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Who has a Wife or Daughter going to the Woman's March on Washington?

BobStackFan4Life said:
I like that you're big on trying to teach your children to have respect for others, that's fantastic, but I wish you'd let them formulate their own thoughts as far as politics, instead of trying to get them to loathe their President as much as you do.
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I would hope people don't raise their children to hate Trump. I would hope people raise their children to hate all people like him.
 
knowell said:
I am glad you all had a great time at your march. Hopefully that got it out of your system.

Making America great is hard work. Time to lend a hand or get out of the way.
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That's exactly what all of the speakers at the March were asking attendees to do. Lots of calls to action. People have already been doing it and I have no doubt it will continue.

As I saw on a few signs - "Congratulations. You've made me an activist."
 
Deacfreak07 said:
I would hope people don't raise their children to hate Trump. I would hope people raise their children to hate all people like him.
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I would hope we raise our children with tolerance and love for others. We already have enough hate in the world without intentionally trying to inculcate our kids with hate.
 
LadyDeac03 said:
That's exactly what all of the speakers at the March were asking attendees to do. Lots of calls to action. People have already been doing it and I have no doubt it will continue.

As I saw on a few signs - "Congratulations. You've made me an activist."
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Maybe they will be influenced to at least vote next time. Voting seems much more effective than protesting the loss afterwards. Maybe this protest will amount to something but I will be quite surprised if it does.
 
knowell said:
I would hope we raise our children with tolerance and love for others. We already have enough hate in the world without intentionally trying to inculcate our kids with hate.
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Says the guy who gets off regularly trolling posters on a message board.
 
knowell said:
Maybe they will be influenced to at least vote next time. Voting seems much more effective than protesting the loss afterwards. Maybe this protest will amount to something but I will be quite surprised if it does.
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At the very least I do hope it spurs people to vote. But I already know a lot of people personally who never donated to a cause before or ever called their representatives and they now do both regularly. Time will tell if that activism persists.
 
knowell said:
I would hope we raise our children with tolerance and love for others. We already have enough hate in the world without intentionally trying to inculcate our kids with hate.
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I think it's ok to hate things that make the world worse. I hate terrorists. I hate cop-killers. I hate racist, sexist, bigoted pieces of shit.
 
knowell said:
Maybe they will be influenced to at least vote next time. Voting seems much more effective than protesting the loss afterwards. Maybe this protest will amount to something but I will be quite surprised if it does.
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Did you say that in response to the Tea Party?
 
I'd say the tea party did a lot more than just protest. If those who marched yesterday can organize a movement like the tea party they can single handedly flip the 2018 election.
 
Liquid Karma said:
I'd say the tea party did a lot more than just protest. If those who marched yesterday can organize a movement like the tea party they can single handedly flip the 2018 election.
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It's only Day 3.
 
The big issue is going to be anti-Trump. That's just how it will be. The question will be if it can translate to support for Democrats overall.
 
This may be more appropriate in the "Facebook gold..." thread, but I saw this just now:

I am not a "disgrace to women" because I don't support the women's march. I do not feel I am a "second class citizen" because I am a woman. I do not feel my voice is "not heard" because I am a woman. I do not feel I am not provided opportunities in this life or in America because I am a woman. I do not feel that I "don't have control of my body or choices" because I am a woman. I do not feel like I am " not respected or undermined" because I am a woman.
I AM a woman.
I can make my own choices.
I can speak and be heard.
I can VOTE.
I can work if I want.
I control my body.
I can defend myself.
I can defend my family.
There is nothing stopping me to do anything in this world but MYSELF.
I do not blame my circumstances or problems on anything other than my own choices or even that sometimes in life, we don't always get what we want. I take responsibility for myself.
I am a mother, a daughter, a wife, a sister, a friend. I am not held back in life but only by the walls I choose to not go over which is a personal choice.
Quit blaming.
Take responsibility.
If you want to speak, do so. But do not expect for me, a woman, to take you seriously wearing a pink va-jay-jay hat on your head and screaming profanities and bashing men.
If you have beliefs, and speak to me in a kind matter, I will listen. But do not expect for me to change my beliefs to suit yours. Respect goes both ways.
If you want to impress me, especially in regards to women, then speak on the real injustices and tragedies that affect women in foreign countries that do not have the opportunity or means to have their voices heard.
Saudi Arabia, women can't drive, no rights and must always be covered.
China and India, infantcide of baby girls.
Afghanistan, unequal education rights.
Democratic Republic of Congo, where rapes are brutal and women are left to die, or HIV infected and left to care for children alone.
Mali, where women can not escape the torture of genital mutilation.
Pakistan, in tribal areas where women are gang raped to pay for men's crime.
Guatemala, the impoverished female underclass of Guatemala faces domestic violence, rape and the second-highest rate of HIV/AIDS after sub-Saharan Africa. An epidemic of gruesome unsolved murders has left hundreds of women dead, some of their bodies left with hate messages.
And that's just a few examples.
So when women get together in AMERICA and whine they don't have equal rights and march in their clean clothes, after eating a hearty breakfast, and it's like a vacation away that they have paid for to get there...
This WOMAN does not support it...
please copy and paste.. I loved it and it fit me perfect, so if you feel the same copy and paste it..
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The sentiment "hey at least you're not in Saudi Arabia" makes me chuckle. I can see Facebookers in 1960 saying "hey at least we don't have slavery anymore" to civil rights protesters. Actually, nevermind, I can see that in 2017 too.
 
Having someone in office to collectively oppose is always helpful. We are humans, we unfortunately require some fear to motivate us to action. The tea party is a great example. A president with an Arabic name was a gift with a big bow on it, stoking enough fear to mobilize them.

Let's hope that the fear we all have of Trump's incompetence and bigotry will mobilize our liberal friends in the rust belt and South to vote.
 
DeacHead said:
This may be more appropriate in the "Facebook gold..." thread, but I saw this just now:



The sentiment "hey at least you're not in Saudi Arabia" makes me chuckle. I can see Facebookers in 1960 saying "hey at least we don't have slavery anymore" to civil rights protesters. Actually, nevermind, I can see that in 2017 too.
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Yeesh
 
WakeBDer said:
I think it's ok to hate things that make the world worse. I hate terrorists. I hate cop-killers. I hate racist, sexist, bigoted pieces of shit.
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Well, that in a nut shell is the problem with hate. Everyone feels justified in their hatred. It's still just hate.
 
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