Marched against the Iraq war. We were a million there too in London. Got the coach down from my home town to go. They went to war anyway. Industrial war machine doesnt care about people or their voice. Just the money it can make from more war.
Why would they care if all of those people will shut up in two days and go back to consuming as normal? We let our politicians get away with fraud and theft everyday, why would they change if they go unpunished?
You probably live in the DC universe instead of Washington, DC.
If I got that information wrong, there a pointing down arrow that you can press so that I'll stop making jokes in the context of serious political problems.
I don't know how many people marched in London but for DC it is mentioned that "thousands" marched... And "hundreds" for Paris and Rome. Maybe London carried this thing
Searching for the DC protest, it just mentions "thousands" which, unless London really carried this, seems like a far cry from the "almost one million".
And for London I just found similar claims of "thousands".
In London, at least, it varies wildly on who is reporting the statistics. The BBC will usually shill for the government, whereas you might have more luck with The Guardian for something a bit less biased - as long as you're not looking at their opinion pieces.
It's a regular battle in the UK. We've had several huge protests that have likely reached hundreds of thousands, where getting out of the area is ten times worse than getting out of Wembley Stadium, yet the BBC have reported "several thousand", or have shown images where it's a small subset of the people there.
I didn't really see any reports stating anything other than "thousands". I checked The Guardian and it's the same there. If London and DC were to reach a million or even close to it, you'd expect one or more likely both of them to be in hundreds of thousands.
I guess I could see if someone really messed up their numbers. From thousands to tens of thousands and rounding that (lol) to hundred thousand and then mistaking that for a million.
Alright you're both very clever, but how about we at least try to stop our elected governments from using our money to kill poor people. Things sometimes actually get better because of our actions
Frankly, instead of a ceasefire, Israel needs to give greater consideration for civilian casualties. But HAMAS has got to go and a ceasefire will only drag things out.
Here's some very basic facts. Yeah, the amount of antisemitism and islamophobia inherent in any conversation about this is crazy, could not agree more.
Thanks for the reply, I'm reading it right now. I deleted my original comment because within 5 minutes of writing it as I got a weirdly threatening DM about being an antisemite. I probably shouldn't have though, this is exactly what these internet weirdos want.
For anyone that can't see my original comment, I asked @[email protected] for some neutral reading material as all the information outlets around this topic are wildly biased and skewing towards anti-Semitism or anti-Palestine/Islamophobic rhetoric depending on where in the world they're located.
Marched against the Iraq war. We were a million there too in London. Got the coach down from my home town to go. They went to war anyway. Industrial war machine doesnt care about people or their voice. Just the money it can make from more war.
It doesn't matter, it is a statement of individual humanity.
it matters
thatthen.Why would they care if all of those people will shut up in two days and go back to consuming as normal? We let our politicians get away with fraud and theft everyday, why would they change if they go unpunished?
Um... (looks out window in DC) ... Where?
Presumably the national mall. And yesterday.
You probably live in the DC universe instead of Washington, DC.
If I got that information wrong, there a pointing down arrow that you can press so that I'll stop making jokes in the context of serious political problems.
That's a Marvellous joke
Quite comical, I'd add
Pun
I don't know how many people marched in London but for DC it is mentioned that "thousands" marched... And "hundreds" for Paris and Rome. Maybe London carried this thing
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/14/global-day-of-protests-draws-thousands-in-washington-and-other-cities-in-pro-palestinian-marches-00135508
E: It's the same for London, it just says "thousands".
Searching for the DC protest, it just mentions "thousands" which, unless London really carried this, seems like a far cry from the "almost one million".
And for London I just found similar claims of "thousands".
The claim sounds like bullshit to me...
In London, at least, it varies wildly on who is reporting the statistics. The BBC will usually shill for the government, whereas you might have more luck with The Guardian for something a bit less biased - as long as you're not looking at their opinion pieces.
It's a regular battle in the UK. We've had several huge protests that have likely reached hundreds of thousands, where getting out of the area is ten times worse than getting out of Wembley Stadium, yet the BBC have reported "several thousand", or have shown images where it's a small subset of the people there.
I didn't really see any reports stating anything other than "thousands". I checked The Guardian and it's the same there. If London and DC were to reach a million or even close to it, you'd expect one or more likely both of them to be in hundreds of thousands.
Probably bad reporter math and it was in the 10s of thousands which the reporter thought was almost 1 million instead of 100,000
I guess I could see if someone really messed up their numbers. From thousands to tens of thousands and rounding that (lol) to hundred thousand and then mistaking that for a million.
It's like pyramid scheme accounting
But Military Industrial Complex need make money...
Expect to see nothing on mainstream TV.
The only thing that will ever stop the war machine is the death of all humanity.
As long as there's two people on the planet, someone is going to want someone dead
You sure sound like a crazed gunman
I'm not a crazed gunman dad. I'm an assassin. Well the difference be that one is a job and the other is a mental sickness!
Dad, put yeh, put mum on the phone!
Alright you're both very clever, but how about we at least try to stop our elected governments from using our money to kill poor people. Things sometimes actually get better because of our actions
https://www.amazon.com/Destroy-Humans/s?k=Destroy+All+Humans
A giant number for sure.
I see no mention of this on TikTok or Instagram. Am I being fed a false reality by the algorithm?
So those who are ordering troops to kill and die will think twice about a ceasefire now! Can't have Londoners and Washingtonians be angry at you!
I... I'd love to believe that. Yet, I can't.
Rest assured, that's what it means
Whether they do anything about it is a completely separate matter, but if there's enough protests, it'll at least come up in the election debates.
What a load of horseshit. Advocating for genocide like you learned from Daddy Hitler?
Ceasfire for who? Like there's shitloads of wars going on around the world right now, not just the 2 hip ones.
They have a Palestinian flag...it's pretty obvious
Oh no, there's way more than a million people. They're not in this image though
No, but several in this thread..
Frankly, instead of a ceasefire, Israel needs to give greater consideration for civilian casualties. But HAMAS has got to go and a ceasefire will only drag things out.
Maybe they should be having a serious conversation with the Qatari government. You know, where the Hamas leadership actually is.
Here's some very basic facts. Yeah, the amount of antisemitism and islamophobia inherent in any conversation about this is crazy, could not agree more.
Thanks for the reply, I'm reading it right now. I deleted my original comment because within 5 minutes of writing it as I got a weirdly threatening DM about being an antisemite. I probably shouldn't have though, this is exactly what these internet weirdos want.
For anyone that can't see my original comment, I asked @[email protected] for some neutral reading material as all the information outlets around this topic are wildly biased and skewing towards anti-Semitism or anti-Palestine/Islamophobic rhetoric depending on where in the world they're located.
Israel only has one type of "serious conversation" and it usually involves explosives.
Honestly surprised things haven't started going boom in Qatar. They weren't shy about doing it in Beirut.
Yeah it’s hard for the civilians to suffer when they are dead.
I’m impressed with the intelligence and thoroughness of your response.
I don’t support the Israeli or Hamas terrorists I just feel bad for the civilians caught in crossfire.
Next time try reading my comments before you start assuming things about me.