Well, this is life in America where the right to speak out and protest are rights we have from the inception of our democracy.  It's healthy to challenge authority.  However, this would not be possible or tolerated under authoritarian rule.

I am sure there will be protests but not all protesters are anarchists. I like how protesting gets lumped in with anarchy. 

As a matter of fact, the LACK of PROTESTS and those that stifle it have led to tragedy through the ages.

"First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—Because I was not a Socialist.

Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me."​
 

Last edited by tennyson (1/07/2017 8:46 am)

Wait a minute . . . Wasn't Trump elected by people that were sick of Washington D.C. politicians and the status quo of our federal government. They wanted an "outsider" to shake up the old boys club running the country. They wanted to get rid of nuisance government regulations, agencies, and red tape. They wanted to basically dismantle, disregard, redirect, and repeal programs established by previous administrations. They were enthralled by the rhetoric of this maverick candidate who vowed to change all that and not let the government interfere in their lives.

They were kind of like wannabe anarchists.

Now they're going to show up at their preferred leader's inauguration to protest ? ! ? !

Why ?  ?

Are they pissed because his "drain the swamp" promise was just an empty campaign slogan ? 

Have they begun to realize that their perceived savior is nothing more than a sideshow barker ?

Give him a break you hypocritical anarchists that voted for him. I say we give him at least a year to see if his actions will lead somewhere. If he takes us nowhere, or into a domestic and international abyss, maybe smarter people will begin the impeachment process.

Last edited by Rongone (1/07/2017 10:18 am)

By definition, that's what anarchists to. They disrupt stuff.

Maybe the pro-marijuana activists will run into the anarchists and everyone will just chill out

Washington (CNN) Adam Eidinger wants to make a statement on President-elect Donald Trump's Inauguration Day by offering 4,200 free joints to anyone willing to take it.

On January 20, Eidinger, alongside other marijuana legalization advocates, are going to hand out up to two ounces of marijuana in the form of 4,200 joints to people in Washington's Dupont Circle.

"We're defending our initiative against the federal government because we're concerned that Jeff Sessions will try to overturn our local laws here," he told CNN on Wednesday. "We're being proactive to share marijuana, which is our right, before it's too late. We also want to educate Trump supporters that we can do this legally."

Eidinger is the founder of DCMJ, an organization that worked to pass Initiative 71, which legalized marijuana in Washington. Initiative 71 made it legal for anyone to carry up to two ounces of marijuana in the nation's capitol. But it can only be gifted -- it's not legal to sell it.

Protesters who are willing are also planning to light their joint on the National Mall four minutes and 20 seconds into Trump's presidency (420 is a code-term that refers to the consumption of weed). Eidinger is warning protestors who plan to smoke that it's illegal to do so on that property -- and are risking arrest.

"If they do that on the National Mall, that's up to them," he said. "The National Mall is a place for protest. If it smells like marijuana, it's only one person's fault -- and that person is Donald Trump."

Trump has remained mum on the issue of marijuana. Eidinger said he'd be willing to call the event off if Trump reached out to him to talk about his organization.

"If he's going to listen to us, then we have no choice than to stink up the inauguration with marijuana," he said.

However, Sessions, Trump's pick for attorney general, has not kept his strong feelings against marijuana use a secret.

"Good people don't smoke marijuana," the Alabama Republican senator said during a hearing in April. "We need grown-ups in Washington to say marijuana is not the kind of thing that ought to be legalized, it ought not to be minimized, that it is in fact a very real danger."

Trump's team did not immediately respond to a request for comment by CNN.

Eidinger said he's passionate about the legalization of the plant because of it's beneficial properties.

"I've seen the healing power of the plant," he said. "I've seen so many people get better with marijuana use, whether it's (multiple sclerosis), or cancer or AIDS. I think it's a great injustice to put people in jail for something so benign and so beneficial."