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delisen

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13. I hear you. Older people myself included can best be the users of civil disobedience

Reply to Demsrule86 (Reply #6)

Fri Jul 1, 2022, 01:25 PM

Jul 2022

It was the grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo who were effective in civil disobedience in Argentina.

Civil disobedience needs planning, discipline and being prepared for the indignities and potential violence of jailing and imprisonment.

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A LOT is going to happen between now and early November. [View all] TeamProg Jul 2022 OP

An arrest for protesting is a bad thing???? Seriously? NoRethugFriends Jul 2022 #1

It if you get convicted of a felony or even in some case a misdemeanor....it can prevent you Demsrule86 Jul 2022 #5

Unrec. FSogol Jul 2022 #2

I thought you were going to point out the Repubs were blowing up their own faces. Hortensis Jul 2022 #3

I pretty much said that: TeamProg Jul 2022 #9

GO, Dem. Rep. Judy Chu! Get those FACTS out where they can't be missed! Hortensis Jul 2022 #12

Civil Disobedience is a part o peaceful protest. nt delisen Jul 2022 #4

I would not want any of my kids arrested for protesting...I can do it as what can they really do to Demsrule86 Jul 2022 #6

I hear you. Older people myself included can best be the users of civil disobedience delisen Jul 2022 #13

Exactly right... Demsrule86 Jul 2022 #14

YES! From a non-government private person. But a REP. getting arrested is not good optics. TeamProg Jul 2022 #10

Yeh, what has civil disobedience ever accomplished? NoRethugFriends Jul 2022 #7

Yah, or propper spellen' !! TeamProg Jul 2022 #8

Typing error obviously. NoRethugFriends Jul 2022 #11