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Attilatheblond

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13. Individuals ARE responsible for doing some of the work to stay informed
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 10:26 AM
Wednesday

It was ALL over the internet, TV media, and newspapers in most markets. If people didn't know about the event, they need to take their heads out of the sand. We can't force our way into their homes, grab their heads and turn them to the tv screen to catch some news.

And if there was no No Kings event in an area, it is the job of those LOCALS to get info and put together LOCAL event. That's how it has worked in my little RED city in the borderlands.

If Americans are not happy about what their government is doing, or not doing, it is the RESPONSIBILITY of those people to get informed, get organized, do something to make their voices heard.

Willful ignorance is no excuse/exemption/rationale for saying 'I didn't know'. The information was everywhere it could possibly be. If members of the public aren't informed about an event that got so much publicity, that is on them, not the event.

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