The Trump administration brushed aside decades of precedent when it ordered Columbia University to oust the leadership of an academic department, a demand seen as a direct attack on academic freedom and a warning of what’s to come for other colleges facing federal scrutiny.
How are you guys not marching on Washington yet?
There’s been hundreds of protests. The national media isn’t covering them but there have been protests in every state capital and major city. Republicans have stopped doing town halls. France is the size of Texas and Paris is a few hours (by train) from Marseille. Los Angeles is like a 6 hour flight from DC. It’s a lot harder to have one big protest here than in geographically smaller countries.
It’s 1200 miles away…
Even if I could afford it it’s not exactly a day trip.
Seattle, WA to DC is over 2750mi (~4425km).
Europeans really don’t understand how spread out we are over here. And then there’s the whole “I could lose my job and housing if I take a day off work” thing that most people have going on.
Easier said than done when the possibility of a bullet is on the other end of that protest.
Now there’s no possibility of a bullet. Wait too long however and you’ll have to contend with that possibility before you protest anything.
Enough people and they can’t shoot you all. Revolutions are never easy and it requires some victims. Your fascist government doesn’t give up peacefully. If you just decide to sit on your hands, things will never change.
Because they thrive on the attention and it is expensive, dangerous, and a complete waste of time.