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[wierd]

doing the same thing and expecting a different result and all that.

of course he will keep doing it. that, and saying it will be "yuuuge!"

[smjjames]

really?

are they being paid to protest?  that seems pretty seasonal, do they work through a temp agency?

are there any qualifications to being a professional protester, or do they hire off the street?

I have no idea what constitutes a 'Professional protester', and no way those many thousands accross 25 cities could ALL be whatever a 'Professional protestor' is. There isn't a wiki article for one.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

inb4 he accuses Mitch McConnell of being a Clinton Foundation plant.

[Rolepgeek]

The fearmongering on Twitter by people I know, love, and respect is upsetting me.

There's a reason I almost never go on Twitter. I was lured by the curiosity as to how much it was exploding. The answer: It's like a self-sustaining firestorm at this point.

One that's capable of igniting nuclear fusion?

Rep. Ellison said that he'll make an announcement on DNC chair run on Monday. Translation: He's throwing his hat in the ring for DNC chair.

Not quite. Just...frightening in how much people are saying much the same things about bunkers and defending ourselves or whatever. I think it's in a metaphorical sense, but when people are saying that 'Pence is coming for your gay son'....I dunno. I get frustrated because I feel like this just makes things worse.

[origamiscienceguy]

doing the same thing and expecting a different result and all that.

of course he will keep doing it. that, and saying it will be "yuuuge!"

Well, it works, so isn't he expecting the same result?

[smjjames]

doing the same thing and expecting a different result and all that.

of course he will keep doing it. that, and saying it will be "yuuuge!"

Well, it works, so isn't he expecting the same result?

Worked for his base while campaigning, doing it while being President is another thing entirely.

[hector13]

doing the same thing and expecting a different result and all that.

of course he will keep doing it. that, and saying it will be "yuuuge!"

Well, it works, so isn't he expecting the same result?

Worked for his base while campaigning, doing it while being President is another thing entirely.

Doesn't make him look insecure or anything. Fantastic attribute for a leader.

[origamiscienceguy]

They said the same thing about the GOP and the actual race.

[smjjames]

doing the same thing and expecting a different result and all that.

of course he will keep doing it. that, and saying it will be "yuuuge!"

Well, it works, so isn't he expecting the same result?

Worked for his base while campaigning, doing it while being President is another thing entirely.

Doesn't make him look insecure or anything. Fantastic attribute for a leader.

Still being dismissive of the issues.....

[hector13]

doing the same thing and expecting a different result and all that.

of course he will keep doing it. that, and saying it will be "yuuuge!"

Well, it works, so isn't he expecting the same result?

Worked for his base while campaigning, doing it while being President is another thing entirely.

Doesn't make him look insecure or anything. Fantastic attribute for a leader.

Still being dismissive of the issues.....

Who is, and which issues?

[smjjames]

doing the same thing and expecting a different result and all that.

of course he will keep doing it. that, and saying it will be "yuuuge!"

Well, it works, so isn't he expecting the same result?

Worked for his base while campaigning, doing it while being President is another thing entirely.

Doesn't make him look insecure or anything. Fantastic attribute for a leader.

Still being dismissive of the issues.....

Who is, and which issues?

Trump is, and of the issues the people are protesting.....

[origamiscienceguy]

From what I've seen on the news, they think the only people who voted for Trump were racists/homophobic/mysogenic/etc.

I know that the media isn't exactly the best at getting good data (polls,  ), but what do the more liberally-inclined forumites here think about that?

[wierd]

i think the primary issue they are protesting over is that he won?

they wont change that outcome by protesting.

[hector13]

Ah right, cool. Thought I had to defend myself, man, 'cause so had no idea what i was dismissing

But yeah, evidently it bothers him when people exercise their right to assembly, protest, and free speech.

PPE: from what you said yesterday, it probably has a lot to do with party politics. People seemed to ignore what he was saying, which was quite awful, and vote for him because he was Republican/not Democrat.

But then again, given his platform of "Mexicans are all rapist drug dealing murders, Muslims are all potential terrorist, ladies shouldn't have a right to their body once they become pregnant and also can't do their job when their on their period." Some... less than open minded folk will have voted for him because he was legitimizing what they believe.

Sort of edit: fuckin' phone and autocorrect and grammar.

[smjjames]

From what I've seen on the news, they think the only people who voted for Trump were racists/homophobic/mysogenic/etc.

I know that the media isn't exactly the best at getting good data (polls,  ), but what do the more liberally-inclined forumites here think about that?

I haven't heard anything about them thinking that, at least not the media I look at, but as far as the pollsters go, there will be plenty of time for them to analyse and figure out what went wrong. Besides the obvious parts.

i think the primary issue they are protesting over is that he won?

they wont change that outcome by protesting.

Primarily over how he conducted his campaign, you know, homophobic, bigotry, xenophobic, racist, so on.