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Yeah it's not like having a march is doing to be an effective means of rationalizing ones perspective on something. If anything it would motivate other like-minded folks to be more proactive in expressing their opinion or taking some kind of action.Your most powerful action against politicians you don't like is voting. There are few if any protests that garner my sympathy enough to actually change my stance (but it gets get me to at least see their viewpoint). I'm sure this goes for a lot of other folks as well. BLM (a few of their protests devolved into outright riots), Dakota Access Pipeline, Occupy Wall Street, March for Our Lives, Women's March, etc. are all protests that haven't made much of an impact on my worldview...mainly due to the approach but even the fundamentals of the movement. And yes, this is coming from someone who has participated in the March for Life, which receives VERY little media attention year in and year out, despite drawing tens to hundreds of thousands. I never went into it thinking it would radically change America, but if it gets just a few people thinking...then I think it has accomplished some of its goals.
There's plenty of nuts out there, and if they want to be ridiculous then there's not much we can do about that as long as their not infringing on anyone else's rights. I'm just glad the democratic base has rejected the crazies openly in regards to these circumstances. But it makes them look good to their constituents and in the end that's what they're trying to achieve. It's hard to be legitimately wholesome when you're also the epitome of manipulation. Lol.