Vance’s family visit to Vermont ski resort interrupted by pro-Ukraine protesters following Zelensky exchange
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Protesters displayed signs that labeled Vance a “national disgrace,” accused him of being a “traitor” and encouraged the family to “go ski in Russia.”

Vice President JD Vance was met with hundreds of pro-Ukraine protesters while visiting a Vermont ski resort on Saturday, following his public dust up with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the White House.

Vance and his family, on a trip to Sugarbush Resort, were greeted by the outraged protesters lining the snow-covered streets of the small Vermont town of Waitsfield.

Protestors displayed signs that labeled Vance a “national disgrace,” accused him of being a “traitor” and encouraged the family to “go ski in Russia.”

  • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
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    12 days ago

    I can’t see much apart from protesting.

    I mean to quote them:

    A recent diagnosis of Graves Disease has put me on my arse for a while

    They’ve got their excuse.

    that you start to inspire others to follow in your footsteps instead of making them feel bad for not doing enough.

    To be fair those are two sides of the same coin. If you can’t get people to think “I’m not doing enough and that’s a problem” you’ll never get them to get off their asses. This is particularly relevant in America because Americans have forgotten what it means to actually resist their government.

    • in4apenny@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      12 days ago

      Thank you. I just want to add that they saw all that and said “just looks like protesting” as if personally helping organize action against the coal industry using grassroots techniques to some small success is “just protesting,” or raising money for disabled people in community “not much apart from protesting.” The gall, from someone who probably hasn’t been to even a measley protest. And yes, I am saying protesting isn’t enough, speaking from someone who’s done it for 14 years. Waving signs does fucking nothing. It disrupts nothing. You have to put your bodies on the road and your safety on the line like we did.

      • GaMEChld@lemmy.world
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        12 days ago

        Maybe you should run for office. Probably would have been far more effective, and if America is short on anything it’s leadership.

        • in4apenny@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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          11 days ago

          If I ran for office and mentioned anything about the $36 TRILLION in offshore tax havens to help pay for things like infrastructure, UBI, and universal healthcare, i’d be fucking assassinated. The problem about wanting change and working within the system to achieve that, is that it’s never you who changes the system, it’s the system that’ll inevitably change you. There’s nothing wrong with compromise in a situation, but compromising yourself in a situation is another story completely.