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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I attended one today and turnout was good. I don't really get the point of the protest tbh. Mostly older white liberals, with a few people of color sprinkled in like me and my child. Can anyone "explain like I'm 5" how protests actually affect change in this situation?[/quote]

Letting the world know there are still sane people living here.[/quote]

Brown people are mostly staying home this time, because protesting under Trump could be deadly for them. White people 40+ are taking up the slack. [/quote]

That's how I felt. I am white, upper middle class, in my 50s, and don't work for the government. I felt that it was my responsibility to protest for all the federal workers or people of color who feel that it is risky for them to do so.[/quote]

I al not surprised. I knew this was going to happen. There is such a divide in the Democratic Party between white people and POCs. Keeping everything else constant, (education, lifestyle, wealth) I knew the minute all the whites in my alma mater chat group were going to to the march it was not for me. [/quote]
AA woman here who has a completely different take. I welcome all who are fighting on the right side- don’t care your age, your race, your gender, anything. I don’t care if you voted for him or not. All I care about is that you are willing to show up and do whatever little bit that you can do and vote dem next chance you get.

I am not sure whether protests like these “work,” tbh. But I know that it felt so DAMN GOOD to be in that crowd, among so many people who came together for so many good reasons. Trump doesn’t care, but many of those republican members of congress - and they are the ones we need to make afraid for their political futures - will see and hopefully turn course, if only for their own selfish reasons.[/quote]

You'd think that these congresspeople would realize that no matter how or when Donald leaves office, they probably aren't getting pardons.  That's most definitely true if he dies in office.  Once the cult leader dies, it's over.  Some of them should be concerned about spending the rest of their days in a jail cell.  We won't be kind.[/quote]

They will do immeasurable damage before they are punished, unfortunately.[/quote]

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