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I went to my first protest! 😊 (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by Cris_Color@lemmy.world to c/casualconversation@piefed.social

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Didnt get any pictures cause my phone was turned off but there were a ton of people driving by filming

It was honestly really fun, I expected to to feel like a necessary and important chore, but it was super fun waving to every car and trying to get people to honk, and shouting

There were times where it felt like everyone at the major intersection we were at were honking simultaneously and it was kinda incredible 😅 I imagine it helps a lot we were in a fairly blue area in my state

We went to a smaller protest location instead of the main one in our area so we expected it to be really small and peeter out early but it was way bigger than either my friend or I expected

Overall it was really nice, I got to chat with folks, there were folks passing out food so I got a free cookie and donut, got to wave at cars, see people and sometimes little kids in the back seat wave back, try and get moving trucks and whatnot to honk (a good number did lol), only downside is I'm pretty sunburnt cause afterwards we went strawberry picking lol. I'm sure not all protests are fun, but as a first time experience it was a lot more fun that I expected

Walking away from it I feel a bit more connected to my community and I love that feeling

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[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Anyone else make it out to a protest? How was it, good bad and everything in between?

[–] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

We went to a small town one. We got there a bit late (after the scheduled end), but there were still folks protesting. There was a pride festival right after the protest, so it was nice seeing the overlap in folks.

I wanted to go to the protest early but partner is... he's slow to get out the door in the morning. We should have budgeted more time to get ready.

The pride festival was great, too. There were so many young folks (30 or younger) in so many pride flags.

[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

Lol, I'm that partner. Thanks for gettin out there and doing the work!

Hope you have a lovely day!

[–] Wytch@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I decided to go to a smaller rally closer to home, and it was still overwhelming. Very uplifting experience.

[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Thats kick ass, I love to hear that!!

[–] melodious_thunk@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I went to the one in my little town and had much the same experience as you. People were really friendly, and drivers almost all supportive, honking and thumbs-up'ing. And so many really clever and funny signs. Definitely know what you mean about feeling connected to the community. It's so good to know I'm not the only one seeing the fascist actions of the trump admin for what they are.

[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Hell yeah, I love to hear that!!

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I couldn't join the local protest (southern California) because I had something I couldn't avoid for the first half and had to be reachable by phone for the second half, but I did drive through it. It was much as you described yours. Really an incredible turnout - I was really taken aback by the number of people. Lots of supportive honking. My buddy who went felt just like you did and said some of the same things.

[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

Hey, there's always more! Sending love from my part of the US to yours, take care my friend!