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'Pro-Life Demonstration' (Original Post) bigtree Jan 2017 OP
What's The Word On Crowd Size For This Demonstration?..... global1 Jan 2017 #1
Are there any wide angle shots of this meeting of "pregnancy as punishment' members? uponit7771 Jan 2017 #2
just earthcam bigtree Jan 2017 #4
Thank you. I was looking for something like that. LisaM Jan 2017 #26
. WhoIsNumberNone Jan 2017 #3
Please continue SEAN IcyPeas Jan 2017 #5
Tom Hartmann said the crowd looks like a whole lot of parochial school kids were bussed in for the Vinca Jan 2017 #6
It's probably true... Docreed2003 Jan 2017 #7
They were last year, too DeminPennswoods Jan 2017 #8
That's usually what it is. Action_Patrol Jan 2017 #11
They are Pro-Birth not Pro-Life workinclasszero Jan 2017 #9
Were they pro-life when coco22 Jan 2017 #13
Brown people don't count workinclasszero Jan 2017 #15
What Else Are They Supposed to be Called erpowers Jan 2017 #10
Why Are They Protesting? DEM4EVR801 Jan 2017 #12
Yeah, Life means they get fed after birth.. don't get Starved by Cha Jan 2017 #14
they want to reduce abortions by promoting contraceptive use and access, right? Warren DeMontague Jan 2017 #16
Is he a fucking idiot? Rex Jan 2017 #17
Since you asked, MoonRiver Jan 2017 #18
Thanks! My ability to filter satire, sarcasm and real life have been stunted by Rex Jan 2017 #21
At the rate my head is spinning, it's a wonder I can walk straight! MoonRiver Jan 2017 #22
You know, I feel buzzed and been that way for about 5 days now. Rex Jan 2017 #23
I know. Husband, relatives, friends and I keep asking are we dreaming? MoonRiver Jan 2017 #24
I have been feeling and saying the very same thing the past few days. It is truly surreal and skylucy Jan 2017 #30
And I really relate to your post! MoonRiver Jan 2017 #31
dangerous f-ing idiot irisblue Jan 2017 #19
ABC called them protesters, CBS the 'anti-abortion movement'. Bigger crowds then usual... jmg257 Jan 2017 #20
ABC posted a poll saying 69% of Americans want RoevWade left in place Takket Jan 2017 #25
Sean Spicer's main problem is that he isn't smart. madaboutharry Jan 2017 #27
So they are marching against guns, right?? tavernier Jan 2017 #28
Now "demonstration" is a bad word? marybourg Jan 2017 #29

global1

(25,167 posts)
1. What's The Word On Crowd Size For This Demonstration?.....
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 01:19 PM
Jan 2017

We all know that Trump will be obsessed with crowd size.

Vinca

(50,168 posts)
6. Tom Hartmann said the crowd looks like a whole lot of parochial school kids were bussed in for the
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 02:38 PM
Jan 2017

event. I guess that's a handy, captive audience.

DeminPennswoods

(15,246 posts)
8. They were last year, too
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 03:17 PM
Jan 2017

A couple buses of them got stuck on the PA turnpike on their way back to IA in the traffic jam caused by bad weather and accidents that shut down the road for 24 hrs.

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
9. They are Pro-Birth not Pro-Life
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 03:29 PM
Jan 2017

As soon as the baby is born...if the parents are poor and especially PoC they hate them and will gladly let them starve to death or die from lack of health care.

Not to mention they are all probably close to 100% in favor of the death penalty too.

Pro-Life? No way.

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
15. Brown people don't count
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 06:57 PM
Jan 2017

And they support repealing ACA no doubt, which will kill 40000 citizens a year.

Yeah pro-life

erpowers

(9,350 posts)
10. What Else Are They Supposed to be Called
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 03:52 PM
Jan 2017

What else does he want them to be called? I can not think of anything else to call them. I imagine some on DU can respond to the previous sentence by saying, "I can". However, I do not know very many other names to call a group of people holding a demonstration.

 

DEM4EVR801

(13 posts)
12. Why Are They Protesting?
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 06:49 PM
Jan 2017
This Is A Scam.

