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In reply to the discussion: Hundreds of protesters chanting LOCK HIM UP" and "RULE OF LAW" outside the White House [View all]Hekate
(90,978 posts)56. Well I was there with a million women during the BushCheney years, & again with hundreds of thousan
...of anti-war protestors during the same era. I don't know how in hell you ignore that -- but somehow they did, and here's how:
These marches take place on weekends, not during the work-week. There's plenty of planning and advance notice (often months) and a permitting process, and a well-defined parade route. Lotta port-a-potties put in place.
It's not "spontaneous", and anyone left in town of a weekend can leave unless they are essential infrastructure like cops. POTUS and Congress are nowhere around. The city does not implode.
So your objective has to be a bit different. Or your methods.
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Hundreds of protesters chanting LOCK HIM UP" and "RULE OF LAW" outside the White House [View all]
deminks
May 2017
OP
Just like the principal visits the locker room before taking down the corrupt hall monitor?
Initech
May 2017
#41
Really, my thanks too. Im pretty much surrounded by Dems, but I did go to the Women's March, and
Alice11111
May 2017
#64
Interesting. I loved my school too, and I was politically active (like all of us here, probably)
Alice11111
May 2017
#76
I know "other countries do this." But America, for whatever reason, does not. Reasons...
Hekate
May 2017
#9
Please don't be so easily discouraged, or discourage other people from taking action.
marybourg
May 2017
#30
I agree. They may lock their phones and ignore us, but we are a pain in the arse...think of all the
Alice11111
May 2017
#65
I do that too. I talk to staff about good things they do, and tell them to get out front. Showing up
Alice11111
May 2017
#69
A bit too much FUD for my taste. If you think "protesting will only work so far" ...
Hekate
May 2017
#34
!!! We need yard signs, bumper stickers, buttons...he's still in campaign mode.
Alice11111
May 2017
#68
Trump and the GOP are working toward that day as we speak. The Mad King is hollowing out...
Hekate
May 2017
#35
Well I was there with a million women during the BushCheney years, & again with hundreds of thousan
Hekate
May 2017
#56
House Hearing: What happened on May 2? A week ago they started looking for excuses to fire Comey.
L. Coyote
May 2017
#7
Trump has not been arrested yet. They are still looking for handcuffs small enough. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2017
#12
White House Protesters Demand Independent Russia Investigation After Comey Firing
L. Coyote
May 2017
#49
That is great. This is a great nation and Trump's very presence insults us.
PatrickforO
May 2017
#62