Women's March is the Biggest Protest on US History as an Estimated 2.9 Million March

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What exactly is their goal, what are they even protesting about? Women the West have it better than anywhere in the world, a woman can get any job she wants and is actually treated better than men in the criminal justice system.
 
AClaire11 said:
No march is going to represent everyone. I am saddened that those groups were excluded, as well, but to me that does not destroy the other legitimate concerns of those who marched. For example, if there was a march against anti semitism and they decided not to allow anti Zionist groups to march, that to me would not mean they are not allowed to call it a Jewish March, just because some Jewish people are anti Zionists and it’s a contentious issue. It can still be a women’s march even if they disagree with us on certain things. And maybe I was too harsh myself, but it’s annoying to see the same rude posts on every thread with a bunch of exclamation points. Maybe I need to take a break from the internet; I live just outside DC and seeing everyone scream back and forth about Trump and the protests is getting on my nerves.
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That’s probably a good idea
 
Della said:
Actually, these gals are reacting to overblown rhetoric and scare tactics left over from the election. None of the “horrors” they think will happen are going to happen. No one will be taking any true freedoms away from them. Rather, under the new administration, agendas of the few will no longer be imposed on the many, as is only right and proper in a representative democracy.
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It’s also proper for the rights of the minority to be protected against the tyranny of the majority. That’s why we have a representative democracy instead of a pure democracy. As they say, democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what to eat for dinner.
 
Assuming an 8 hour work day, 2.9 million entitled liberals standing around bellyaching cost the American economy 23.2 million hours of productivity. Assuming a measely $10 an hour average wage, thats $232,000,000 lost from the economy…way to go Libs.
 
Blood_Angel said:
What exactly is their goal, what are they even protesting about? Women the West have it better than anywhere in the world, a woman can get any job she wants and is actually treated better than men in the criminal justice system.
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I used to live in Asia where women are actually bought and sold and trafficked like cattle. Also, abortion, which a lot of Western women consider a feminist sacrament, is also responsible for the killng of millions of unborn women in India and China.

Western women have a better quality of life than women in Asia and Africa.
 
I think this is another example of why Trump won. A bunch of white coastal elites really do think the most important issues to all women is making sure men can use the women’s bathroom and abortion. They really don’t accept that nearly as many women are pro-life as pro-abortion and that most mothers really don’t want their pre-teen daughters sharing a bathroom with an adult, biological male, even if he does wear a dress.
 
ucfengr said:
I think this is another example of why Trump won. A bunch of white coastal elites really do think the most important issues to all women is making sure men can use the women’s bathroom and abortion. They really don’t accept that nearly as many women are pro-life as pro-abortion and that most mothers really don’t want their pre-teen daughters sharing a bathroom with an adult, biological male, even if he does wear a dress.
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AClaire11 said:
That’s a big part, from what I’ve heard from those that attended various marches. There’s also LGBTQ rights and repealing ACA, as well as what is seen as hateful and divisive rhetoric in general, such as his comments about immigrants. A few also mentioned his cabinet picks, such as DeVos. I don’t think abortion is the main issue for those I talked to, but I’d say most of them, not all but most, are pro choice.
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As somebody who attended the March, I have some questions that you could perhaps answer because you seemed to be observing and interacting quite a bit:
  1. Why were pro-life groups disinvited?
  2. The news showed several of the usual signs that read “hands off my uterus” and “hands off my health care” and the organizers specifically stated that part of the platform of the march was that it was always pro-choice. Did you find that the pro-choice women generally view choosing to be pro-life as another acceptable choice?
  3. I heard several extremely hateful speeches, including speeches slamming
    Ivanka Trump, a woman. Did you hear similar speeches at the march you attended?
  4. Did the organizers, marchers and speakers appear to value diversity of opinion?
  5. Were any conservative women who may have voted for Trump given a platform to speak?
Thanks in advance.
 
RCinMT said:
As somebody who attended the March, I have some questions that you could perhaps answer because you seemed to be observing and interacting quite a bit:
  1. Why were pro-life groups disinvited?
  2. The news showed several of the usual signs that read “hands off my uterus” and “hands off my health care” and the organizers specifically stated that part of the platform of the march was that it was always pro-choice. Did you find that the pro-choice women generally view choosing to be pro-life as another acceptable choice?
  3. I heard several extremely hateful speeches, including speeches slamming
    Ivanka Trump, a woman. Did you hear similar speeches at the march you attended?
  4. Did the organizers, marchers and speakers appear to value diversity of opinion?
  5. Were any conservative women who may have voted for Trump given a platform to speak?
Thanks in advance.
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I did not attend, but have several relatives and friends who did.
  1. It seemed to me that it was due to pressure from the more extreme, vocal pro choice faction. I’m sure we’ve all noticed people changing their stances to due to outcries from vocal groups lately.
  2. I would say there is considerable diversity of opinion. Some are pro life themselves but don’t feel they or the government should make that choice for everyone. Some think the best option is to keep abortion as rare as possible, but have it remain legal to prevent unsafe illegal procedures and for the sake of those who might need one for extreme circumstances. Then, of course, there are the very vocal ones who blast the opposition as evil. Not that these descriptions cover everyone.
  3. I did not attend. Those were appalling.
  4. Again, I did not attend, but those I know who do not subscribe to the typical liberal platform and carried signs signaling their religious beliefs had a positive time and were not heckled.
  5. I do not know who was or was not offered a platform to speak. I’m not sure why someone who voted for Trump would wish to speak at a march opposing his administration and proposed policies, though, so I would tentatively assume they wouldn’t try to speak in the first place.
 
AClaire11 said:
It’s also proper for the rights of the minority to be protected against the tyranny of the majority. That’s why we have a representative democracy instead of a pure democracy. As they say, democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what to eat for dinner.
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Protections, certainly, but not imposition of the will of the few on the many regarding violations of conscience and religious beliefs, as we’ve seen over the last 8 years. That’s the real problem here, not hysterics over things that will not happen and were never intended by the new administration. It’s a lot of noise and bother over nothing. A year from now no one will care or hardly remember this event–like so many others that came to nothing, either because there was nothing to it in the first place, or those involved didn’t have the will to work at making changes that are actually needed, such as the 1 million man march that went nowhere and did nothing positive. 🤷
 
ucfengr said:
I think this is another example of why Trump won. A bunch of white coastal elites…
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St. Paul, Minnesota is not on either coast, but we had over 90,000 in the march yesterday. So it is not just a “coastal elite” thing. Other non-coastal cities include:

Chicago: 150,000
Austin: 50,000
Houston: 20,000
St. Louis: 10,000
New Orleans: 10,000
Denver: 100,000

So it is hard to dismiss this as a mere nothing or solely the actions of coastal elites.
 
Sy_Noe said:
There were protests around the world. Paris and I believe London joined in.
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Again based on hysteria and rabble rousing. It will all come to nothing because laws are not make by mob rule but through legislation and citizens voting.
 
Della said:
Again based on hysteria and rabble rousing. It will all come to nothing because laws are not make by mob rule but through legislation and citizens voting.
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But the legislation and citizens voting starts with what you call rabble rousing. Like those rabble rousing suffragettes who preceded the legal procedures that asserted the right to vote for women.
 
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