Protests against Trump in NYC and other cities

Status
Not open for further replies.
Trump couldn't even get more votes than Romney against the most "corrupt" candidate out there, and if compared to Obama, gets absolutely smoked. Sad.
 
The Silver said:
no wonder Right galvanized itself into a YUGE win.

Left is too busy being a bunch of pussies and arguing with itself on the correct way to protest.
Click to expand...

This is a good point. Sometimes the left is a little too reasoned and too rational for their own good. Sometimes you just have to dumb yourself down and GO FOR THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE.

The right has no issue with ignorantly following whatever bullshit dogma the republicans work them up into. Allow yourself to BE OUTRAGED AND SHOW IT LIKE YOU ARE ALREADY THINKING IT.

Hillary wanted to go high and not low. Well that obviously didn't speak to enough people. TIME TO GO LOW.
 
Folks, these protests are important not because they're going to change anything, obviously they can't.

These protests are way of showing that regressive values will not be blindly tolerated. They send an important message that all is not lost. That there are literally millions of people who more than ever need to stand up today and let their belief in tolerance and diversity be known.

Get out there and march with them. You'll change nothing today. But that's not the point.

(Just don't break shit. That would be stupid).
 
ahoyhoy said:
The places where these protests are popping up all voted Democrat heavily, so at least we can't fault them for that.
Click to expand...

Maybe not in these specific cities (I don't know and haven't looked at the numbers). But there are lots of D cities in the Midwest with atrocious margins. Turnout was not there. People didn't vote
 
stuminus3 said:
Folks, these protests are important not because they're going to change anything, obviously they can't.

These protests are way of showing that regressive values will not be blindly tolerated. They send an important message that all is not lost. That there are literally millions of people who more than ever need to stand up today and let their belief in tolerance and diversity be known.

Get out there and march with them. You'll change nothing today. But that's not the point.

(Just don't break shit. That would be stupid).
Click to expand...
It's definitely inspired me to get up from this depression and attend local Dem meetings so I can help out and try to fight back in 2018.
 
Laughing Banana said:
A funny thing to say, considering how he just become the President Elect of the US.
Click to expand...
:lol you should probably learn how is elections work before taking down to others because this just looks embarrassing for you. It's factually correct that he didn't have the majority.

Laughing Banana said:
Well, it didn't matter anymore, did it? Most voters wanted Hillary rung so hollow when the end result clearly stated otherwise. In the end it didn't do jack shit, after all, did it?
Click to expand...

:lol nice attempt to side step you being wrong. It doesn't matter how hollow you thought it ring it's still factually incorrect.
 
Hitman said:
FUCK WAITING. If a movement like this doesn't happen and gain momentum people won't even be interested enough in politics to even notice when things continue to go in the shitter.

People who think this will do nothing have too narrow of a view and foresight onto how powerful this can become.

ACCEPT IT GAF. This is exactly what this country needs.
Click to expand...

.
 
stuminus3 said:
Folks, these protests are important not because they're going to change anything, obviously they can't.

These protests are way of showing that regressive values will not be blindly tolerated. They send an important message that all is not lost. That there are literally millions of people who more than ever need to stand up today and let their belief in tolerance and diversity be known.

Get out there and march with them. You'll change nothing today. But that's not the point.

(Just don't break shit. That would be stupid).
Click to expand...

Did they really need to protest to show this? Pretty sure, the 59,881,000 votes for Clinton already has.
 
SG-17 said:
I assume you are talking about the Democratic primaries. In which Hillary won the popular vote too.

The Electoral College was designed with this exact situation in mind. But I guess when the Founder's intent goes against conservatives it doesn't matter.
Click to expand...
Even if what you say comes to fruition and they go against the electorate's decision (that would cause chaos btw), Trump still wins, they aren't changing their vote to Hillary, and the Republican house would still put him in.
 
Hitman said:
FUCK WAITING. If a movement like this doesn't happen and gain momentum people won't even be interested enough in politics to even notice when things continue to go in the shitter.

People who think this will do nothing have too narrow of a view and foresight onto how powerful this can become.

ACCEPT IT GAF. This is exactly what this country needs.
Click to expand...

I can understand that if people are protesting that the popular vote matters, then protest against the US government to change it but the question of how powerful it can be is not to be taken lightly.

It can be devastating to our system and society for full confrontation of this scale.
This election result was a response by the people of the Midwest and rural areas who felt their voice was lost.

People need to understand that he won legitimately, regardless of the terrible values or things he's said. As he won states last night we looked at it with fear but must come together as a country.
Undermining this decision is undermining our framework of a constitution and democracy. Our President himself wants a safe transfer of power but these sentiments will only add to the fire.
 
Look at the shit Donald Trump has done in his life and in this campaign, look at what he has promised to us as the guy who tells it like it is, and people are in here concerned that there are protests.
 
Love the protests. I do find it strange that when Bernie supporters protested, y'all shat on them with condescending remarks. But now it's ok.
 
DrSlek said:
I agree...and yet he won. People were rightfully critical of Trump saying he'd only accept the outcome of the election if he won. But not accepting the outcome because the candidate you favoured lost is just sinking down to his level.
Click to expand...


Considering Hillary won the popular vote and proved more people who voted in this country want her to be president, I'd say they have been given enough reason to protest.


More votes, just not in the right places. =/
 
Good. People need to take whatever avenues they can to try and limit the devastation Trump and the GOP government will unleash on this country. And people need to feel and channel this passion ALL year round, and in 2018, and in 2020, not just in the days before and after a presidential election. The guys from Keepin' it 1600 put it great, Remember that feeling. Remember that feeling in the pit of your stomach when Trump was declared the winner. Don't let yourselves forget it.
 
I've said this so many times today:

This is not the time for Unity. He has total power, his party has total power.

The right always asks for the left to meet them halfway and never meets us. I will never forget the disgust I felt last night. My American friends crying. Myself crying.

Hate won. It's time to stop offering THEM our best when we get their worst. Stop thinking we can win with "Love"

It doesn't win. It's time to just be right. Trump is wrong. His party is wrong. The right is always wrong. I can't name a single issue I'd call them right on.
 
It's always funny to see the people asking the stupid question "but why protest NOW?". Because NOW it has reached the boiling point. The timing might not be the best, the results might not be optimal, but a real protest sparks when enough people feel the need to protest, not when done based on a timeline calculated based on political marketing or something.

That's how a movement is created, when enough people feel the need to protest at the same time and that unites them.
 
People think they shouldn't be protesting?

Fuck now is the time to protest. We need to let this country know we are not happy about our direction after this election.
 
Costa Kid said:
Can someone tell me the point of protesting? Drumpf legitimately won the election did he not?
Click to expand...

Democracy includes the right to protest. Mindblowing, I know. The fact that he didn't even get the most votes is very valid reason to protest, for one. The fact that Republicans are now basically running a dictatorship is another. And that this presidency will fuck up people's lives, even another.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Similar threads

When i logged in today neogaf was in dark mode and other weird behavior
7
315
FatallyYours replied
Streamers, influencers, and Yourube channels need to stop with annotations and other static images
15
921
Mr Reasonable replied
  • Locked
Trump will be dictator like Putin
30
2K
Korranator replied
Trump has declassified JFK files
2 3
144
10K
Lord Panda replied
Hackers take control of robot vacuums in multiple US cities, yell bad words.
34
2K
poppabk replied
Top Bottom