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kleinbl00 · 2648 days ago · link · · parent · post: Slightly more people congregate on the day *after* Trump's inauguration: in pictures (NYT)
So the most optimistic estimation I've seen of all the marches everywhere is 7.5 million people. 66 million people voted for Clinton. I know you're pissed, and I know why. But make no mistake: the people marching are pissed, too. Mobilization shouldn't give you a crisis of faith. There's a whole bunch of people - myself included - that trusted in the system. That trust is gone now. This march? That's a bunch of distrustful people coming together. This is how revolutions happen. Turn that frown upside down and recognize that when three times as many people come out to protest trump as came out to inaugurate him, you can pretty much guess which side has the fair-weather activists.