Women's march....

Foxrac said:
See my post #32

Some women march are good, some women march are bad.

I believe that you don't like those march due to your philosophy reason, but oh well. At least, they aren't your children.
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I agree that some marchers were well-behaved and some were not. The problem is, the bad ones get all of the attention.

My philosophy is that I believe in the constitutional right to gather and protest (peacefully). I also have the right to criticize how the protest is performed. The protest march in DC had way too much unnecessary vulgarity. Why couldn't they make their points without being gross? MLK certainly never did that. He and his followers always marched with class and dignity, even when they were treated badly.
 
Foxrac said:
Yeah, DC is very big city and you have to keep out of sight as possible.

I had seen many nasty protest in DC so DC seems city with most protest in the nation. :hmm:

I'm small town guy so don't like to live in big city.
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+1 for the small towns. Cities are for visiting, like Mount Rushmore or something.
 
Reba said:
I agree that some marchers were well-behaved and some were not. The problem is, the bad ones get all of the attention.

My philosophy is that I believe in the constitutional right to gather and protest (peacefully). I also have the right to criticize how the protest is performed. The protest march in DC had way too much unnecessary vulgarity. Why couldn't they make their points without being gross? MLK certainly never did that. He and his followers always marched with class and dignity, even when they were treated badly.
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Yes, media get more money if they focus on bad situation or shocking news, so I don't read major media websites like CNN, NBC and FOX often, so I'm just majority reader on Huff Post, ABC News, small news and blogs, even some of them gave a link to major media for sad news like I posted one from CNN and ABC. ABC is one of my most favorite due to hardcore Disney fan and have a huge support with Disney.

That's ok, you can criticize whichever you like, but I just puzzled and realized that you have different philosophy about parent's handle with children. I didn't realize about how is nasty with DC women march and Shel said it was great. I guess - it is modern day that many people cussed anywhere, especially in DC metro. Back in early 1990s, my father used to cover my eyes when he saw vulgarity when we visited DC from NoVA.

In bold, I can answer your question, some activists believe that vulgarity has huge impact and force our representatives to realize about how important is women's rights. That's not mine but activists made decision with messages.

For me, I personally prefer to let my child know about bad languages and tell them to never use in home, school and anywhere until they are late teen to adult to make a judgement if their behaviors are acceptable, but I don't welcome anyone with bad attitudes and being moody. I do definitely believe that old children can watch or play violent games, movies and TV shows, but they must know that all aren't real and I just want them to be brave instead of too sensitive. I'm no authoritative, but I just want my child to have responsibility, not treat like spoiled.
 
Double-U said:
+1 for the small towns. Cities are for visiting, like Mount Rushmore or something.
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Yes, I decided that I'm going live in small towns (especially ski towns) in Colorado after finish with Gallaudet.

If it isn't possible, I will take Denver instead.
 
Foxrac said:
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In bold, I can answer your question, some activists believe that vulgarity has huge impact and force our representatives to realize about how important is women's rights. That's not mine but activists made decision with messages.
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That's strange. I wonder why they would think representatives would be impressed by vulgarity? How can anyone take seriously people screeching and wearing nasty costumes? Most intelligent people are either turned off or laugh at them. I don't see how they think their actions will change anything politically.

For me, I personally prefer to let my child know about bad languages and tell them to never use in home, school and anywhere until they are late teen to adult to make a judgement if their behaviors are acceptable, but I don't welcome anyone with bad attitudes and being moody. I do definitely believe that old children can watch or play violent games, movies and TV shows, but they must know that all aren't real and I just want them to be brave instead of too sensitive. I'm no authoritative, but I just want my child to have responsibility, not treat like spoiled.
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You are computer savvy, so you know about GIGO.
 
Reba said:
That's strange. I wonder why they would think representatives would be impressed by vulgarity? How can anyone take seriously people screeching and wearing nasty costumes? Most intelligent people are either turned off or laugh at them. I don't see how they think their actions will change anything politically.


You are computer savvy, so you know about GIGO.
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All it does it engender hostility on the other side.
 
Reba said:
That's strange. I wonder why they would think representatives would be impressed by vulgarity? How can anyone take seriously people screeching and wearing nasty costumes? Most intelligent people are either turned off or laugh at them. I don't see how they think their actions will change anything politically.

You are computer savvy, so you know about GIGO.
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I personally don't believe that protest will make our representatives to change their mind, even it was vulgarity, but I used online petition to convince the representatives to change their mind. I'm not into protest guy, but I prefer petitions and letters. I think about problem, at first, women march used to be peaceful with no vulgarity, but our representatives won't listen, so they decided to march again with more vulgarity or other strong vocabulary. If it won't work so they need to change the model.

but in real world, many people cussed in random times, even sometime, I did if no kids around, so not much. I never used vulgarity in formal letters and petitions to our representatives.

