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I went to my first protest! 😊 (lemmy.world)
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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 πŸ˜… 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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[–] 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 10 hours ago

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