What Do These 'rabble-Rousers' Hope To Achieve?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-protests-idUSKBN14X2HX

[ToraToraTora]

Trump is not even in office yet so I assume they are unhappy about the current president, what civil rights have been removed by president Obama?

[Zacs-Master]

AOG, do you believe black people have an equal status with white people in the US?

[Islay]

Lol @ Corby and Zacs strange pictures now floating about my head!!!

[THECORBYLOON]

ANOTHEOLDGIT what personal experience do you have of American civil rights issues?

[Zacs-Master]

Sorry Islay ;-)

[mikey4444]

"Perhaps that is why they are protesting, there's now going to be a white (well orange) president?"

A remarkably daft question in my opinion !

[mushroom25]

//While he (is) at it, perhaps he can explain why he is a friend of Trump ? //

do you now seek to condemn because of who somebody's friends happen to be? I don't like your friend so you can't be my friend? politics of the playground, mikey.

[anotheoldgit]

THECORBYLOON

/// Do you have much experience of civil rights issues in the US, ANOTHEOLDGIT? Please enlighten us. ///

Enough to know that there were once problems, has there been any civil rights infringements due entirely to Trump becoming President?

Perhaps taking to the streets in protest, is one more 'cultural' thingy, that you once asked me to provide you with.

[-Talbot-]

Love the way Mushroom's link isall but ignored.

Says a lot.



mikey4444
Mush....I am not excusing the issue of death threats, not, I imagine, would anyone else.

But

[sp1814]

TTT

It's Trump's appointees that have got people concerned.

And statements he has made in the past about minorities.

Presidents are judged on what they have said during the election campaign and what they have said on record.

That's the crux of the issue right now. Not what he will do as President, but what he may do as President.

[sp1814]

AOG

You know enough about the Civil Rights movements to know that there were once problems.

Yikes.

Just...yikes.

If you have Netflix, I strongly suggest you watch 'The Thirteenth'. It's an eye-opener.

[THECORBYLOON]

"Perhaps taking to the streets in protest, is one more 'cultural' thingy, that you once asked me to provide you with." when was that?

[sp1814]

AOG

Regarding your point that the protesters might be against a white President (which I believe is entirely tongue in cheek). Since the 1950s, black Americans have overwhelmingly voted Democrat, because of the party staunchly supported Civil Rights.

It's not antipathy to a white candidate which is at issue. It's antipathy to Trump. This is reflected across the board with the minorities that Trump and his cohorts have in their firing line.

[anotheoldgit]

Islay

/// So speaks a man who has never had to fight for the right to sit where he wanted to on a bus, or drink from a water fountain, or rent a
house. ///

You are wrong, I have done all three.

/// AOG they are expressing their democratic right - why do you want to remove their rights - is it because they are black? ///

That is rather hypocritical of both you and them, a democratic vote has taken place and Trump won.

Get over it.

[mikey4444]

Talbot....I made my position perfectly clear, so please don't try and twist my words.

But I would like to know why Bocelli considered performing in the first place.

[THECORBYLOON]

When and where did those incidents happen?

[Islay]

//You are wrong, I have done all three//

Really when where?

You have asked me to produce evidence in the past - I am now asking for the same!

[THECORBYLOON]

That was to ANOTHEOLDGIT

[Islay]

I suspect we will be waiting a long time corby!

[ToraToraTora]

fair enough SP, but he was elected by the people so they must have wanted what trump was offering.