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Seen in NYC
Jun. 8th, 2025 11:44 amPassed by the Financial district yesterday. Didn't see the worst of the protests around the immigration court, only crowds holding the line against a group of cops.
Also saw three blocks away by city hall park was a pair of white guys with "pureblood" tattoos rapping on a stage in front of a half-to-dozen 50/60 year olds about how bad woke is. Extremely divorced dad energy.
Nobody else really gave a shit about them and despite what people might think about geography, from three blocks away none of the protestors could see them anyway. Weekend at the Financial district is either seaport or tourism around the old buildings plus doing this in the afternoon was ehhhhh
Edit: okay it has something to do with something called "freedom chariot." Everything had the boomer feel to what I could find, from blatant AI use to there being some attempt to promote it (assuming some of the few people there were pundits trying to boost it). The fact that I had to work to even ID it tells you all you need to know so even if this is astroturf, it's not very expensive ones.
Also saw three blocks away by city hall park was a pair of white guys with "pureblood" tattoos rapping on a stage in front of a half-to-dozen 50/60 year olds about how bad woke is. Extremely divorced dad energy.
Nobody else really gave a shit about them and despite what people might think about geography, from three blocks away none of the protestors could see them anyway. Weekend at the Financial district is either seaport or tourism around the old buildings plus doing this in the afternoon was ehhhhh
Edit: okay it has something to do with something called "freedom chariot." Everything had the boomer feel to what I could find, from blatant AI use to there being some attempt to promote it (assuming some of the few people there were pundits trying to boost it). The fact that I had to work to even ID it tells you all you need to know so even if this is astroturf, it's not very expensive ones.
