JFLNYC wrote:

pacino wrote:

Soren wrote:My wife went to the march in DC. She said she was overwhelmed by how positive the experience was. Police officers were cheered, the vibe was good.

She decided to check facebook last night and was bombarded with posts about how hateful and hypocritical the liberals who marched were. She was pretty devastated by it.

there's more of her than there are of the ones bashing it. never forget that.

And half the bashers are Russian.

It was mostly her coworkers

RichmondPhilsFan wrote:

JFLNYC wrote:

pacino wrote:

Soren wrote:My wife went to the march in DC. She said she was overwhelmed by how positive the experience was. Police officers were cheered, the vibe was good.

She decided to check facebook last night and was bombarded with posts about how hateful and hypocritical the liberals who marched were. She was pretty devastated by it.

there's more of her than there are of the ones bashing it. never forget that.

And half the bashers are Russian.

And most of the bashers are focused on Ashley Judd and Madonna, who were apparently running their mouths.

But liberals are the ones obsessed with celebrities. Riiiight.

Donald Trump has 21 actor credits and 19 producer credits to his name. Ronald Reagan was a B-list actor in the late 30s and 40s. This celebrity nonsense is just that.

Soren wrote:

JFLNYC wrote:

pacino wrote:

Soren wrote:My wife went to the march in DC. She said she was overwhelmed by how positive the experience was. Police officers were cheered, the vibe was good.

She decided to check facebook last night and was bombarded with posts about how hateful and hypocritical the liberals who marched were. She was pretty devastated by it.

there's more of her than there are of the ones bashing it. never forget that.

And half the bashers are Russian.

It was mostly her coworkers

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make light of it. I hope she can stay strong.

Soren wrote:

JFLNYC wrote:

pacino wrote:

Soren wrote:My wife went to the march in DC. She said she was overwhelmed by how positive the experience was. Police officers were cheered, the vibe was good.

She decided to check facebook last night and was bombarded with posts about how hateful and hypocritical the liberals who marched were. She was pretty devastated by it.

there's more of her than there are of the ones bashing it. never forget that.

And half the bashers are Russian.

It was mostly her coworkers

I would try not to worry about it; if she's going to continue to do actions she will have to get used to it to a certain extent. Find solace in the supportive people, of which there many. It can be upsetting but hopefully she can deal with it well.

pacino wrote:

Soren wrote:My wife went to the march in DC. She said she was overwhelmed by how positive the experience was. Police officers were cheered, the vibe was good.

She decided to check facebook last night and was bombarded with posts about how hateful and hypocritical the liberals who marched were. She was pretty devastated by it.

there's more of her than there are of the ones bashing it. never forget that.

have friends who have bashed it as well.

posted a photo on instagram of a girl holding a "this pussy grabs back" sign. (https://www.instagram.com/p/BPkfNGyAojp ... cachristy1) i think it is powerful because when a people group is maligned or insulted they can take those insults and wear them as a badge. it is empowering that way.

had a friends father, who i am very close with, text me saying he had to unfollow me because politics have become to coarse (this man voted for trump). we then went civilly back and forth a bit. he said he had to vote for him because of policies and the future for his grandchildren and that bill clinton had an affair!

anyways, told a friend this morning about that text this morning.

she is pushing the well the march doesnt matter! where were they in september when they should have been knocking on doors. it doesnt matter bc they wont do anything now either!

i fucking hate people.

which is incredibly frustrating, because how do you know they didnt or how do you know they arent or how do you know they wont.

Politics is not every 4 years.

pacino wrote:

Soren wrote:

JFLNYC wrote:

pacino wrote:

Soren wrote:My wife went to the march in DC. She said she was overwhelmed by how positive the experience was. Police officers were cheered, the vibe was good.

She decided to check facebook last night and was bombarded with posts about how hateful and hypocritical the liberals who marched were. She was pretty devastated by it.

there's more of her than there are of the ones bashing it. never forget that.

And half the bashers are Russian.

It was mostly her coworkers

I would try not to worry about it; if she's going to continue to do actions she will have to get used to it to a certain extent. Find solace in the supportive people, of which there many. It can be upsetting but hopefully she can deal with it well.

