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11/10/2016 9:57 am  #1


Tantrums for the election

It seems that the snowflakes are unhappy about the presidential election. I wonder how many of them actually voted? It's going to be a long 4 years for them. If people want to protest peacefully that is their right but when you block traffic, set fires, assault people and disregard the police then you are going to jail!

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/11/10/thousands-take-to-streets-in-major-cities-to-protest-trump-election.html

Thousands of people coast-to-coast took to the streets Wednesday night to protest Donald Trump’s election, disrupting traffic, chanting anti-Trump slogans and some ending up in handcuffs. From New England to heartland cities like Kansas City and along the West Coast, demonstrators bore flags and effigies of the president-elect, disrupting traffic and declaring that they refused to accept Trump's victory.

Some California cities saw heated tensions over Trump’s election. Thousands of protesters burned a giant papier mache Trump head in Los Angeles and started fires in Oakland intersections.Los Angeles demonstrators also beat a Trump piñata and sprayed the Los Angeles Times building and news vans with anti-Trump profanity. One protester outside LA City Hall read a sign that simply said "this is very bad."Late in the evening several hundred people blocked one of the city's busiest freeways, U.S. 101 between downtown and Hollywood.Los Angeles police told CBS Los Angeles that at least 13 people were arrested in the protests.

In Oakland, several thousand people gathered in Frank Ogawa Palaza, police said, clogging intersections and freeway on-ramps. According to KTVU, police used tear gas to disperse protesters after an unlawful assembly was declaredOakland police said one protesters was cited and a small number of protesters were arrested on suspicion of disobedience. A similar protest in Manhattan drew about 1,000 people.

Outside Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in midtown, police installed barricades to keep the demonstrators at bay.According to NBC New York, at least 60 people were arrested in the Manhattan protests.“America is not voting for Donald Trump’s policies, which don’t exist,” one protester told the station. “They voted for sexism, racism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism.”Other protesters echoed “Not my president” chants, which had been heard in several cities across the U.S.In Chicago, several thousand people marched through the Loop.

They gathered outside Trump Tower, chanting “Not my president!” One resident Michael Burke said he believes the president-elect stands to divide the nation and stir up a deep-seated hatred. He added there was a constitutional duty not to accept that outcome.Hundreds of protesters gathered near Philadelphia's City Hall despite chilly, wet weather. Participants — who included both supporters of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who lost to Clinton in the primary — expressed anger at both Republicans and Democrats over the election's outcome.

In Boston, thousands of anti-Trump protesters streamed through downtown, chanting "Trump's a racist" and carrying signs that said "Impeach Trump" and "Abolish Electoral College." Clinton appears to be on pace to win the popular vote, despite losing the electoral count that decides the presidential race.In the Midwest, protesters gathered in Minneapolis, Omaha, Nebraska and Kansas City Missouri. The Des Moines Register also reported that Iowa’s capital city saw some people protest as well, though it was kept to small numbers.Marchers protesting Trump's election chanted and carried signs in front of the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C.

Media outlets broadcast video Wednesday night showing a peaceful crowd in front of the new downtown hotel. Many chanted "No racist USA, no Trump, no KKK."Another group stood outside the White House. They held candles, listened to speeches and sang songs.Dallas activists gathered by the dozens outside the city's sports arena, the American Airlines Center.In Oregon, dozens of people blocked traffic in downtown Portland, burned American flags and forced a delay for trains on two light-rail lines.

Earlier, the protest in downtown drew several Trump supporters, who taunted the demonstrators with signs. A lone Trump supporter was chased across Pioneer Courthouse Square and hit in the back with a skateboard before others intervened. Many held anti-Trump and Black Lives Matter signs and chanted slogans, including "Misogyny has to go," and "The people united, will never be defeated.

"Five people were shot and injured in an area near the protest, but police said the shootings and the demonstration were unrelated.

Back in New York, several groups of protesters caused massive gridlock as police mobilized to contain them under a light rain.They held signs that read "Trump Makes America Hate" and chanted "hey, hey, ho, ho Donald Trump has got to go." and "Impeach Trump."


 “We hold these truths to be self-evident,”  former vice president Biden said during a campaign event in Texas on Monday. "All men and women created by — you know, you know, the thing.”

 
 

11/10/2016 10:00 am  #2


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Snowflakes?

Looks like your vision for making america great again amounts to nothing more than heaping abuse on people who disagree with you.
Sad.
I thought that this was about something more important.

In defeat, defiance.
Get used to it.

Last edited by Goose (11/10/2016 10:02 am)


We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists. 
 

11/10/2016 10:03 am  #3


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They are the "deplorables" apparently ! 


"Do not confuse motion and progress, A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress"
 
 

11/10/2016 10:54 am  #4


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It will all die down over the next few days.  Let's not let our knickers get knotted over this.  Trumpers have to keep in mind that Clinton got more votes even though she lost the election due to the antiquated electoral college system.

 

11/10/2016 12:30 pm  #5


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I think it's incumbent for us older cats to teach the young adults who may jut be going through this (a political loss) for the first time that it'll be ok. 

America is bigger than any one man. Trump's time in office is limited to four years unless we re-elect him. 

They need to be reminded while civic awareness is important, don't drown in it. Focus on yourself. Focus what you can do in your community for your neighbors, friends and family. That'll have a much bigger impact that anything you can shout at Washington from 200 or 2,000 miles away.

But just pointing at them and laughing or tsk-tsking them doesn't do anyone any good. 

 


I think you're going to see a lot of different United States of America over the next three, four, or eight years. - President Donald J. Trump
 

11/10/2016 3:53 pm  #6


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I'm curious how many protesters blew off voting because there was no way Trump could win?


If you make yourself miserable trying to make others happy that means everyone is miserable.

-Me again

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11/10/2016 4:41 pm  #7


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Conspiracy Theory wrote:

I'm curious how many protesters blew off voting because there was no way Trump could win?

Interesting question.
I doubt anyone has data on that at this time


We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists. 
 

11/10/2016 6:10 pm  #8


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Eight years ago I was lukewarm about McCain until he selected Sarah Palin as his running mate.

THEN I was energized; so yes, I can relate to those who are feeling a weight of doom and gloom these days.

But you did not see McCain-Palin supporters shutting down freeways, setting fires, telling newscasters that there will need to be casualties, etc.   Yes, there were some who became "birthers"....but even they were nonviolent and non-disruptive.  

Life went on.


Life is an Orthros.
 

11/10/2016 7:58 pm  #9


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I understand and agree with you, Tarnation.  But, with a reality show host and tv celebrity being selected as the leader of a major political party, I think we've waded into a completely different area of the pool.

 

11/10/2016 8:14 pm  #10


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Spray painting buildings. Chanting slogans. Carrying signs.
Oh, heavens to Betsy,,,,,,

Yea, this is totally unlike anything we have ever seen. 
Except, you did see the birther movement. They were only saying that the democratically elected president was illegitimate. The teaparty. Posters of Obama dressed up like Hitler. Posters of Obama dressed up like a witch doctor. Threats of secession. Threats of violent insurrection.
Heck six weeks ago the republican governor of Kentucky was suggesting a bloody revolution if Clinton were to win.

I' m seeing scattered reports of intimidation and vandalism against blacks and Muslims. But I'm sure that these things never happened. (Sarcasm)

Just sain'.
This is a hoot.
Memory is a wonderful thing. Sometimes we remember what we wish were true rather than what actually is true.

Last edited by Goose (11/10/2016 8:25 pm)


We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists. 
 

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