I watched the coverage of today's protests. When asked on camera about the reasons for the protests, there was some variant of a response that said that the intent was to stop the attack on women's rights, LBGT rights, and civil rights that the Trump administration is planning.
Huh?
There are no such attacks planned and no reason to believe that such an attack is coming. It's fair to say that in the past, Trump on occasion spoke about women in ways that some would not find acceptable. During the campaign, however, Trump never indicated any hostility towards LBGT rights, civil rights or women's rights. The only contrary view comes because Trump has said that he is pro-life and that he thought the laws like the North Carolina bathroom law were state rather than federal issues. Even on abortion, Trump did not call for outlawing abortion, but rather said that if Roe v. Wade were reversed by the Supreme Court, the abortion issue would then go back to being a state rather than a federal issue.
It is not possible that today's marches were actually about either of these issues. The Supreme Court is not likely to reverse the Roe decision. Further, the bathroom issue actually is a state by state issue rather than a federal one. Trump won't have much, if any, impact on that.
With all the energy expended on today's marches, it is sad that there wasn't a more coherent goal for the marchers. So much was done, but it was accomplished so little. It was more a march to say "we are still here" than one to push for something in particular to be done. What a waste of effort.
Huh?
There are no such attacks planned and no reason to believe that such an attack is coming. It's fair to say that in the past, Trump on occasion spoke about women in ways that some would not find acceptable. During the campaign, however, Trump never indicated any hostility towards LBGT rights, civil rights or women's rights. The only contrary view comes because Trump has said that he is pro-life and that he thought the laws like the North Carolina bathroom law were state rather than federal issues. Even on abortion, Trump did not call for outlawing abortion, but rather said that if Roe v. Wade were reversed by the Supreme Court, the abortion issue would then go back to being a state rather than a federal issue.
It is not possible that today's marches were actually about either of these issues. The Supreme Court is not likely to reverse the Roe decision. Further, the bathroom issue actually is a state by state issue rather than a federal one. Trump won't have much, if any, impact on that.
With all the energy expended on today's marches, it is sad that there wasn't a more coherent goal for the marchers. So much was done, but it was accomplished so little. It was more a march to say "we are still here" than one to push for something in particular to be done. What a waste of effort.
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