#Resist

https://www.meetup.com/pro/resist/?cta=1

by nvr219 • 9 years ago

28 17 9 years ago

revx• 9 years ago

This is a great example of a tech company stepping up to create space for political action in a way that doesn't silence anyone and brings people together. Bravo!

throwaway4203• 9 years ago

How is this bringing people together?

The email advertising this movement repeated false claims about the government banning people on the basis of religion. Spreading hysteria and fear and inaccurate facts is not the way to win the argument.

jachee• 9 years ago

Giuliani is on-record[1] saying that Trump asked for a "Muslim Ban".

If it walks like a duck...

[1] http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/01/29/rudy_giuli...

Kaedon• 9 years ago

Is this the line you're referencing? "But after the recent executive order aimed to block people on the basis of nationality and religion, a line was crossed."

How are these false claims? The executive order directly mentions religious grounds and allows "minority religions" in the 7 listed majority Muslim countries to be allowed in while prohibiting the rest.

ennuihenry• 9 years ago

The only thing it does is make people cancel their account because they don't want a company spamming them about to how to resist the president.

rick_perez• 9 years ago

I also care about democracy. I hope that in the future, the DNC doesn't collude with the mainstream media to destroy any real chances of a third-party in this country.

Since they haven't apologized to the American public for doing so and instead keep doubling-down on emotional rhetoric, I don't want them anywhere near the white house.

I really hate Trump. But I hate that you pushed me to vote for him because the alternative meant that this politically correct toxic culture would continue to saturate all parts of our society.

I support resistance. The resistance against the anti-fascists who are beating people up in our streets and threatening someone with violence for speaking their mind. If their idea is ridiculous, have a civil debate and stop using violence in an attempt to win an argument.

tdb7893• 9 years ago

I think violence is only a pretty fringe part of the movement. It's like KKK members who support Trump. They definitely exist but they are a very small percentage of his actual supporters

Latty• 9 years ago

What a nonsense - the violence has been minimal, and no more than the usual violent idiots you get in any situation, from any group.

Also, I would buy you not wanting to vote for a DNC candidate because of the way they handle their primaries or whatever, sure. The idea you'd be willing to vote for a GOP candidate after their blatent disregard for the public, truth and democracy is laughable.

If you are claiming you want to punish the DNC by withholding your vote from them, sure, fine. Rewarding the GOP for the way they acted? A joke. Completely undermines your point.

This just reads like so many of the comments I've read recently - focusing on the very small negatives of 'the left' while completely ignoring the huge issues from 'the right'. It's such a nonsense.

a_thro_away• 9 years ago

There it is; they were "pushed" to vote for him. What do you say about someone who decides instead of incrementally fixing a problem with discipline and superior solutions and consensus, instead decides to spin the wheel with an unknown, likely setting decades of labor and institutions on fire, when vulnerable real lives are at stake.

Exactly how an immature child behaves, flipping the game board, without regard for anyone else.

And all that horrible "politically correctness", aka having manners and respecting others regardless of your own bad upbringing, racism, prejudices, and ignorance; actually demonstrating their own emotional limitations and refusal to evolve.

GOP leader calling for a Kent State again; is that what you mean? The violence is on both sides, a small minority and you know it.

navs• 9 years ago

Noticed there's nothing for New Zealand so I impulsively requested one. If anything positive could come out of 2016, it's renewed civic responsibility.

legostormtroopr• 9 years ago

Is there also a #support page for people who are in support of the current action?

Or a #not_a_us_citizen hashtag for people outside the US who are sick of hearing about US politics?

Or is this just another rich big-city, blue state startup trying to tell us what our political opinions should be?

nvr219• 9 years ago

Is there also a #support page for people who are in support of the current action?

hueving• 9 years ago

I'm surprised a company would take such a rash action not particularly based on facts. Did the executive order mention Muslims in any regard? Did the executive order ban countries where the majority of Muslims immigrate from? Did the executive order ban all countries with a majority Muslim population?

This highlights the importance of open source and distributed architectures for these social tools we depend on. I have no choice but to use a tool and support a company taking a terrible political stance in order to attend programming and hiking meetups I'm interested in.

p3t3rp4n• 9 years ago

Ati luat repede ideile romanilor :)

#Resist

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