Yes, I'm computer savvy and learn about GIGO - interesting word. I'm disappointed about my parents made me oversensitive and it has been lessened over years, also I don't want to follow same mistakes that my parents, but I can't fix my parents and I have to move on.
 
Double-U said:
All it does it engender hostility on the other side.
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Yes, DC protests tend to be nasty nowadays.

Funny, my DB friend flipped the bird at me, so I used hammer gesture to stomp the middle finger down, so I told her that she was closer to children playing around.
 
Off topic but I wonder what these protesters have to say/think of the 30 million women who voted for Trump?
 
Warning: Mickey Mouse doesn't like vulgar words. :lol:

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Regarding the DC march- I kind of wonder if some of the women who brought their kids didn't have a choice but to bring them.

Yes I know... "they should have stayed home then" but if a woman felt strongly to want to be active in a march then she will find a way to do it...but if no alternatives for child care is in sight..what else to do?

Just another view..I'm on the fence on the whole kiddies at any events that have cussing...games, concerts, marches.

Also read that there were only 4 arrests across the US related the women's marches... How true that is I don't know as I'm sure not everything got counted.
 
SilverRoxy said:
What are protestors expecting the congress to do?
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I don't think the protest was meant for the congress or aimed in their direction, but I'm sure they "heard" the protesters loud and clear. When your policies or proposed actions piss off half of the population, you are in trouble; might not be right now, but in two years, watch out!
 
DeafDucky said:
Regarding the DC march- I kind of wonder if some of the women who brought their kids didn't have a choice but to bring them.

Yes I know... "they should have stayed home then" but if a woman felt strongly to want to be active in a march then she will find a way to do it...but if no alternatives for child care is in sight..what else to do?
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Maybe they could have opted for attending their local city sister march instead.

Sometimes a mom has to put the well-being of her children before her own wants.
 
Tousi said:
Off topic but I wonder what these protesters have to say/think of the 30 million women who voted for Trump?
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Hah.
I know a number of women who voted for Trump, and they are still informing me they took part in the March, not in the D.C. area but that which is "local, you idiot." I made the mistake of asking "How was the turnout in Washington?" They almost grabbed me while they hissed that there were three times more participants than those of the Inaugural thing, or am I talking about Washington state? Anyway, tonight I will be educated and no doubt tomorrow my head will be spinning from listening to women of all sorts.
A mistake, I tell you. Hah.
 
hmmm...a former member posted the "why's" the women marched on FB...said anyone could copy, paste, share...gonna look that up and put it here...
 
To those who were confused or surprised about why millions of people showed up at Women March the past weekend. . . .This is their message:
"Women were marching because our children deserve a secretary of education who cares about education.
Women were marching because our family and friends deserve healthcare. Did you know that before the ACA, newborns in the NICU would hit their lifetime caps on health insurance coverage. That's right, babies who had never felt the sun on t...heir skin could no longer get health insurance.
Women were marching because domestic violence crisis centers and after-school programs deserve funding.
Women were marching because we deserve clean air, clean water, and national parks.
Women were marching because we believe the children protected by the DREAM act deserve to be here and they deserve to live with their parents, not in orphanages and foster homes.
And most of all, women were marching because we have the right to. The right to protest and speak out against our government is the first amendment. That's right, #1! It is one of our most fundamental American rights.
Saying that we're whining, that we're throwing temper tantrums, that we're immature, or that we need to get over it will not stop us. It will not stop us from fighting for you. And we are fighting for you because you deserve these rights too.
We were not marching because Trump won.
We were marching because he wants to take all of the things that we hold dear away—all of the things that we've been fighting for generations, and we're not giving up easily.
Anyone who thinks we were marching because we lost just simply isn't listening. We're fighting because we refuse to lose more."
 
Some thought the march was not inclusive enough:


Transgender activists are upset that the women’s march over the weekend was not inclusive to biological men who identify as women, as the protest presented an “oppressive message” that having a “vagina is essential to womanhood.”

Saturday’s event to oppose the inauguration of Donald Trump was largely a “white cis women march,” with too many pictures of female reproductive organs and pink hats, according to trans women and “nonbinary” individuals interviewed by Mic.com.

A fight is brewing between “trans-exclusionary radical feminists,” or “TERFs,” and transwomen, according to the article, “How the Women’s March’s ‘genital-based’ feminism isolated the transgender community....”

The rest of the story:
http://freebeacon.com/culture/white-cis-women-march/
 
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