What would have to happen to make you march in the streets of your town?

[LakeVermilion]

I don't have an idea about what would make me angry enough to get out in the public.

I think that's my point. Most people would choose to continue their lives, rather than go to extraordinary lengths to challenge government. I think that's true in Baltimore, Ferguson, and any other American city. To get people, most of whom don't vote, out in the street takes an egregious act that causes a person to leave their comfort zone.

I won't criticize those in the streets. It probably took a lot to motivate them. I don't know what would make me take action, but there must be some breaking point at which I would march, too. But I think that before we criticize the marchers, we examine our lives and consider what would make us take civil action.

[mmonk]

1. Injustice.

I march in our streets.

[LakeVermilion]

2. I'm glad that you march.

I have a great sense of injustice, but maybe I'm all talk, because I've never been able to step outside my comfort zone. I think that's what makes me admire people like you and those in Baltimore and Ferguson.

[mmonk]

4. That's ok. I joined the Moral Monday movement essentially because

the ballot has been taken away for a number of us. It's the only thing we have left and I have only one life to live to try and make things better.

[merrily]

10. If you worried someone might kill your loved one or you, you probably would.

[merrily]

3. The Massachusetts legislature would have had to try for civil union, instead of

letting stand the decision of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court on equal marriage.

Luckily, both the left and the right protested that one, so the state legislators pretended to be unable to decide what to do next. Voila! Equal marriage in Massachusetts, the first state in the nation. All the blame fell on the Justices, who serve for life and therefore need not worry about re-election, even though they had given the legislature ample time to do something about their decision. Perfect!

Not the only thing I've marched (or stood) for, but that was a beaut.

Striking or showing solidarity with strikers.

No war.

Almost any good cause of "heft."

I don't see any shame in it at all.

[Sparhawk60]

5. Harm My Family

It would take a great deal to make me protest. I But I do not think I would protest by walking down the street. Cop kills a member of my family, I would take my protest to the cop.

[Vinca]

6. I might march for a whole lot of reasons, but I wouldn't destroy anything or hurt anyone.

Nonviolent protest might not get as much news coverage as a riot, but you'll still have your neighborhood left in the end.

[JustAnotherGen]

7. Something as simple as a White History Month sign

In a store front - bringing in Stormfront types. Had that happened - my majority white town was going to explode. Thankfully the deli wasn't an out of town destination and we were able to vote with our wallets and shut Jimbo's ass down.

[Bjorn Against]

8. I have marched in the streets of my town numerous times

Any sort of injustice should bring people out into the streets, there are protests happening all the time in this country and if more people were to participate then maybe things would change. Don't wait for that cataclysmic event, take to the streets now.

[Brickbat]

9. Are you talking about a planned march or spontaneous action or rioting?