If they are "Pro-Life" their leader and his handlers would not be killing off Millions of Americans by "Repealing The ACA" and having nothing to replace it after 6 years time.

My Questions Here Are:

"Why Do They Put Life First?" and "Why Are They Trying To Destroy The Lives Already Here?"

These Are Important Questions That All Americans And The World Need Answered First Since Putin's Puppet Has Claimed "America First".

If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you. - Muhammad Ali

Cha

(295,899 posts)
14. Yeah, Life means they get fed after birth.. don't get Starved by
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 06:57 PM
Jan 2017

gopolitics cutting all their resources.

Life means not sending soldiers into battle in a dishonest war.

Dems are all about LIFE.. they just give Women a choice over their own bodies. I've read there are fewer abortions under Dem Admins than there are under repug ones.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
16. they want to reduce abortions by promoting contraceptive use and access, right?
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 06:59 PM
Jan 2017

oh, wait, no, they think birth control should be illegal too.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
21. Thanks! My ability to filter satire, sarcasm and real life have been stunted by
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 07:06 PM
Jan 2017

the Trump administration. I no longer can tell the difference.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
23. You know, I feel buzzed and been that way for about 5 days now.
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 07:19 PM
Jan 2017

Not the good kind of buzz either...will this get worse as the days go on? In a month I will be piss slobbering drunk! So this is what falling into a Blackhole is like! I feel like everything is spinning out of control and very fast.




MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)
24. I know. Husband, relatives, friends and I keep asking are we dreaming?
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 07:46 PM
Jan 2017

Is this REALLY where we are as a country now? It is surreal.

skylucy

(3,734 posts)
30. I have been feeling and saying the very same thing the past few days. It is truly surreal and
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 08:08 PM
Jan 2017

so depressing. When Trump met with British prime minister today, I couldn't believe how low the bar has been set for him. His vocabulary is so limited. His sentences are basically all the same and on the level of a second grader. (Apologies to some very bright second graders I have known, who easily would surpass Trump in language development.) Add his bigotry, mental instability, narcissism, dishonesty, corruption, traitorous Putin loving, power abuse,immaturity etc. to his STUPIDITY (and that horrible sniffing ugh) and it is like a nightmare from which I cannot awake. I don't recognize my country. This is even worse than I imagined.

But I am also really angry and ready to RESIST! Sorry to rant. I just really related to your post.

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)
31. And I really relate to your post!
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 08:14 PM
Jan 2017

I also keep thinking how different it would all be if the winner of our popular vote had actually taken office!

jmg257

(11,996 posts)
20. ABC called them protesters, CBS the 'anti-abortion movement'. Bigger crowds then usual...
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 07:06 PM
Jan 2017

"The politically ascendant anti-abortion movement gathered Friday for a triumphant rally on the National Mall, rejoicing at the end of an eight-year presidency that participants said was dismissive of their views
....
The March for Life is held every year in Washington to mark the anniversary of the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion. While no official crowd estimates were available, the turnout was clearly larger than in recent years, when abortion opponents had less political clout. Many thousands huddled in the shadow of the Washington Monument and stood in long lines outside security checkpoints made necessary by Pence’s appearance."

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/march-for-life-abortion-opponents-washington/

Takket

(21,424 posts)
25. ABC posted a poll saying 69% of Americans want RoevWade left in place
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 07:53 PM
Jan 2017

but of course, minority rules in America

madaboutharry

(40,150 posts)
27. Sean Spicer's main problem is that he isn't smart.
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 07:57 PM
Jan 2017

He is very average and apparently never learned to do his homework. A press secretary is part of "the clean up" crew. They aren't supposed to make lazy mistakes.

tavernier

(12,322 posts)
28. So they are marching against guns, right??
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 08:05 PM
Jan 2017

So many violent gun deaths including children. Any Pro Life march should definitely start with enforcing stricter gun laws.

marybourg

(12,540 posts)
29. Now "demonstration" is a bad word?
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 08:06 PM
Jan 2017

Well, they did it to "entitlement", which used to be a perfectly neutral word with a technical meaning.

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