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NRaleighLiberal

(60,014 posts)
Sat Jan 28, 2017, 11:55 PM Jan 2017

Tweets, posts, blogs - nice, feel good - but I think it is going to take daily, regular,

consistent pressure - action - protests - everywhere, for every reason. National strikes. Somehow - to get pressure on those politicians (hello - where are you?) who put kindness and decent treatment of fellow humans and the future of the world above narcissism, selfishness, greed, treading carefully because - hey - an election is coming! type thinking.

I think - think, mind you - the media is starting to wake up and realize what it has helped enable. But the media blows like the wind - or has for a long time - it is going to take time to convince me there are more than a handful of reporting outlets that truly care.

But it complex - there are lots of moving parts, some of which are not yet clear - the Putin factor - but make no mistake - this is not a legitimate president. Things are going to happen fast, but it will have to be extraordinary and sustained action from we, the people.

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Tweets, posts, blogs - nice, feel good - but I think it is going to take daily, regular, (Original Post) NRaleighLiberal Jan 2017 OP
No quarter. C_U_L8R Jan 2017 #1
We need to shut the country down for a day or two. Let the sinkingfeeling Jan 2017 #2
Its tweets, posts, and blogs that drive that machinery. n/t Lucinda Jan 2017 #3
I just sense that it is going to take much more than that this time. NRaleighLiberal Jan 2017 #4
The tweets etc keep people communicationg. They aren't an end but a means to keep momentum going eleny Jan 2017 #6
agreed - but my point is that it can't be JUST words. It has to be action. NRaleighLiberal Jan 2017 #7
I don't see anyone saying that they replace action. I see them calling people to action. eleny Jan 2017 #9
It was twitter that got the word out about going to the airports. n/t Lucinda Jan 2017 #10
Yes! Maraya1969 Jan 2017 #5
+1 Lucinda Jan 2017 #11
You're right leanforward Jan 2017 #8

sinkingfeeling

(51,445 posts)
2. We need to shut the country down for a day or two. Let the
Sun Jan 29, 2017, 12:00 AM
Jan 2017

economic impact of nothing being done hit him. Maybe than he'd understand he has a tiny minority supporting his destruction of America.

NRaleighLiberal

(60,014 posts)
4. I just sense that it is going to take much more than that this time.
Sun Jan 29, 2017, 12:07 AM
Jan 2017

Such as what we are seeing at the airports tonight - and the cab strike.

eleny

(46,166 posts)
6. The tweets etc keep people communicationg. They aren't an end but a means to keep momentum going
Sun Jan 29, 2017, 12:09 AM
Jan 2017

They serve that purpose.

Maraya1969

(22,477 posts)
5. Yes!
Sun Jan 29, 2017, 12:08 AM
Jan 2017

I see people tweeting out where the next protests are still tonight.

It gladdens my heart to see that most of us are actually really good people.

The others are just very unenlightened.

leanforward

(1,076 posts)
8. You're right
Sun Jan 29, 2017, 12:10 AM
Jan 2017

He is not a legitimate President. Based on his Russian connections and his present actions, he needs/must be impeached.

I was down in DC, Saturday post inaugural for the march. Now, that we know how easy it is to get there. We will be there for more marches. I would like the thank Rachel Maddow for information that helped connect the dots.

When will some of the republicans wake up and take that man to task.

I am a member of the loyal American opposition.

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