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22 Jan 2017, 9:34 am

I wonder if a sizeable portion of the crowds aren't there due to mob mentality? That's what happened at my school's anti-Trump march back in November. I heard some marchers afterwards say "Well, I had nothing else to do" and similar.



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22 Jan 2017, 9:39 am

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I wonder if a sizeable portion of the crowds aren't there due to mob mentality? That's what happened at my school's anti-Trump march back in November. I heard some marchers afterwards say "Well, I had nothing else to do" and similar.


The march was facilitated by someone, it wasn't spontaneous nor did all these women drive there themselves. There was a lot of money and organization that went into the logistics of getting these people where they want them to be, mile long lines of buses for sure. Something tells me a certain Hungarian billionaire provided the funds, I don't think people were paying their own way.



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22 Jan 2017, 9:45 am

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I wonder if a sizeable portion of the crowds aren't there due to mob mentality? That's what happened at my school's anti-Trump march back in November. I heard some marchers afterwards say "Well, I had nothing else to do" and similar.


The march was facilitated by someone, it wasn't spontaneous nor did all these women drive there themselves. There was a lot of money and organization that went into the logistics of getting these people where they want them to be, mile long lines of buses for sure. Something tells me a certain Hungarian billionaire provided the funds, I don't think people were paying their own way.


The march at my school was started and funded by Black Lives Matter and it started with 20 or so BLM members and allies, but as they started doing their thing they drew curious onlookers who decided to join. I think the total ended up being around 200-250. Most were there for solidarity, of course, but a lot were also non-activists who wanted to be part of something because a lot of people were doing it. The Women's Marches are taking place in heavily populated cities. Not everyone came from out of area.



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22 Jan 2017, 9:47 am

...And I believe the Kochs , for one m provided a lot of support for the Obama,s-first-term Tea Party thing . George Sorosis behind everythingyou politically don,t like , I guess ? Anyway , I assume you mean him .





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I wonder if a sizeable portion of the crowds aren't there due to mob mentality? That's what happened at my school's anti-Trump march back in November. I heard some marchers afterwards say "Well, I had nothing else to do" and similar.


The march was facilitated by someone, it wasn't spontaneous nor did all these women drive there themselves. There was a lot of money and organization that went into the logistics of getting these people where they want them to be, mile long lines of buses for sure. Something tells me a certain Hungarian billionaire provided the funds, I don't think people were paying their own way.[/quote]


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22 Jan 2017, 9:48 am

The logical outcome of the March, is that future leaders of the Democratic party got their start organizing this activity. Getting their friends to come with them. Maybe even convincing a few Republicans to make the trip. Making sure all the logistics got handled correctly. Discovering leadership qualities they may not have known they had.



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22 Jan 2017, 9:54 am

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I suggest that those of you who "don't get the reasons for the march" do some reading.


I strongly suspect many of those saying they don't get it actually do, but with such a divided society right now giving even an inch to the 'other team' would feel wrong to them so claiming they don't get it makes their pathway to criticising it immediately afterwards a little easier to do.

Protests and marches have changed the course of history and shaped societies.



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22 Jan 2017, 10:04 am

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The logical outcome of the March, is that future leaders of the Democratic party got their start organizing this activity. Getting their friends to come with them. Maybe even convincing a few Republicans to make the trip. Making sure all the logistics got handled correctly. Discovering leadership qualities they may not have known they had.


I hope these future leaders will be more civil and diplomatic. The Democratic Party in its current incarnation is extremely exclusionary.



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22 Jan 2017, 10:10 am

rats_and_cats wrote:
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I wonder if a sizeable portion of the crowds aren't there due to mob mentality? That's what happened at my school's anti-Trump march back in November. I heard some marchers afterwards say "Well, I had nothing else to do" and similar.


The march was facilitated by someone, it wasn't spontaneous nor did all these women drive there themselves. There was a lot of money and organization that went into the logistics of getting these people where they want them to be, mile long lines of buses for sure. Something tells me a certain Hungarian billionaire provided the funds, I don't think people were paying their own way.


The march at my school was started and funded by Black Lives Matter and it started with 20 or so BLM members and allies, but as they started doing their thing they drew curious onlookers who decided to join. I think the total ended up being around 200-250. Most were there for solidarity, of course, but a lot were also non-activists who wanted to be part of something because a lot of people were doing it. The Women's Marches are taking place in heavily populated cities. Not everyone came from out of area.
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Soros indeed is one of the primary financiers behind BLM and most other groups of agitators



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22 Jan 2017, 10:13 am

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...I suggest that those of you who "don't get the reasons for the march" do some reading. We're all on the internet - go find some articles that aren't on FOX or MRA chatrooms. They will tell you what the deal is....