There was an article in the WaPo this weekend about a woman in Williamsport who went from being a diehard conservative to supporting Hillary and attending the DC march this weekend. Needless to say, she's pretty isolated from similar thinkers where she lives. What was really uplifting about the story was how she came to this decision on her own despite having a pretty tough life.

Soren, have her read the article. It might give her strength despite her coworkers' nonsense. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/shes-54-white-rural-and-a-lifelong-republican-why-is-she-protesting-donald-trump/2017/01/21/6457ac02-df41-11e6-918c-99ede3c8cafa_story.html

CalvinBall wrote:
anyways, told a friend this morning about that text this morning.

she is pushing the well the march doesnt matter! where were they in september when they should have been knocking on doors. it doesnt matter bc they wont do anything now either!

i #$!&@ hate people.

which is incredibly frustrating, because how do you know they didnt or how do you know they arent or how do you know they wont.

I mean, I get your friend's point, but it's okay that Nov. 8th was a wakeup call for a lot of people, including many of us on here. We can't change what happened... all we can do is appreciate the difficult, grinding work ahead of us.

Politics isn't easy, nor is it supposed to be easy. When someone is in doubt on that point, just tell them to listen to the Hamilton soundtrack.

pacino wrote:Politics is not every 4 years.

i agree!

assuming these people werent involved or wont be in the future is such an over generalization. i cannot even entertain it.

my mom is a judge of elections. she was there.

friends mom hosted HRC staffers for months, rent free. she was there.

it is just such a dumb, unproveable argument. to try and discredit bc well what did you do before this, makes me upset.

rubio a yes on tillerson.

hahahaha

It's almost like the GOP establishment is intentionally setting up Trump to fail by supporting his terrible cabinet pick.

no, they're just being grabbed by trump and letting him do it. no one is even saying a thing.

CalvinBall wrote:

pacino wrote:

Soren wrote:My wife went to the march in DC. She said she was overwhelmed by how positive the experience was. Police officers were cheered, the vibe was good.

She decided to check facebook last night and was bombarded with posts about how hateful and hypocritical the liberals who marched were. She was pretty devastated by it.

there's more of her than there are of the ones bashing it. never forget that.

have friends who have bashed it as well.

posted a photo on instagram of a girl holding a "this pussy grabs back" sign. (https://www.instagram.com/p/BPkfNGyAojp ... cachristy1) i think it is powerful because when a people group is maligned or insulted they can take those insults and wear them as a badge. it is empowering that way.

had a friends father, who i am very close with, text me saying he had to unfollow me because politics have become to coarse (this man voted for trump). we then went civilly back and forth a bit. he said he had to vote for him because of policies and the future for his grandchildren and that bill clinton had an affair!

anyways, told a friend this morning about that text this morning.

she is pushing the well the march doesnt matter! where were they in september when they should have been knocking on doors. it doesnt matter bc they wont do anything now either!

i fucking hate people.

which is incredibly frustrating, because how do you know they didnt or how do you know they arent or how do you know they wont.

I love that he felt the need to tell you he was unfollowing. "Just so you know!"

Just trying to remain optimistic. I don't think the GOP is really going to be content with digging their own graves but perhaps I am wrong.

they get to cut taxes for rich people. who cares what else happens

CalvinBall wrote:

pacino wrote:Politics is not every 4 years.

i agree!

assuming these people werent involved or wont be in the future is such an over generalization. i cannot even entertain it.

my mom is a judge of elections. she was there.

friends mom hosted HRC staffers for months, rent free. she was there.

it is just such a dumb, unproveable argument. to try and discredit bc well what did you do before this, makes me upset.

most Americans were against the Civil Rights movement, most white people, at least.

pacino wrote:they get to cut taxes for rich people. who cares what else happens

You would think they would care about their political futures.

Republicans in the House have nothing to worry about and Republicans in the Senate mostly aren't up for re-election in 2 years, it's Democrats. the logistics of 2018 do not look good for Democrats, actually.

there is nothing that Trump can do that will ruin any republicans chances at re-election. The only thing that will ruin their chances is the (R) next to their name. So they might as well go whole hog with it and see what happens. Probably better to risk re-election on trumps side than not his side. The damage of electing trump is already done. Supporting him isn't going to cause some sudden uprise in the voting ranks.