And please add to that: massive, massive crowds at the polls! In line to go into the voting booths!
There was a protest in West L.A. outside what has been exposed at Breitbart headquarters. There were probably 80 - 90 of us. Possibly 100 or so. Some loud, in-yer-face trumpsters with HUGE signs (hmmm... somebody overcompensating? 
) tried to blend in and shout at us, and, it seemed to me, tried to stir shit up. Plenty of cops out there, and they soon had separated the two camps, sending the trumpsters across the street to the opposite intersection. Them I could count, because their group was much smaller. I counted 19, although a couple of 'em were milling around elsewhere. Give it maybe 22 or 23, max.
THIS is what we need to see as well. Crowds. Numbers. What we used to study about in Catholic school: OUTWARD SIGNS. It's hard to minimize a crowd of anti-trump folks when the crowd is right there in yer face, and especially when it's provably, visibly, and rather obviously much bigger than yours. THAT'S what the GOP senators and reps are seeing in these town hall meetings. They can dismiss our side because they don't see it much. If they're republi-CONS, you can bet they don't hang out with our side. You can bet they don't go to fancy three-martini lunches and pricey dinners with our side. They don't circulate among our side. So how can they know? They have it reinforced that theirs is the main world-view because that's all they see, that's all they go to, that's all they're surrounded by. That's why these town halls, where we the purportedly apathetic show up by the hundreds, are so significant, and so illuminating. That's why hard-asses like Darrell Issa are now fearful and conciliatory and trying REEEEEEEEEALLY HARD to sound "reasonable' and "moderate." That's why he's out there on the record, calling for a special prosecutor. You NEVER, EVER, EVER saw that before outta him. But in the last election, ol' smug cocky complacent Darrell Issa just barely hung onto his seat. And if that trend holds, he'll lose it a year from November.
We need the crowds showing our strength and shaking the ground under the enemy's feet. Knocking them off their high horses and their stubborn stances and "secure" Congressional seats. We need those crowds showing up not only at protests, BUT AT THE PRECINCTS ON ELECTION DAY!!!
VOTE, DAMMIT! Don't just turn out for the presidential elections. VOTE EVERY CHANCE YOU GET! FROM MUNICIPALS TO MIDTERMS!
VOTE, DAMMIT!
People died to win you that right. And more people would just love-love-love to take it away from you because they're pretty sure you won't vote for them. Use it, OR LOSE IT!!!!!!
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