Demonstrations against Trump

[taxme]

Well, the sore loser democrats are at it as expected. There have been many demonstrations in many cities in America. All demonstrating against Trump becoming President. So, just what do they think this will accomplish? Do they think that Trump is going to say that he does not want to be President so as to please those democratic losers. The globalist elite establishment is not going to take Trumps win lying down, and this just may be the beginning of more to come from that globalist cabal. I guess that they have a lot to lose with Trump as President so they must do whatever they can to try to make his Presidency a nightmare. I suppose eventually the losers will accept their defeat and learn to live with their defeat. Maybe what the people who voted for Trump should do now is also get out there and in the streets and show those losers there support for Trump. Why is there so much intolerance shown by the left every time they lose a battle. 

What the losers should be doing is to take a wait and see approach. They may find that Trump will work for them also.  

[bush_cheney2004]

This is what democracy looks like.    When the democratic nominee loses the election, we get protests, riots, marches, etc.    Happened when Bush won too.

[kimmy]

Hard to feel sorry for the protestors...  the election was yesterday. If you didn't want Trump to be President, you picked the wrong night to stay home, dummies.

It's especially hard to feel sorry for the "Bernie Bros" who thought it would be cool to cast ballots for Harambe the Gorilla.  Hope that was worth it. Dank meme, bro. Enjoy the next 20 years of conservative Supreme Court rulings.

 -k

[Bonam]

Saw roving bands of protesters around here. What the heck is the point, election is over people. 

[Topaz]

I wonder what they do IF Hillary is found guilty in e-mails or the Foundation? Democracy or not, one can't PLEASE everyone ,the  world is shaking their heads. 

[Topaz]

It's one thing for students to protest a war BUT an election! As mature Adults know, sometimes life isn't fair but suck it up, chill up and wait until the next election and how many will have legal criminal records after they get arrested? They  need to go  back to school or get a job and pay off their student debt.

[betsy]

6 hours ago, taxme said:

Well, the sore loser democrats are at it as expected. There have been many demonstrations in many cities in America. All demonstrating against Trump becoming President. So, just what do they think this will accomplish? Do they think that Trump is going to say that he does not want to be President so as to please those democratic losers. The globalist elite establishment is not going to take Trumps win lying down, and this just may be the beginning of more to come from that globalist cabal. I guess that they have a lot to lose with Trump as President so they must do whatever they can to try to make his Presidency a nightmare. I suppose eventually the losers will accept their defeat and learn to live with their defeat. Maybe what the people who voted for Trump should do now is also get out there and in the streets and show those losers there support for Trump. Why is there so much intolerance shown by the left every time they lose a battle. 

What the losers should be doing is to take a wait and see approach. They may find that Trump will work for them also.  

 

I've heard about the planned, violent "Days of Rage."   Something similar to this:

 

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The Days of Rage demonstrations were a series of direct actions taken over a course of three days in October 1969 in Chicago, and organized by the Weatherman faction of the counterculture-era group Students for a Democratic Society.

The group planned the October 8–11 event as a "National Action" built around John Jacobs' slogan, "bring the war home".^[1] The National Action grew out of a resolution drafted by Jacobs and introduced at the October 1968 SDS National Council meeting in Boulder, Colorado. The resolution, which read "The Elections Don't Mean Shit—Vote Where the Power Is—Our Power Is In The Street", was adopted by the council; it had been prompted by the success of the Democratic National Convention protests in August 1968 and reflected Jacobs' strong advocacy of direct action as political strategy.^[2]

Such direct actions included vandalizing homes, businesses, and automobiles as well as assaulting police officers. Dozens were injured, and more than 280 members of the Weather Underground were arrested.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Days_of_Rage

 

Conspiracy theorists are saying it's a ploy to declare Martial Law.

Edited November 10, 2016 by betsy

[kimmy]

Martial law won't be necessary to deal with these whiners. Pepper spray ought to do it. I strongly doubt this will turn into anything even a fraction of the size of the Occupy protests or #BlackLivesMatter.

 -k

[Benz]

They should definitely stop whinning and put energies to build the democrate party and connect it back with the people.

It's frustrating the people that the winner has 1% less (230 000 votes) than the loser. Well, that is the system guys. Next time, do not wait for unwanted results if you want to change it. Do something or shut up. Whinning won't solve anything.

The republicans had a lower number of supporters in this one than they had in the last 4 elections. So Trump did not get new voters, he rather lost few. If they want to blame someone. They need to blame the people who did not take the time to vote. Plain and simple. Because when you do not vote, you censent to the choice the others will do. Learn the lesson!

[Altai]

I smell a military coup against Triumph 

[?Impact]

8 hours ago, bush_cheney2004 said:

Happened when Bush won too.

 

It is still happening with Obama, and folks like you complain about Trudeau at least 15 times a day. God Trump got into the race by his birther protests. Sore losers is a part of life.

[Boges]

2 hours ago, ?Impact said:

 

It is still happening with Obama, and folks like you complain about Trudeau at least 15 times a day. God Trump got into the race by his birther protests. Sore losers is a part of life.