It isn't that I misunderstand the goals of the march(es), but that, having attended so many marches, protests and rallies in my life, only to lose even more ground on desired gains, I consider such events to be largely worthless in terms of actually, truly, really, making progress as oppoosed to shouting and yelling. Show me an event where a result can be guaranteed, and I might care about it. Meanwhile, I am tired of joining the game for the game's sake alone.


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22 Jan 2017, 10:38 am

Biscuitman wrote:
somanyspoons wrote:
I suggest that those of you who "don't get the reasons for the march" do some reading.


I strongly suspect many of those saying they don't get it actually do, but with such a divided society right now giving even an inch to the 'other team' would feel wrong to them so claiming they don't get it makes their pathway to criticising it immediately afterwards a little easier to do.

Protests and marches have changed the course of history and shaped societies.


Oh I get it. It's not particularly complected. I'm just wondering why something called the "Pussyhat" march that leaves reams of garbage in their wake is supposed to be taken seriously, when they made the whole thing look so ridiculous and undignified. I mean it's like the leftist movement strategy is to look as kooky and undignified as possible. Whether it's a million person "Pussyhat" parade or riots filled with violence, vandalism, looting and arson.



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22 Jan 2017, 11:08 am

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Oh I get it. It's not particularly complected. I'm just wondering why something called the "Pussyhat" march that leaves reams of garbage in their wake is supposed to be taken seriously, when they made the whole thing look so ridiculous and undignified. I mean it's like the leftist movement strategy is to look as kooky and undignified as possible. Whether it's a million person "Pussyhat" parade or riots filled with violence, vandalism, looting and arson.

That reminds me about how the Tea Party protests of 2008 were infamously ... clean. News reporters would actually interview and record Tea Partiers cleaning up after their rallies. Clearly, Tea Partiers were subversive. After all, trash equals political might, doesn't it?


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22 Jan 2017, 11:15 am

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Fascinating. The "march" is essentially drawing attention to how the marchers lost their expected election.

How many times in American political history do the losers willingly celebrate their loss? Somebody needed to think this through. The message was mangled.

I could watch a two-year-old have a tantrum anytime. Why now? Why this?

As I remember, soon after Obama's election, you had tea baggers demonstrating against the legally elected President, questioning his birthplace (which was barely concealed racism), stood up for tax cuts for billionaires, and not only called Obamacare communistic, but defended the insurance companies, and advocated for ending the social safety net.
Sound like a tantrum to me, and one in favor of the wrong causes.

I have, elsewhere on WP, written that the Tea Party was originally created by five Libertarian Party activists in Massachusetts years before it grew to regional fame by spawning several similar groups in other American regions. When the Republican National Committee ended up controlling the Tea Party after an interparty coup of sorts, the Tea Party splintered into several factions which left the RNC owning and operating the one remaining Tea Party in the nation. Since then, the Tea Party has been silenced by the RNC, hasn't it? Now, because that particularly Tea Party griped publicly about the 2008 election, it is entirely in keeping with my initial description of the recent marchers in Washington, both were seen as self-evident losers on world broadcasts. Though, I thank you for taking up my challenge, and succeeding to identify another such group of marchers.

Remember, I am politically unaffiliated.


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22 Jan 2017, 11:19 am

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I wonder if a sizeable portion of the crowds aren't there due to mob mentality? That's what happened at my school's anti-Trump march back in November. I heard some marchers afterwards say "Well, I had nothing else to do" and similar.


The march was facilitated by someone, it wasn't spontaneous nor did all these women drive there themselves. There was a lot of money and organization that went into the logistics of getting these people where they want them to be, mile long lines of buses for sure. Something tells me a certain Hungarian billionaire provided the funds, I don't think people were paying their own way.


Sort of like the tea party, instead of being spontaneous, had been organized and financed by right wing money?


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22 Jan 2017, 11:34 am

I don't think a lot of those who litter.

However...

I like the idea that these women have left those picket signs in that particular area, as if to say, "We still here and we've left our mark, we're not done yet".


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23 Jan 2017, 10:23 am

From the march in Austin.It wasn't just women that showed up,but wonderful strong men that support women's rights.The March was peaceful,with the cops hugging people.People of all ages,kids,elders,and dogs.
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23 Jan 2017, 10:42 am

So for those who think this March was silly,if a woman does the same job as a man,should she get paid less?If she has an abortion in Texas should the fetus require a funeral?
I posted the link for the b/w photo above,but it dosent show up on my tablet.So if I double posted that image,that's why.That is MY daughter,so all you guys that think badly of the marchers,or that they are stupid and have no reason to protest.You know where you can stick it.Stick it hard as far as it will go.
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