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Anonymous A started this discussion 9 years ago#59,468
Was that just a one off that got it out of their system, or are they going to keep going? I think the support of the next couple would be a very telling indicator of whether it meant anything at all. But I also have a feeling that nothing more will come of it, because it was a protest about things that haven't happened.
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 47 seconds later[^][v]#756,748
I think it's scheduled for tax day in April.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 minutes after the original post[^][v]#756,750
@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
Any idea what they are protesting about?
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 9 years ago, 2 minutes later, 4 minutes after the original post[^][v]#756,753
@previous (A)
I'm sure eventually Trump will do something bad, so whatever that thing is.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 10 minutes later, 15 minutes after the original post[^][v]#756,758
@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
So, just protesting the government in general? That's fine I guess, but hardly uniting for women. Maybe if it was a peoples march they could double their support and protest about more shit.
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 9 years ago, 9 minutes later, 24 minutes after the original post[^][v]#756,766
@previous (A)
I think it's more they believe that Trump treated women in an incredibly vulgar way because they were women, and they feel the need to signal that it is not OK to make fun of women for "bleeding out of her...Whatever" and it's not OK for the president of the united states to joke about sexually abusing women.
Meta joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 3 minutes later, 27 minutes after the original post[^][v]#756,769
They should wear hijabs for the next one.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 3 minutes later, 31 minutes after the original post[^][v]#756,770
@756,766 (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
That was before the election, they had every opportunity to signal their thoughts on those issues with votes.
Meta replied with this 9 years ago, 1 minute later, 32 minutes after the original post[^][v]#756,772
@756,766 (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
Do they expect Trump to change his behavior as a result of these protests?
I would think that now he's in office for at least the next four years they'd give up on trying to shame him into behaving better and start organizing for 2018.
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 9 years ago, 21 minutes later, 53 minutes after the original post[^][v]#756,788
@756,770 (A)
And...they did. Trump lost the popular vote. Now they are marching to let the government know that they still exist and they're still mad about it. And that they are heavily motivated to vote against them this year and next. @previous (Meta)
No. And I don't know how you can look at organized marches and think "yes if only they were somehow forming some kind of consistent mobilized protest movement.". Like...do you watch the sunrise and think "boy i hope it gets bright out soon"????? What you are witnessing is the birth of a left wing political movement. Think 04-06 gw bush second term.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 2 minutes later, 55 minutes after the original post[^][v]#756,790
@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
They should be protesting at the DNC headquarters, and telling them to sort their shit out and come up with a strong candidate then.
Meta replied with this 9 years ago, 3 minutes later, 58 minutes after the original post[^][v]#756,791
@756,788 (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
I mean, like more voter registration drives and focus on state/local elections and less pink hats and "not my president" signs.
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 9 years ago, 3 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#756,795
@756,790 (A)
I don't think they want the dnc coalescing around a candidate three years before an election again, but maybe I'm misreading the situation. @previous (Meta)
Yeah I think everyone was caught off guard by the size of the movement. Going forward you'll see a lot more of that and there's probably stuff now going on, but I don't follow the nuts and bolts of campaign organizations too closely so I don't know where it's happening.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 5 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#756,797
@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
Candidates, then. But I guess after the internal candidate bias fiasco Dems know that their own party rigs things for their own good though.
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 9 years ago, 12 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#756,801
@previous (A)
I mean there was a consensus favorite since really 2006. Now for the first time in a decade there isn't. Who's left, Warren? Brown? Booker? 80 year old Sanders? This is the real election a breakout grassroots candidate can succeed. We'll see what happens but pickings are slim.
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Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#756,803
@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
You already sound resigned to a second term of Trump
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 9 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#756,804
@previous (A)
No because his first two weeks have been so horrifying to the left that they are really motivated. If they can coalesce behind one candidate, an unpopular or moderately popular Trump is very beatable.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#756,805
@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
I assumed he was the most unpopular and beatable candidate before the election too.
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 9 years ago, 7 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#756,806
@previous (A)
Yes but Hillary Clinton was the 2nd most. As long as Dems don't run a widely hated person they have a much better shot.
Meta replied with this 9 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#756,807
@756,804 (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
It will have to be a genuinely popular candidate though, not just a "lesser of two evils" candidate.
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 9 years ago, 7 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#756,808
@previous (Meta)
Do you think there can still be one of those? Trump certainly wasn't/isn't. None of the other Repubs are liked by any Democrats (bush Rubio Walker Cruz et al). Bernie maybe came closest but he was widely detested by Repubs too, just not as much as Clinton. I wonder if here on out it isn't just extreme candidates that maximize voter base turnout and leave moderates twisting in the wind. Bipartisanship feels pretty antiquated at this point in time.
Meta replied with this 9 years ago, 4 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#756,810
@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
Well yeah there was #NeverTrump but Trump did get a lot of people excited. Not just against Hillary but for Trump. He filled stadiums like a rock star.
Like Obama got a lot of people excited for Obama not just against McCain. I don't remember anyone being excited for Hillary.
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 9 years ago, 13 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#756,817
@previous (Meta)
The people who were really pro Hillary tended to be liberal older women. You probably don't associate with that demographic a lot, and neither do i. They exist but you probably find them on internet forums or deep fried steak meetups.
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ken griffey sr joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 15 seconds later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#756,818
> And...they did. Trump lost the popular vote. Now they are marching to let the government know that they still exist and they're still mad about it. And that they are heavily motivated to vote against them this year and next. > > No. And I don't know how you can look at organized marches and think "yes if only they were somehow forming some kind of consistent mobilized protest movement.". Like...do you watch the sunrise and think "boy i hope it gets bright out soon"????? What you are witnessing is the birth of a left wing political movement. Think 04-06 gw bush second term.
how can you stand to make these posts
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 5 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#756,821
@756,817 (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
Is that a thinly veiled dig at becky?
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 9 years ago, 10 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#756,827
@previous (A)
No for once I actually wasn't being rude to her.
Meta replied with this 9 years ago, 2 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#756,829
@756,817 (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
You never see old people at the deep fried steak meetups. What's up with that?
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 9 years ago, 19 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#756,836
@previous (Meta)
I don't know but I really need to go to one.