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Hamish The PolarBear@sandlapper37 *Fascism imposed at home.
GJ Groothedde 🇪🇺@sandlapper37 Now do this in the voting booth.
Alexa Devreux-Swift@sandlapper37 the "No's have it, the no's have it!"
Stargeezer Smith@sandlapper37
It's a clear mandate.
It's a clear mandate.
JimTheWhyGuy ❌👑@sandlapper37 Just think: What if all these folks who are pissed off enough to march AFTER #PresidentKrasnov was elected had, you know, decided to vote instead of being bent out of shape for various reasons? 🤦♂️
binchicken@jimthewhyguy you are so mad at the symptoms, but you fucken love the underlying causes
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🔶Mark Nicoll 3.5%🏴🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇳@jimthewhyguy @sandlapper37
The nmber of people marching is a fraction of the number of people who voted. Do you really think those marching are from the group that didn't vote?
The nmber of people marching is a fraction of the number of people who voted. Do you really think those marching are from the group that didn't vote?
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Catherine Schmidt@sandlapper37 when was the top photo taken? Looks like before the parade. I heard around 50,000 turned out which is nothing. Also heard the troops were not in step which may and likely was intentional…a signal we don’t want to be here
Aaron@lillyfinch @sandlapper37 There is no way it was 50k. That's bigger than my hometown, and we regularly have parades with bigger crowds.
@hosford42 @sandlapper37 that was one estimate..final was around 8,000
@lillyfinch @sandlapper37 I still think that's an overestimate, but at least it's believable.
crazyeddie@sandlapper37 Y'all got strange voting habits then :p
Eh, most in the protest probably didn't vote. Maybe next time?
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system619Finally someone speaking the truth. Fyi the parade is not for Trump, I'm not a supporter of him either,The U.S. Army's 250th anniversary parade, held in Washington, D.C. on June 14, 2025, is estimated to have cost between $25 million and $45 million. Some reports suggest the cost could be as high as $92 million, including $13 million for police expenses alone, according to Oregon Public Broadcasting.
Ariaflame@ajkiller @sandlapper37 Then why aren't the other armed forces getting a parade? Why just the one that is on his birthday?
@ariaflame @sandlapper37 oct 2025 is the navy, I guess we will have to wait and see
@ajkiller @sandlapper37 The Army had already had plans for celebrating it all around the country. Trump cancelled those plans for this parade.
@ajkiller @sandlapper37 and he isn’t really a draft dodger, right? He had bone spurs, somewhere. He’s a man child that wants to play war hero.
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What kind of parade was held for the Army's 200th anniversary? Or their 100th? Of course it was because it coincided with Trump's birthday, nothing all that special about a 250th.
What kind of parade was held for the Army's 200th anniversary? Or their 100th? Of course it was because it coincided with Trump's birthday, nothing all that special about a 250th.
Juho MäntysaloIn general (and with no sympathy to Trump), it wouldn't be uncommon for some date to become important only decades or centuries after, when some event was post-facto decided to have "started" there. Famously US govt spent a lot of money for getting the map that first named the continent "America", as it was seen as "start" of the federation.
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But to get back to the original question of why US Army gets birthday parade only now:
IIRC, US Army in present self has only existed since WW2, after which it started to get less popular, peaking in Vietnam.
Further, during the Cold War, USA wanted to portray "human-faced capitalism" and coups etc. weren't in the front of the message.
It's only after post-Soviet that USA declared itself "world police" at which the army becomes the centre of US self-image.
Gowtham Sarathy@Bwaz but before fifty years I dont know if you can question it now as it should have been done by those at that time? Intentionally or not, but 250 a round number fell on his birthday may be. And he is president now and not during 200th year. Also if he arranged parade for 249th year we can complain that he is imposing something unwanted. And If its not his birthday, then is it fine for the people????
@sandlapper37 The top photo is highly deceptive. The entire top area was closed to the public, which is why there are few people there. The public viewing area is "below" the photo and had a lot more people. You can see some of them in the bottom left of the photo.
Luke Rufkahr@mrbethesda @sandlapper37 It is just straight up misinformation. Misinformation, regardless of any ideology is harmful to anyone who comes into contact with it.
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ravelin@sandlapper37 but where were all these people for the election??
Andrew Shooner@sandlapper37 The picture below is a gun control march from 2018: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/national/2018/03/24/marching-for-gun-control-students-fill-washington-streets-for-our-dead-friends/
@ashooner @sandlapper37 Doesn't really impact the message, at least, since No Kings was the largest protest in the history of the US. Still makes me wonder how they managed to mess that up for the meme, tho. There are so many pictures of so many enormous crowds from Saturday that could have been used.
aproitzThe civil Army of Men and Women and Children was bigger then, than the real Army of the United States. March on and may the #Force be with you !
The Turtle@sandlapper37 i hope they ticketed the tanks tearing up DC's already-crappy streets. You're not even allowed to have an old studded snow tire on as a spare in DC, and here they have tank treads.
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@sandlapper37 in a true democracy this would have seriously called for a massive special election, since it is obvious a majority aren't happy with this administration