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BigmanPigman

(55,525 posts)
Thu Oct 16, 2025, 02:27 AM Oct 2025

Are you going to NO KINGS and are you afraid of violence?


18 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Unlimited
Yes, I am and I'm not afraid
11 (61%)
Yes, I am and I am afraid
2 (11%)
No, but not due to fear of violence
4 (22%)
No, I am afraid of violence
0 (0%)
Undecided
0 (0%)
Other
1 (6%)
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Are you going to NO KINGS and are you afraid of violence? (Original Post) BigmanPigman Oct 2025 OP
Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall struggle4progress Oct 2025 #1
I am going. I am concerned but not afraid. Coventina Oct 2025 #2
Quite the opposite. I have machine-gun lips, just like Karoline Leavitt AZJonnie Oct 2025 #3
The chance of violence at my particular location is extremely low. Wednesdays Oct 2025 #4
It will be the Woodstock of protest rallies. kentuck Oct 2025 #5
My job Johnny2X2X Oct 2025 #6
Due to the nature of my business, MarineCombatEngineer Oct 2025 #7

struggle4progress

(126,683 posts)
1. Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
Thu Oct 16, 2025, 02:46 AM
Oct 2025

...I’m a-goin back out fore the rain starts a-fallin
I’ll walk to the depths of the deepest black forest
Where the people are many and their hands are all empty
Where the pellets of poison are flooding their waters
Where the home in the valley meets the damp dirty prison
Where the executioner’s face is always well hidden
Where hunger is ugly, where souls are forgotten
Where black is the color, where none is the number
And I’ll tell it and think it and speak it and breathe it
And reflect it from the mountain so all souls can see it
Then I’ll stand on the ocean until I start sinkin
But I’ll know my song well before I start singin ...

Coventina

(29,937 posts)
2. I am going. I am concerned but not afraid.
Thu Oct 16, 2025, 02:50 AM
Oct 2025

I'm not going to let the threat of violence stop me.

If I did, that is handing them the win.

AZJonnie

(4,016 posts)
3. Quite the opposite. I have machine-gun lips, just like Karoline Leavitt
Thu Oct 16, 2025, 04:07 AM
Oct 2025

And these fuckers will be BRINGING the violence

Rhetorically, of course

Wednesdays

(23,129 posts)
4. The chance of violence at my particular location is extremely low.
Thu Oct 16, 2025, 10:35 AM
Oct 2025

However, I can't say it's low for...what, 2500 locations?

kentuck

(115,627 posts)
5. It will be the Woodstock of protest rallies.
Thu Oct 16, 2025, 10:43 AM
Oct 2025

The enemies of freedom are calling it the "Hate America" rally.

Johnny2X2X

(24,435 posts)
6. My job
Thu Oct 16, 2025, 12:08 PM
Oct 2025

I work for a company that executes large government contracts. I worry if I was photographed at a protest that my job could be negatively affected.

MarineCombatEngineer

(18,181 posts)
7. Due to the nature of my business,
Thu Oct 16, 2025, 12:13 PM
Oct 2025

I can't physically be at any No Kings rally, but I'll be there at each and every rally around the country in spirit, and, no, I'm not afraid of violence from these Nazi POS's.

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