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Istvan Kash's avatar

I can’t put my finger on it, The point where public protest in the US became ineffective. You see the masses in the streets in other countries. Here, you may be brutalized by police or passers by. I can think back to my own participation in a protest preceding the Iraq war invasion under Bush. The press and the Democratic Party mayor unleashed the cops on us. And now, we have so many people with guns. In response, I remember the local paper blaming the protesters for the meltdown that ensued. It was the cops that ended the peaceful protest and hurt people. They were horseback in a downtown area. Decades ago. The alternative, I don’t know what it is.

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Greg Corning's avatar

The protest in Santa Fe New Mexico on Wednesday the 5th got a tremendous amount of support from passers-by.

I worry about people getting weary of protesting (and writing and ...).

Oh-it turns out that banging on the doors of your electeds can have an effect. Our timid, passive congressional representative got hundreds of messages to do whatever necessary to stop the fascists, and she actually went to the Treasury building and protested! Big step. (Don't know whether it will do any good...)

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