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In response to "protesters are now blocking several segments of the 101 freeway in LA -- nm" by Peglegpete

seriously, what do they hope to accomplish? its over, he won - where was this energy beforehand -- nm

Posted by crash davis (aka crash davis) Nov 9 '16, 23:00

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I would say it is to make it clear that he does not have a mandate and he needs to focus first on unity before aggressively pursuing a divisive agenda - pmb Nov 10, 05:12
It's California. We march in the streets when things make us angry. It's what we do. -- nm - con_carne Nov 10, 01:39
I suspect if they were asked, and they answered honestly, a good 20% of the protesters didn't vote at all -- nm* - Peglegpete Nov 9, 23:02 12
- OTOH California did vote Democrat. Even south Orange County it sounds like. -- nm - Meg Nov 9, 23:05 11
  - Orange County voted for a Democratic President for the first time since the Great Depression -- nm - con_carne Nov 10, 01:33
  - Over 60% for her. -- nm - jnine Nov 9, 23:16 9
    - unless they are going to change into a movement to change the EC to a popular vote, its still just aimless rage -- nm - crash davis Nov 9, 23:27 8
      - LOL. Hey crash davis, you live in Idaho right? - con_carne Nov 10, 01:57
      - It's peaceful. People need to do something. LA County was 73% for her, so the majority of the people are pretty upset. -- nm - jnine Nov 9, 23:30 6
        
        I understand the upset. I approve of a gathering, in a park or somesuch. But as a former big city commuter, blocking the freeway seems to be a - crash davis Nov 9, 23:34 3
        
        They were protesting at City Hall and Pershing Square. They started walking to their cars/homes, went over the freeway and a few people went on and - jnine Nov 9, 23:39 2
        
        fair enough :) -- nm* - crash davis Nov 9, 23:43
        
        :((((((((((( -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 9, 23:40
        
        start a 'buy a thanksgiving turkey for the homeless instead of street protest' movement -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 9, 23:33 1
        
        they will need them because you know food stamps and school lunches are going to be cut -- nm - z Nov 9, 23:47

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