Cringe, you could've been posting instead and done some actual communist work.
this post was submitted on 02 Mar 2024
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Oh God, I actually couldn't tell if this was a joke or not.
Probably because, on social media, especially on Twitter, I see a lot weird comments every day and it's hard to tell fact from fiction, so to speak.
It’s Hexbear. We can assume the best here.
YES
I went to one in my city today. It felt good to be out there. LOTS of support from passing motorists.
One person kept honking their car to the beat of the tune we were playing.
Yeah, good that you were out there, comrade.
Yeah same, lots of support from people driving through town
hell yea 
YUUUUUUUUUUUSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
I partly post this to get others excited and join local actions near them.
And, of course, don't just protest (I mean, the best activists are the ones that can put variety in their work).
But I mean, even a little bit counts, even one thing counts, I'm just talking about if you're apart of an org and do this sort-of thing a lot.
Did Hexbears actually meet up in person‽
What if we kissed at the Palestine rally 
Eh, we could.
But I'd rather keep myself anonymous.
Wish the one I went to lasted longer, we were only out there for an hour and a half
Didn't even march 
Should've driven an hour to the bigger PSL protest but I had to work today and this was easier 
At least I'm going to another local action tomorrow
Good luck today!
Proud of you comrade. It's tough getting out there especially when it feels so hopeless but it matters and it's important to do.
Yeah, it is tough. I was there since 12:00 at noon.
We did a march and, of course, I was loud in the rally beforehand, but it felt worth it and there were a lot of people (which is always good) and lots of consciousness-raising statements and conversations, I felt.
What was the best part? The weirdest part? Was it scary? Thanks for going!!!!
The 7 zionist counterprotesters were pathetic but that just made them entertaining to me
One of the 2 guys a lady next to me identified as local proud boys had a tiny 
flag so I pointed at his tiny flag then made a gesture with my fingers indicating how small his flag is before flourishing my large 
flag and that seemed to piss him off 
Nice. Good job comrade
Thank you!
Changed the title a bit to be more accurate!
About three for me they're still giving speeches
Yeah, they do that sometimes.
We could've started the march early, but dammit, they, err, love their speeches.
Some were legitimately good, people with actual family in Palestine. It makes showing up to protest feel less pointless when you hear how hopeful it makes them to see a strong showing.
Yeah, I have a friend in Palestine as well, though of course, he's not directly in Gaza.
I think this is all apart of movement-building as well and sometimes marching in the streets is how you accumulate more people to your movement.
Hell, people pass out flyers and join an org afterwards; I've seen the convos that sometimes happen.
Y E S
That's awesome! I checked the resources that were being passed around on protests all over the world and it looks like there were none in my area this time. Shame, I went to one some time ago and there was a good turnout, including some people from a local socialist party.
We have a strong PSL presence in D.C., at least during protests, and one of 'em spoke at the rally before the march, though I think some are bussed in from other areas (which is fine, I'm just assessing how big they are in the DMV).
Me and my friends were representing CPUSA, though not everyone came in their uniform.
extremely cool, thank you for your service comrade
Np!
That’s great! I saw people heading to a protest for Palestine on my way home from work today. Was really proud of them. I just wish the protest was advertised somewhere besides Instagram and Facebook since i don’t do social media. Oh well, i’ve put in tens of thousands of hours doing IRL organizing so whatever.
I also saw some graffiti that said ‘aaron bushnell not complicit’ That was pretty powerful.
Thanks for getting out there!
A lot of graffiti and stickers on lamp-posts where I was at.