"I didn't attend the protest. I'd gone to the Hands Off! rally in April, but it pissed me off to the point that I refused to attend anything else by the same organizers. Don't get me wrong: Trump and his ilk are as evil as they are narcissistic. So, knowing they're having meltdowns over millions of their constituents raising their voices against them is a comforting thought. The problem is that Hands Off! and No Kings aren't about change, they're about theatrics."
"When I showed up at SF City Hall for Hands Off!, the massive turnout was certainly encouraging. What wasn't was how the organizers took to the stage to chastise the thousands in attendance. They repeatedly shamed us to "not cause violence" and to "not play into the right-wing narrative by showing aggression." This pissed me off because if these folks were real activists by any definition, they wouldn't be playing into the bullshit narrative that lefist protestors "just want to riot.""
A longtime San Franciscan and theatre artist missed an indie East Bay show because of worsening public transit and detours caused by a No Kings protest. Hands Off! and No Kings are described as theatrical spectacles that prioritize performance over substantive change. Attendance at a Hands Off! rally produced a massive turnout, but organizers chastised the crowd, repeatedly urging attendees "not cause violence" and "not play into the right-wing narrative by showing aggression." Organizers' warnings are criticized as pre-emptive victim-blaming that reinforces a false narrative of leftist rioters, while actual instances of violence are attributed to police actions. The presence of Scott Wiener was described as particularly repulsive, and Hands Off! attempted to position the event as safe for non-colonial, pro-Palestinian people of color.
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