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[Women's March on Washington] 100% peaceful march, millions participated, history made
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The route does not cross the bus thoroughfares but it will mess up traffic downtown for sure
Again, this is not styled as a protest or intended to be a disturbance, unlike the impromptu marching that occurred after election day during dark nighttime hours (which was fucked up by idiot anarchists), this is a midday organized permitted march.
Do they complain this hard about the Shamrock run?
They complain about everything political. I don't know if there's a meatsponge better primed to soak in bad information or advocate strongly for fuck you got mine.
Edit:fixed post, GG phone.
You are not popular. Your ideas are not popular. Depending on the turnout, protests can show that there is a good amount of the populace outside on a day where they could be lounging and watching Netflix. It's a visible expression of the unpopularity of your so-called popular ideas.
Don't let their weaselly lawyers pick up that pathetic premise when they justify their actions. Turn out.
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I probably should have said something like that. I think I just said, "I don't think they need your permission to make a point."
I'm pretty tired of being nice at this point.
They sound very tiresome, sorry you have to deal with that
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Be careful out there if you're going to the flagship march. Some degree of precaution is probably warranted, just in case someone does something stupid.
They tried to bury us. They didn't know that we were seeds. 2018 Midterms. Get your shit together.
It is not Trump, the police or the protestors I would be worried about; there is going to be a large cohort of white supremacists at the inauguration. These people were overtly violent during the campaign, and it is more or less the one consistent tradition among Neo Nazis to be violent assholes in the face of any public demonstration.
Those folks that work in & browse through all of the off-Broadway Nazi bookstores? They'll probably be in the rally crowd, and best you believe that they will be either starting shit or trying to get you to.
http://www.theverge.com/2017/1/18/14310510/trump-inauguration-protest-posters-washington-post-shepard-fairey
They are based off a kickstarter but due to the no kickstarter rule I won't link it but there is a link in the article. They do have a full page ad in the WashPo today as well with the "We the People are Greater than Fear" poster.
Tomorrow in DC will be in the low 50's and dry. Remember no backpacks so plan to carry your water and stuff accordingly.
I doubt a bunch of grandmas are going to start anything, and I likewise doubt that the police are looking to teargas a bunch of grandmas.
But there's always a certain percentage of people at these protests that are just looking to start shit for some reason, and we are inagurating the chosen candidate of internet trolls and people who think false flag operations are a common occurance.
Basically, just be careful and cooperative unless it becomes completely impossible to do so. And have a plan among those you came with just in case it all goes to shit. But that's just general mass protest advice.
They tried to bury us. They didn't know that we were seeds. 2018 Midterms. Get your shit together.
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Ok. Dudes. Take whatever is feasible in any of these recommendations into account but do not think any of this is required or likely, please, particularly if you decide not to go because you think the only people who can protest are hardcore activist hackers with Watch Dogs rigs and martial arts skills.
Like, be cautious, practice common sense, if you sense trouble, just gtfo.
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You can't give someone a pirate ship in one game, and then take it back in the next game. It's rude.
This was written in the context of Oakland, whose police are notably combative and corrupt and surveillance is straight ridiculous because of the DHS funded Watch Doge-esque Domain Awareness Center.
If one of you in DC could snag a poster or two for me I would be eternally grateful.
I liked "Not usually a sign guy but geez"
I'll try but I have a feeling they will be in short supply.
re: Signage: I'm not going to have a lot of time to physically craft one so I'll probably just write, as clearly as I can, WORDS HAVE MEANING too, @kedinik
It feels like an appropriate distillation of our present reign of entropy
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I gotcha covered. I'll be at the metro early.
me too~~~
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They tried to bury us. They didn't know that we were seeds. 2018 Midterms. Get your shit together.
I am sad the kickstarter is over. I would of paid $50 for all the prints.
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There was massive amounts of teargas being fired a block away from the march, too, but I'm not sure what was happening there!
Be safe everyone!
Alternatively, I will be participating in protest today, J20, in PDX, that does purport to respect a diversity of tactis. I hope that others who's activism strays outside of the state sponsored methods can find one in their area too.
can you explain more what you mean by diversity of tactics? and why you expect that any and all events must embrace a diversity of tactics instead of focusing down to one?
what tactics are the Women's Marches not using that you want them to use? or are you mostly concerned that they received a permit and planned a route and are intending to stay as peaceful as possible?
The nation's eyes are on these marches. We cannot associate them with destructive and violent anarchy. Social media and news outlets will blow these things way out of proportion and people who could have joined the cause will distance themselves from violent radicals. "Diverse Tactics" such as vandalism and threats will be weaponized against you to diminish the effectiveness and efforts of hundreds of thousands of women across the country. We need to be better then this. We need to be more responsible than this.
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We need one tactic; peaceful, public resistance.
They tried to bury us. They didn't know that we were seeds. 2018 Midterms. Get your shit together.
Thank you for chiming up about this.
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It's not necessary to go in breaking and disrupting via vandalism until they tell you that you can't march. I've little doubt that in a year or two a request to hold a gathering will be denied. That's when you have one anyway and prepare for the awful.
Showing up to be heard in a healthy respectful manner needs to happen. Bricks maybe come later if at all. I think a lot of "cause heads" just enjoy the destruction and want the violence. This isn't the time.
I'm looking forward to the stuff in PDX and DC even though I can't go, because watching others do what is right is inspiring. A lot of people need that inspiration after today. It's the right thing to do.
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So I guess my sincerest thanks to those who go.
Indeed, the only 'diverse tactics' which can be considered are things like sit down protests where passive resistance is used, economic action, or spoliering. If our side uses force, and they also use force, then all anyone learns is that 'the police protected themselves'. Just like any successful movement, if you wish to do more than just march, then go sit in front of a gate, or stage a hunger strike. Leave them to use force against your passivity.
If you wish to do more than protest, but don't want to chain yourself to a fence, then donate money, time and support to liberal causes. If you don't have money, and feel the democrats are enormous underdogs in your district go encourage dissent within Republican circles. Go join a young Republicans group and make a nuisance of yourself. Be a massive protocol snob, demand that meetings don't start one second late, or finish one second early. Make every discussion about whether or not it is the right time and group of people to have that discussion. Create a massive structure of permission, bureaucracy and paperwork. Make the organization confusing and exclusionary to new members. Vote against anything that seems like it might be a good idea, and demand ideological purity in all things.
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