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Originally Posted by SuperUberBob
What will the tax march accomplish?
Even if he did provide returns that included deals with Russians, it's not going to change his approval ratings. The GOP will still support him.
The primary purpose of a protest is to get people visibly involved in large numbers, to organize, and to motivate. It's a show of force and an act of solidarity. It's a chance to get media coverage. The theme of the day doesn't matter much, so long as it is reasonably related to the big picture.
Next Saturday is the
March for Science. That one isn't going to be the key make-or-break protest either. It's just next week's theme in the ongoing campaign. They all matter. They all help.
We keep getting variations of this criticism, and it's like, do you guys even history? The civil rights movement lasted over a decade, and consisted of hundreds of loosely related protests, marches and actions. It took the Idiotic Right a quarter century of dedication to get to where they are now. We're not going to wrap up this whole GOP/Trump/reactionary slide to nationalism and hate in a weekend with a clever sign and a catchy chant. But we're damn sure going to lose if people fail to see the big picture and give up without even trying because geez it's taking so long and what's the point and let's shuffle off the playground with our hands in our pockets and our head down while we mutter "stupid fascists" under our breath and kick stones.