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Their unhappiness seems obvious. I covered that in the first sentence.
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I think it's great they got some exercise and took advantage of their right to free speech and assembly
Also FWIW marches like this aren't solely about demanding specific change. I think most people who strongly oppose Trump would tell you that it was also just heartwarming to see how many other people share our outrage that this could possibly happen. It kind of restored your faith in the country a little bit, at a time when for a lot of people it was shaken as much as it's been in a long time.
Well, littering is a fineable offense, so considering all the outrage over the litter left behind, I'm sure we'll see follow-up stories of citations handed down for all the littering. Won't be hard to find the responsible parties since the protests were permitted.
Exactly. So ironic, in a world where ##### grabbing = President, now we're outraged about littering.
Well the challenge is to funnel that energy into change. They had 8 times as many people as the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street combined. But they need to translate that into getting people onto the ballot, and (hopefully) show that this isn't a movement centered in the densely populated urban centers where Democrats (if not always Progressives) already win. Ideally, it means getting lots of women actually on ballots.
Impressive for fake outrage. Ultimately it leads to nothing except a bunch of babies crying over an election loss.
Sure, and I've been encouraged by what I've seen in the brief period since the march. I'm just saying that feeling better about your country is an end in itself. I feel better about America than I did Friday, and I bet a lot of other people would tell you the same. Nobody should be resting on their laurels of course. But people were asking what was accomplished, and that's one thing that was definitively accomplished.
Yeah, I didn't really disagree with anything you said. I also feel better. I have numbed myself through most of this by finding it funny. Because the Trump era is objectively both funny and terrifying. And this march kind of broke through my walls a bit. I'm an aging white dude. This isn't a fight I'm going to contribute much to winning beyond voting and contributing to the causes I hold dear. My demographic is going to be the last to break because we have strong self interests in preserving our privilege. But if white women and persons of color can continue to find common cause around truly progressive issues (and the announced policy platform for this march was refreshingly progressive,) then I feel maybe this setback might end up having some long run positive effects if Trump doesn't kill us all first.
Well if there were millions and millions in all these cities and everyone of them did vote, then a VERY LARGE percentage of men voted for Trump. I highly doubt that was the case. But you're correct, perhaps everyone marching Saturday did vote.
What "rights" are they looking for that they don't have? Still haven't heard an answer to this.
According to you, anyone who cares about the march only has half a brain. So they probably can't articulate a response.
There were some females marching that weren't old enough to vote, but you said, "If a small fraction of these women bothered to vote there wouldn't be any need for a march," and I disagree. I think more than a small fraction of the women who marched voted.
From the March's statement of principles
So...a lot of fluff talk since most of this is already in place. Again, fake outrage at it's finest.
The Tea Party movement in 2009 started in much the same way (only this is much larger.)
It's very real outrage. You may not think it's warranted outrage in your opinion, but the people marching are really outraged. It's not for you to determine if their outrage is genuine or not. It makes you look foolish when you attempt to dismiss it as fake.
Its misguided outrage. It's not fake but people need to look in the mirror and ask how we all got to this place. Hillary being the other choice is a huge reason why Trump won.
I guess you are hoping it leads to nothing. Donald Trump has only elected as President for 4 years not emperor for life. Every movement starts somewhere.
Already 30 pages on the women's march, so there is obvious worry from the Trumpkins here.
No question, there are several posters in here who attempt to put out the facade of non-partisanship in a sad attempt to somehow legitimize their vapid opinions. But they're pretty transparent, it just make them look silly.
There is no difference and it was obvious he was a big Trump supporter months before the election contrary to his claim that he didn't like either candidate.
You may be right. Time will tell. Ulitmately if the economy keeps doing well and Trump doesn't do anything really dumb, it's unlikely that this will have legs as it's a privileged country.
Why do we need outrage to have a movement ? You guys keep talking about this as if only outrage will successfully drive a movement.
I don't know what you're talking about.
Maybe it's a matter of expression ... I would say that several of my friends, who traveled from Columbus OH to D.C. to march was a result from outrage.
I know you're fishing, but there's some truth there. There were two groups of people that absolutely HATED the other candidate. There was going to be protests no matter what happened.
Actually not fishing. Him winning three states by 110K votes or 110 votes are meaningless. He won the states. He's President. Scoreboard. It's like bragging about scoring 50 points a game and having a .500 winning percentage not in the playoffs.
I'm honestly confused as to your point now. I'm sure these friends of yours did this because they had outrage, which was what I said earlier. Then you asked "why do we need to have outrage to have a movement".
Impossible to know whether that's true or not. But it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that there are two opposing views in the USA and they seem to hate each other more w each passing day.
