Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoTalk of a "Feb 28 Economic Blackout" is spreading on social media. What is it?www.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square128fedilinkarrow-up1468arrow-down17
arrow-up1461arrow-down1external-linkTalk of a "Feb 28 Economic Blackout" is spreading on social media. What is it?www.cbsnews.comGhostalmedia@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square128fedilink
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoYup. I see this in Portland ALL the time. We’re kind of protest central, but nobody is willing to take the protest to the people who need to see it. “You realize everyone in Portland agrees with you, who are you protesting?” Nobody outside Portland cares what people are protesting here, it was a joke 35 years ago when H.W. Bush called us “Little Beirut”. https://www.wweek.com/news/2018/12/06/rip-george-bush-heres-how-portland-protested-him-in-the-1990s-and-earned-the-name-little-beirut/
Yup. I see this in Portland ALL the time. We’re kind of protest central, but nobody is willing to take the protest to the people who need to see it.
“You realize everyone in Portland agrees with you, who are you protesting?”
Nobody outside Portland cares what people are protesting here, it was a joke 35 years ago when H.W. Bush called us “Little Beirut”.
https://www.wweek.com/news/2018/12/06/rip-george-bush-heres-how-portland-protested-him-in-the-1990s-and-earned-the-name-little-beirut/