Please cite ONE! Mass protest against Trudeau. As for Obama, sure he was hated by the Right for many unfounded reasons. But I don't recall protests spilling out in the street the day after his election and people calling for the electoral system that allowed him to be elected to be changed. 

[bush_cheney2004]

Whining losers in blue counties have the right to protest peacefully.  Mature voters in red counties have the right to ignore whining losers.

[BC_chick]

3 hours ago, Benz said:

They need to blame the people who did not take the time to vote. Plain and simple. Because when you do not vote, you censent to the choice the others will do. Learn the lesson!

I wonder how much of that had to do with the polls giving Clinton virtually no chance of losing.  I was worried about the complacency that is probably going to result from such over confidence.

Trump's supporters on the other hand were very motivated to get out and vote.

[BC_chick]

7 minutes ago, Boges said:

 I don't recall protests spilling out in the street the day after his election and people calling for the electoral system that allowed him to be elected to be changed. 

Electoral college favours Republicans given the rural vote.  Out of the last 5 elections, the only 2 times where the winner of the popular vote lost the election was Democrats.

It's not a fair comparison.  I would expect a whole lot of protesting from the Republican side too if they were the ones getting screwed over by an archaic system of voting.

[TimG]

4 minutes ago, BC_chick said:

I wonder how much of that had to do with the polls giving Clinton virtually no chance of losing.  I was worried about the complacency that is probably going to result from such over confidence.

Trump's supporters on the other hand were very motivated to get out and vote.

I read one analysis that pointed out that the *number* of white voters choosing Trump was less than that voted for Romney. The difference between 2012 and 2016 is entirely due to democratic voters that choose to stay home. 

So for those whinging about Trump they should be blaming their fellow Dems who could not be bothered to vote.

[?Impact]

The day after the 2008 election, graffiti stating "Shoot Obama" and "Kill That N-----" appeared at North Carolina State University in Raleigh.

Concerning the electoral college system, in the run-up to the election 538 was consistently showing the probability of Trump losing the popular vote and winning the electoral college was 20 times that of Clinton doing the same thing, and guess what - that is exactly what happened. 

[bush_cheney2004]

10 minutes ago, ?Impact said:

The day after the 2008 election, graffiti stating "Shoot Obama" and "Kill That N-----" appeared at North Carolina State University in Raleigh.

 

Identical sentiments appeared about Bush in 2004....even in Canada.

[BC_chick]

18 minutes ago, TimG said:

I read one analysis that pointed out that the *number* of white voters choosing Trump was less than that voted for Romney. The difference between 2012 and 2016 is entirely due to democratic voters that choose to stay home. 

So for those whinging about Trump they should be blaming their fellow Dems who could not be bothered to vote.

Yeah well, like I said, I think the polls gave the Democrats a false sense of security.  Why wait in line for hours to vote if it's such a sure bet anyway.

Blame Huffington Post et al and their 98% chance of winning predictions.  As much as everyone is bagging on Nate Silver, he's the one who gave her the lowest chance when factoring in economy and past elections instead of just polls.  

 

 

[BC_chick]

On the flip side, Trump's lower polling numbers was a sure way to ensure his supporters' motivation.

[TimG]

4 minutes ago, BC_chick said:

As much as everyone is bagging on Nate Silver, he's the one who gave her the lowest chance when factoring in economy and past elections instead of just polls.  

You think people would learn to listen to him. His methodology is not perfect but it is hard to argue with results. 

[sharkman]

3 minutes ago, BC_chick said:

Yeah well, like I said, I think the polls gave the Democrats a false sense of security.  Why wait in line for hours to vote if it's such a sure bet anyway.

Blame Huffington Post et al and their 98% chance of winning predictions.  As much as everyone is bagging on Nate Silver, he's the one who gave her the lowest chance when factoring in economy and past elections instead of just polls.  

 

 

In general, the liberal news sources all painted a pretty rosy picture for Hillary too.  This all was a big disservice to their side, and instead of protesting/rioting, people should be aiming their ire at the inaccurate media that misled them.

[Boges]

For sure. Don't blame those who voted for Trump. He actually received less votes than previous Republicans. The blame goes squarely at the Democrats for allowing an extraordinary unpopular candidate to face Trump. It's impressive he got as many votes as he did with no support from senior members of the party. 

It wasn't good enough to plead with people to take the lesser of two evils. Or hold their nose, a proper alternative to Trump wasn't given. 

[Wilber]

27 minutes ago, sharkman said:

In general, the liberal news sources all painted a pretty rosy picture for Hillary too.  This all was a big disservice to their side, and instead of protesting/rioting, people should be aiming their ire at the inaccurate media that misled them.

No. If a person decides not to vote, it lies squarely on them. Blaming someone else for your apathy is BS.

[Boges]

36 minutes ago, sharkman said:

In general, the liberal news sources all painted a pretty rosy picture for Hillary too.  This all was a big disservice to their side, and instead of protesting/rioting, people should be aiming their ire at the inaccurate media that misled them.

Then ban polling numbers being published during political campaigns. I certainly support that in Canada.