to be set right

[teenybuffalo]

I went out with the protestors in Boston, on the night of Wednesday, November 9th, to shout my disgust with every policy put forth by President-elect Fuckface von Clownstick and Darth Conversion. There was indeed a huge crowd; at the time the police scanners were saying six thousand people were present. I've since seen the number given as 10,000. I

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[asakiyume]

Yeah, I'm not going to say it'll be okay. It's manifestly not okay. But we can go down trying to make it better.

[teenybuffalo]

Yes; we'll do what we can.

[ckd]

Absolutely.

[sovay]

It was cathartic to march down the street hand in hand with my friend K., roaring, "My body, my choice!" and hearing mostly-male voices responding, "Their bodies, their choice!"

That is nice.

And include disabled and chronically ill people in the groups to defend, since no one spoke for them at the rally as far as I heard.

+1.

[edit] Stay active: weeks from now, in January 2017, a year from now, two years from now.

I read that first as "Stay alive" and agreed. So: that, too.

[teenybuffalo]

I read that first as "Stay alive" and agreed. So: that, too.

Both. Both, is good.

[sartorias]

Yes, it's time for activism. I am seriously thinking of scraping together the money to get to Washington DC somehow to march with the women on January 21. And if I can I'll take my daughter with me, who faces losing Obamacare imminently as Dictator Wannabe-Putin doubles down on Making America Great Again.

[teenybuffalo]

I'm trying to make a plan to go to Washington, DC, for that as well. I haven't looked into it, just thought about it really hard, but I think I can do it. I'll let you know if I find info on how it's going to work, housing, etc, and please do the same if you find out more about it.

[sartorias]

Will do. So far, Brenda Clough has offered to put people up. I'm going to see what I can do about train tickets for us, and then go from there.

[teenybuffalo]

Sounds good, thanks.

[gaudior]

President-elect Fuckface von Clownstick and Darth Conversion

This is perfect, thank you.

We'll do what we can. It'll be worth doing.