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StarfishSaver

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11. We don't need leaders to give voice. WE create the movement and the leaders emerge from that

Reply to Ninga (Reply #7)

Fri Sep 20, 2019, 08:25 AM

Sep 2019

not the other way around.

Martin Luther King didn't start or lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott. He was designated the spokesman AFTER Rosa Parks was arrested and a group of ordinary people had already organized and launched the boycott.

We have much more power than we give ourselves credit for. If we wait for a leader to come lead us, we'll never get off the dime.

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Every six months I ask "is it time to take to the streets and have massive demonstrations [View all] Ninga Sep 2019 OP

I ask handmade34 Sep 2019 #1

England asks too. So now there are 3 of us. Nt Ninga Sep 2019 #2

Im right behind you where do we start? Fullduplexxx Sep 2019 #3

I'm trying to find out how this was organized. Ninga Sep 2019 #9

I'd say Ukraine and Maidan, but... Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2019 #4

Tommy, I'm 76. I spent time demonstrating and marching against the Vietnam War. Even Ninga Sep 2019 #6

Maybe it's time to stop asking and start marching StarfishSaver Sep 2019 #5

I attend each and every demonstration held in my area. The last was a few weeks ago regarding Ninga Sep 2019 #7

We don't need leaders to give voice. WE create the movement and the leaders emerge from that StarfishSaver Sep 2019 #11

Good Question Newest Reality Sep 2019 #8

See this Ninga Sep 2019 #10

+++++++++++ HAB911 Sep 2019 #12

I agree. For the life of me, why are we not peacefully protesting on the streets? Firestorm49 Sep 2019 #13

I was asking my husband this very question last night. bamagal62 Sep 2019 #14

It's half past time. gibraltar72 Sep 2019 #15

We got to believe bdamomma Sep 2019 #16

How many women Falcata Sep 2019 #17

I think the time is now PhoenixDem Sep 2019 #18

#WeThePeopleMarch tomorrow in DC and other cities chowder66 Sep 2019 #19

I'm an American and I think we're too passive and complacent in this country DemocraticSocialist8 Sep 2019 #20