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Attilatheblond

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2. Seeing more and more young people at protests in my area

Reply to efhmc (Reply #1)

Fri Jun 20, 2025, 11:09 AM

Jun 20

We are a population heavy on retirees here, but there are lots of young families. Us geezers have been happily welcoming younger people to protests lately. We have time, but younger people, especially the ones with young kids, are busier and pressed for time. When they join us on the streets, it indicates the expanding resistance to the GOP march to autocracy.

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In small town Belton in Texas, we had a great wide range of people. Someone said it was nice to see lots of older efhmc Jun 20 #1

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