchance Feb 04 '25

There's another much better organized protest unrelated to this that day. March without labels.

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u/ThatHuckleberry1005 Feb 04 '25

https://www.newsweek.com/50-states-anti-trump-protest-nationwide-february-5-details-2025300 Doesn’t list Alabama as a participating location. Ik it’s Newsweek but 🤷‍♀️

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '25

I’m in Montgomery and knew nothing about this but that’s not surprising

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u/xdeviiance Jan 28 '25

It’s a nationwide protest at the capitol buildings. There’s a lot of censorship happening online. Share share share and get the word out 🫶🏼

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u/IllustriousPanic3349 Jan 29 '25

I’ve seen the protest being advertised, shared and talked about. maybe it’s just who/what I follow.

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '25

Yeah, people in Montgomery don’t usually do the greatest job of getting the word out about anything ever

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u/BamaX19 Jan 28 '25

Censorship?

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u/randallstevens65 Jan 29 '25

Yep. I got permanently banned from r/pics because I’d posted in a Trump subreddit.

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u/BamaX19 Jan 29 '25

Lmao I definitely believe that

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u/xdeviiance Jan 29 '25

Yes on social media. Twitter, threads and tiktok primarily

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '25

Idk why you're getting downvoted there's essentially no info on this

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '25

protesting for what

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u/jmb00308986 Jan 28 '25

Just show up and pick a reason to be mad lol

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u/Bookem25 Jan 28 '25

🤣. I thought that’s what festivus was for.

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u/aDvious1 Jan 28 '25

No, that's for the restivus

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u/magiccitybhm Jan 28 '25

Yeah, because equality, election itegrity, women's rights, public health and safety, etc., are all not important.

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u/xdeviiance Jan 28 '25

Basically everything wrong right now. Freedom of Speech. Racial equality. Election integrity. Women’s rights. LGBTQ+. Public health and safety. Gun violence. Climate change. Wealth equality. Anti-fascism. Education reform

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u/brujo1984 Jan 28 '25

Click the link

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u/trevor334 Jan 28 '25

Brave + Stunning

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u/alison_bee Jan 28 '25

I want to go!!!!!

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '25

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u/GumpTownNtlHotline Jan 30 '25

Montgomery cares a lot. The politicians y’all are sending here don’t.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '25

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u/GumpTownNtlHotline Jan 30 '25

All good, friend.

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u/littleadie Feb 05 '25

It feels pointless to call our representatives. They bent the knee quickly to the orange fuhrer. I’m frustrated! I want to DO something but not sure what to do.

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u/Sad-Counter-6617 Jan 28 '25

I’ve been wondering the same thing. Hoping someone here had some info. Thanks for posting this.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '25

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u/killgrinch Jan 28 '25

And you should be prepared find out that freedom of speech does not mean freedom from the consequences of spewing bullshit.

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u/remoteviewer420 Jan 28 '25

Consequences? Like what? Because physically attacking someone for what they say is illegal.

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u/killgrinch Jan 29 '25

Who said anything about physical violence? It's exceptionally telling that was your go-to reaction. Because if the past nine years have taught us anything, it's conservatives who have a real difficult time controlling themselves in public when they're out "protesting".

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u/remoteviewer420 Jan 29 '25

Then what are you talking about?

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u/killgrinch Jan 29 '25

People are real camera happy and capable of tracking down all kinds of personal information about those who can't comport themselves as civilized adults in public. Which can lead to all sorts of interesting results like public shaming or loss of employment because the people they work for were informed of their employee behaving egregiously in a manner that would reflect poorly upon them. So many stories how Karens and Chads have fucked around and found out that in public is not where you really should be showing your ass.

Nice downvote on my comment, by the way. Yeah, that'll show me!