Guillotine Jones, Flâneur1d ago
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
Show threadBeardy Star Stuff 🌹🏴🇵🇸

@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

Mar 29 at 12:57amWeb
Show threadGurre Vildskägg7h 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 Tinker6h ago
@bss @Guillotine_Jones
We had 55 show up in Fayette, MO, population 2,500.
Show threadGuillotine Jones, Flâneur6h 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 🌹🏴🇵🇸3h ago
@Guillotine_Jones @johntinker
Agreed, that's a fantastic showing for such a small town! Well done!!