I see that and of course I understand. It just hurts to be saddled with the stupidity and evil of my whole country as an individual. I think I will be staying away from commenting on any political posts by Canadians on Bluesky based on people's responses to me here.

I would literally be instantly killed if I "tried" that.

What is "something other than protest"? I also wish my reps would do more but as an individual American I literally have almost no power over this situation besides my vote and my voice in protest.

I understand that. I just don't know what Canadians on this app who blame all Americans for Trump want us to say or do. It's like blaming all Russians for Putin.

What do you think someone like me should do besides voice our dessent through protest? If you want to hate us all that is your choice of course

Millions of Americans hate Trump and many of us have been protesting often. Please don't lump us all in with the magas. Not sure what else to do but keep protesting, even if we are being ignored.

I'm still a bit shocked that he gets away with threatening our allies this openly every day. I wish other countries felt that they could sanction the US for this because it seems pretty warranted.

I can see how that is true but I don't think it is the reason for the behavior described in the article, like forming a militia to go out and harass protestors. There are deeper issues with many Americans fundamental values that cause that kind of insanity.

I don't get the premise behind this article. There is no local newspaper so therefore the townspeople had to start only looking at poor sources of online information instead of legitimate news that is available on their phones 24/7? We have to hold people accountable for their choices.

There was a time when this stupid pope image alone would have been a scandal worthy of a week's news. Sick of this old creep just getting away with being completely inappropriate at all times.

Apparently this was an optional event during graduation week. They could have chosen to go to the protest instead.

Those young people politely smirking in the background disgust me, honestly. This man is destroying their future and they showed up to hear him speak. Why?

This has a very mobster veiled threat kind of vibe to it.

Theoretically they have 90 days to consider whether to use military to "help" with civilian law enforcement. My only glimmer of hope is that they did not invoke the Insurrection Act last time they said they were going to do this despite all of the discussion about that.

What was the supposed reason for arresting the demonstrators? Isn't it a public building?

I was deeply enraged and disturbed by this when I read the article recently.