Protesting the Inauguration of Donald Trump
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Rentahamster
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Oh neat, I think I would have liked to witness that in person. Whereabouts was it?
Watching this stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTp1WX1pMtU
I don't know why, but it always feels so cringey.
I don't know why, but it always feels so cringey.
AnotherDayAnotherDollar
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Protest does and accomplishes nothing. However, if it makes you feel good - and it is done in a peaceful, nice way - then by all means go for it.
I'm watching the coverage and am ready for President Trump. Unfortunately I'm not home and have to watch it online.
I'm watching the coverage and am ready for President Trump. Unfortunately I'm not home and have to watch it online.
TheOfficeMut
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Holy shit this is insultingly ignorant.
Dr.Horrible
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Donated to the ACLU this morning as my form of support.
AnotherDayAnotherDollar
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Please enlighten me, since you seem to know it all, what is it going to accomplish?
TheOfficeMut
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How about you read god damn history and come back. What, people just sat down and twiddled their thumbs and hoped for the best and that's how change came about? Protesting hasn't lead to progress? You have the largest library and resource at your fingertips - the internet. It's your choice to be ignorant and I'm not going to try to school your ass on a forum as if I'm obligated to.
Sorry ladies, it does and accomplishes nothing, you'd better stop bothering to protest
Come on folks, wrap it up, it doesn't accomplish anything
This random guy 100 years in the future has spoken
So the Civil Rights movement was what exactly?
AnotherDayAnotherDollar
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But is it gonna lead to Trump not being President?
Sorry ladies, it does and accomplishes nothing, you'd better stop bothering to protest
Come on folks, wrap it up, it doesn't accomplish anything
This random guy 100 years in the future has spoken
Fair enough. I meant to say that protests such as the ones against Trump and him being president accomplish nothing.
Check around in your state for a Women March on Saturday.
Where did you go to school from k-12?
You are flagrantly ignorant.
EdibleKnife
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You can't say this and acknowledge the Boston Tea Party as a historically important event. You can't say this and acknowledge the Million Man March as a historically important event.
Disagree Guy
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I see the point you are trying to make mate but you've made it terribly haha
Sometimes protesting is pointless, sometimes it's essential.
If a very large portion of the country simply stopped doing their jobs - they'd have no choice but to have a re-election.
If a few thousand people march about peacefully - you are probably right, nothing will change.
It's important that people protest if they feel the need though to at least show their unhappiness with the regime
This country was founded under protest.
To make him squirm and to intimidate him, we want to make it known that we're not going to stand by and let his bullshit happen.
Hippopuncher12
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Protest? Why? He is the President at this point...you aren't changing it.
Kill Your Masters
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Not only are you ignorant but also uneducated.
smokeandmirrors
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Protesting without any accompanying action does nothing. Whether that action be voting, riots, dumping tea in a harbor etc it doesn't matter. You need to follow up with your words.
I think you don't understand protesting at all.
AnotherDayAnotherDollar
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Yeah, I made it horribly and got called out for it lol. Fair enough and I take it fair and square.
It's gonna be the latter, the majority of the country is not gonna stop doing their jobs and it'll only be a few thousand out in every major city or whatever, hence why I'm saying these protests are not gonna accomplish anything.
Stop posting for a bit.
Pilgrimzero
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Has any other Pres been this protested on Inauguration Day?
I have the right to vote because of protest. So yes, they work. And they will continue to work.
That why authoritarians are always trying to stop protest an mean necessary. They know once people unite- the few in power cannot stop them.
IaN_GAF
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Well said.
What's up with all the gaffers today that don't know jack shit about American history all of a sudden.
EdibleKnife
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History hasn't played out yet. These events aren't singly about Trump nor the election but about much more. He, his cabinet and the current GOP have the potential to ruin the lives of millions of disenfranchised people. They've made that crystal clear and people will resist. If doesn't work, it doesn't work. But people shouldn't sit on their hands just because people pull, "it will accomplish nothing" out of the ether when the fight has just started for some and is continuing for many.
TumblingHippo
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Oh boy, if you're the kinda person that gets upset at people protesting, or civil disobedience in general, you're sure going to be upset for the next 4
years.
...probably 8 :c
Disagree Guy
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Abraham Lincolns election caused secession and later the Civil war didn't it?
Although I must admit to not being the most knowledgeable
Darryl M R
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I'm getting a haircut and supporting businesses that are donating their profit this weekend to good organizations
I said goddamn.
I said goddamn.
UberTag
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Doubtful. And, if you factor in tomorrow's protests, the turnout of hundreds of thousands a people across America and around the globe will be downright unprecedented.
You deserve to be raked over the coals for saying something this astoundingly stupid.
How long have you lived on Planet Earth? Do you consider history "fake news"?
Wiki must be blocked in Russia
Millions, looks like. It's going to be something else.
AnotherDayAnotherDollar
Banned
I feel very confident these protests will accomplish absolutely nothing and people will go back to their daily lives in no time. However, people should be free to do so, if the protests are done in a peaceful manner.
ChemicalCutthroat
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I wonder if DisruptJ20 is gonna actually do anything high profile or if they're just gonna get bagged before they get the start. They certainly talk a big game.
Disagree Guy
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I asked a woman in the UK (a friend of mine) what she was marching for, literally just to find out why.
She then went mad at me saying she was sick of 'mansplaining' and men like me putting women down.
I was like..... wut?
Then a bunch of other women started saying #notallmen to me. I don't really get it. I have never knowingly oppressed or discriminated against anyone but simply being a man I was demonised. I don't claim to know the reason for all the marches worldwide but everyone seems really angry.
EdibleKnife
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LGBTQ+ peoples, women, religious and ethnic minorities have their lives on the line in this upcoming administration. Not everyone isn't going back to a normal life.
Rentahamster
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Probably not, but I don't think that's the point of most of the protests.
IaN_GAF
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One would almost think that this distinct lack of historical knowledge is how we ended up with this reality TV president.
Educating oneself remains essential.
always crazy bacon
Banned
"I'm not going to watch the inauguration TV/Youtube" is Slacktivism at it's finest.
I plan to read the highlights on news sites tomorrow, but I have no interest in contributing to the number of viewers that the bloated orange bastard will brag about on Twitter tomorrow at 3AM.
BoosterDuck
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TumblingHippo
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Still seems like a more worthwhile effort than your post.
LegendofJoe
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I wouldn't take it personally, like you said people are angry (and rightfully so). When people are emotional they sometimes say things they don't mean. I'm definitely guilty of doing that a few times, I imagine most people are.
Disagree Guy
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I just left the conversation. It wasn't helped because some other men were actively trying to convince these women not to protest because "there was no point...."
I think they were getting more and more pissed by that dude first.
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