THE ATOMIZATION OF THE RESISTANCE
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... I hoped that this would be the biggest anti-Trump demonstration in Washington so far. Sadly, the demonstration is unlikely to be "the big one," simply because there'll be hundreds of other demonstrations taking place simultaneously all over the country, including many right here in the New York metro area. Around here, there's going to be a rally in midtown Manhattan, another rally uptown at Columbia University, and yet another rally on Staten Island. A bit upstate and on Long Island, there'll be rallies in Mamaroneck, Hastings-on-Hudson, Mineola, Nanuet, Mount Kisco, and Stony Point. In New Jersey, there'll be rallies in Weehauken, Jersey City, Teaneck, Upper Montclair, Bloomfield, Glen Ridge, Maplewood, West Caldwell, Metuchen, Morristown, Red Bank, and Piscataway. There'll be a rally in Greenwich, Connecticut, and also in Stamford. And that's an incomplete list.
Is this a good idea?
On January 21, 2017, the day after Donald Trump's first inauguration, the Women's March in D.C. drew close to half a million people . There was also a very large rally in Manhattan. I know there were smaller rallies all over the country, but the protests weren't localized to this extent. I'm sure there weren't three rallies in New York City alone.
This bothers me because the media has spent much of its time since Election Day proclaiming that "the resistance" seems like a spent force, and one of its key metrics is the fact that there hasn't been a large national protest like the Women's March.
Discontent at congressional town halls and protests at Tesla dealerships -- which, obviously, are localized and relatively small -- has led journalists to conclude that there's some life in the resistance, as have the results of recent off-cycle elections, the crowds at rallies led by Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Coertez, and even the response to Cory Booker's round-the-clock speech on the Senate floor. But the media still argues that the country is rallying around Trump now -- or at least was rallying around him until the "Liberation Day" tariffs -- in a way that it didn't during his first term. The Women's March impressed the media. Also, it helped plant the seeds for electoral victories in 2018 and 2020.
We need another big, undeniable, centralized protest.
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I said basically this same thing in a comment here the other day. Visually the Trump opposition would be much better off with a dozen really large protests than a 1000 small ones.
I think that they are building the infrastructure to do large marches as well as generating support on the local level.
I don't think the American Press really wants to post what the press in other nations are posting. At least I and another Canadian NT member have been posting the Canadian news with the attitude about Trump's attempt to destroy the world, but as well, as Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) said in Casablanca "I stick my neck out for nobody" I sure wish you could see what the Chinese Press has to say about it.
Pretty good crowd in Chicago. They needed a lot more of this today.
"the thousands who took to Daley Plaza Saturday at a “Hands Off” protest organized by the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, Indivisible Chicago, Equality Illinois, the Chicago Federation of Labor and others. Organizers said more than 30,000 people marched Saturday to rally against Trump and billionaire CEO Elon Musk."
Hands Off protest in downtown Chicago draws thousands criticizing Trump's policies - Chicago Sun-Times
Democrats have destroyed Chicago. It's as broke as any city in the country with 37 billions in unfunded liabilities, it's run by a union desperate to plunder what money it does have for its members, it's the murder capital of the country etc etc in a state with the highest tax burden in the country.
It stands as the prime example of how dysfunctional a city can be. The people of chicago should be begging someone, anyone to put their hands on it and rescue it...
But Soros can buy protesters to blame Republicans for it, undoubtedly.
LOL.
Donald Trump is not ethically, morally, intellectually or psychologically fit to lead the United States of America, and you know it.
Do you imagine this is all going to end well for our country?
But neither is the opposition and they don't even like the country.
bullshit
It's standard reactionary propaganda. The epitome of no value.
Bullshit with a strong dose of projection.
From the coverage of these whine fewts I have seen, most of the people attending are old white folks probably left over from the days of spitting on serve members coming back fromVietnam.
On the ground view of protest in downtown L.A. this afternoon.
There were protest in other parts of L.A. and all over Southern California.
Having them across the country as large as some of these protests were today can send another kind of message. A message that it's not just women marching but all people in all states.
Another overlooked factor is many senior citizens and the disabled, the unemployed, and folks hit hard by these horrific economic policies don't have the funds or the kind of support or costly organization that it would take.
Local support and statewide, citywide protests repeated over and over again that won't require seniors and the unemployed to travel can ultimately carry a lot of weight and spread more media coverage if this can be sustained.
The Women's March was great! It got some major media coverage only due to it's size and the pink hats bringing additional attention to it. How much did this one large protest impact the rest of America?
Going forward from today, it needs to be a constant steady drumbeat of Americans everywhere protesting for their economic lives. That kind of steady opposition will get longer term media coverage if it doesn't let up.
Women's organizations were amazing at planning such a march. Which men's organization will join in the effort? We already know that black organizations have stepped up to organize marches in the past.
Who will organize and help seniors and the disabled attend a march? Who will pay for the unemployed to travel and march in a massive effort.
We do need it for sure, and I truly hope that it materializes.
But I also fear that one big march isn't enough and will go forgotten without sustained actions by Americans
I got up off my 'sick bed' and drove to a protest (rally) in my area. Because, I see the problem when a president tries to 'identify' every area of the country, the citizenry, and within states by type and class. It's personal! I would not have been able to do that nationally or in a 'larger than life' event somewhere in the country. I felt good about it. It was positive. It was a lot of my neighbors and more to the point: I did not care who saw or photographed me there. Heck! I posted pictures of my 'neighbors' that were out with signs. Oh the 'blend' of people of all stripes - it was 'amazing.' I simply could not believe they came out. Some in wheel chairs-all holding up signs about everything we read/hear going on in the media-sphere related to Musk and Trump.
For a relatively small city. . . it was good to see we can band together and get 'er done! I look forward to the next one!
Hands Off New York City
Yet another group of bussed in mostly elderly white liberals.
Not really a factor to be reckoned with.
Shitting your shorts huh?
Maybe you didn’t see this part of my post…
‘Not really a factor to be reckoned with.’
Most of them probably won’t even see the next election
I condemn this remark as beyond the pale.
You should take a closer look or take off your blinders.
We had a good rally in Ocala the demographics were quite mixed by race and age.
It was especially hilarious to see over 2,000 rally in the ‘’The Villages’’ the Trump stronghold.
Smaller diffuse protests allow the right to show pictures and say there is "nobody" there and the rallies are smaller than the crowds Trump has been drawing for 10 years. It doesnt matter if it is true or not. Large protests where there are 500,000 people at one location is what is needed most to promote the "resistance". I am not belittling what we saw yesterday but there needs to be concentrated protests.
Count the 'blessings' because they are blessing every way possible. 'Small' can pack a punch—especially when it strikes a sensitive and unexpectant spot.
We can't focus on what 'spin' the right will put on anything. For one thing, bigger protests don't amount to a hill of beans with the right when the larger narrative for them is damage control. Small protests can strengthen the weak and the uninterested to attend, band together, and be counted in ways they have not ever before. Baby steps. Let them get up, get mobilized, and finally engaged I say.
One woud think that PotUS Trusk's moves against social security and medicare would make Florida's major population get over their Alzheimer's and use what's left of their brains.