Guillotine Jones, Flâneur
Report from the No Kings demonstration in little Klamath Falls, Oregon (Population 22,000):
I'd estimate the crowd at about 400-500, or roughly 2.5% of the total population.
That seems pretty good to me.
Since it's in good-old-boy country, we had our share of coal rollers. Entirely my impression, but people who honked in support were several multiples more than the grumps. 7 to 10 times more, I&d estimate.
Lots of great posters and spirits were high.
One guy even arrived in a pickup truck full of placards that people could borrow, if they hadn't brought their own.
I've seen people -- even on Mastodon -- say that demonstrations without a focus don't lead anywhere. But people must do what they can with what they have where they are.
Then I believe they can find their next steps, having gathered the courage and support to take next steps.
#NoKings #RuralNoKings #DropFilesNotBombs
Mar 28 at 9:29pmWeb
Show threadTheShellyTea1d ago
@Guillotine_Jones @superball I live in a red region of the country, and I often feel pretty alone in believing what I do. So it is encouraging to be able to go out and demonstrate with a big group of people who also think this matters. This protest isn't the only action we are doing, but it helps with morale, and it may give other people the courage to say "Hey this matters to me too and I want to do something about it."
Show threaddeer witch1d ago
@Guillotine_Jones wow that's amazing in klamath!! so happy to hear. Lots of love and solidarity from your neighbors to the west
Show threadBeardy Star Stuff 🌹🏴🇵🇸1d ago

@Guillotine_Jones Same here in deep red rural Missouri, town of around 20,000, 400 folks showed up to protest. Quite a few smaller rural MO towns have had their own protests. It's a process, we're building and growing a movement. We keep building and expanding the frequency and duration, we disrupt, we resist, over and over.

#NoKings #Resist #Democracy #US #Missouri

Show threadGurre Vildskägg5h ago
@bss @Guillotine_Jones
Gives me hope to read this. Letting people hesitant to speak out that they aren't alone locally can help them start new conversations about it all. So good.
Show threadJohn Tinker4h ago
@bss @Guillotine_Jones
We had 55 show up in Fayette, MO, population 2,500.
Show threadGuillotine Jones, Flâneur4h ago
@johntinker @bss
THAT'S the spirit, John!
That's an incredible and admirable -- over 2% -- turnout for No Kings in a modest town in the great state of Missouri!
#NoKings
Show threadBeardy Star Stuff 🌹🏴🇵🇸2h ago
@Guillotine_Jones @johntinker
Agreed, that's a fantastic showing for such a small town! Well done!!