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Hekate

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37. Well there you have it. Two wise men in accord.

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Mon Mar 14, 2016, 09:47 PM

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Protesters at Trump Rallies: Good or bad? Helpful or unhelpful? Worth the effort or not? [View all] Stinky The Clown Mar 2016 OP

I don't know.... daleanime Mar 2016 #1

How was it working? jberryhill Mar 2016 #7

I don't think anyone would suggest going into the snake pit.... daleanime Mar 2016 #9

My personal opinion, with no backup except my gut, SusanCalvin Mar 2016 #2

His rallies should be surrounded by chanting masses randr Mar 2016 #3

Quite so Bragi Mar 2016 #8

Peaceful protests are fine leftynyc Mar 2016 #4

I support peaceful supporters bigwillq Mar 2016 #5

Stay away mikehiggins Mar 2016 #6

There you go. nt SusanCalvin Mar 2016 #11

I respectfully disagree, here's why Bragi Mar 2016 #15

Hold 'counter rallies' down the street for Hillary or Bernie. Keep it positive. 4139 Mar 2016 #10

And be ignored. n/t backscatter712 Mar 2016 #19

Yup. Got to keep that protesting confined to "First Amendment zones." LAGC Mar 2016 #46

I'll let Charles Pierce speak for me on the matter FlatBaroque Mar 2016 #12

Very true; he seems to be an expert at making protesters "part of the show" bhikkhu Mar 2016 #25

I'm pretty sure he already has. / FlatBaroque Mar 2016 #29

I concur, especially in the case of the stage jumper and the old fart who sucker punched the guy in Monk06 Mar 2016 #41

Protest give them an excuse to complain, in this case separation works. gordianot Mar 2016 #13

a poly sci prof once said hfojvt Mar 2016 #14

And if you do show up for confrontation, carry Ted Cruz signs world wide wally Mar 2016 #16

Good and Helpful jpak Mar 2016 #17

Silence is consent. backscatter712 Mar 2016 #18

It depends what the protesters do -- Burlington VT reacted well when the alien Trump monster came karynnj Mar 2016 #20

I wish the protests could be redirected maxrandb Mar 2016 #21

I say protest, the protesters are not coming off badly, he is flamingdem Mar 2016 #22

You may be onto something. On the whole, BIG demos are needed... Eleanors38 Mar 2016 #23

That's my feeling too. Stinky The Clown Mar 2016 #24

Trump pays for the venue but so does every other candidate The event itself is open to the public Monk06 Mar 2016 #43

Respectfully, you're wrong. Stinky The Clown Mar 2016 #44

You mean they send out invitations or charge admission? Seems private function in the context Monk06 Mar 2016 #47

Bad. It's fine to protest outside other people's rallies; it's not OK to shut them down. Donald Ian Rankin Mar 2016 #26

Trump and his minions madamesilverspurs Mar 2016 #27

OK, you know...they were kicking people of color out for no reason. peace13 Mar 2016 #28

Protest is good. Interruption is not. KentuckyWoman Mar 2016 #30

not a good look Macattack1 Mar 2016 #31

The inconvenient truth is that TM99 Mar 2016 #32

Protesters who interrupt come off not looking all that good in the end davidn3600 Mar 2016 #33

Could help. Just remember the Civil Rights protesters who faced ugly mobs & police dogs... Hekate Mar 2016 #34

Thanks Flat Baroque for the Chas Pierce article. Okay, here's the plan... Hekate Mar 2016 #35

I've heard that line of reasoning before, actually. Stinky The Clown Mar 2016 #36

Well there you have it. Two wise men in accord. Hekate Mar 2016 #37

I think the media would ignore silent, peaceful protest. kwassa Mar 2016 #38

Media wouldn't be able to ignore 10,000+ people... Hekate Mar 2016 #39

Baloney. The media ignored 100's of thousands of people in the streets protesting an Iraq War. mnhtnbb Mar 2016 #42

I'm not for them NobodyHere Mar 2016 #40

When I caught on to exactly Mira Mar 2016 #45

Protest outside in force. romanic Mar 2016 #48