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The largest anti-Trump protest to take place happened today in Los Angeles. The LA PD tweeted that “Approx. 8,000 protesters in #DTLA today exercising their 1st Amendment Right. No arrests have been made.” ABC News called it 10,000, and it certainly looks like the larger of the two numbers and then some.
Here are two views of the protests. As you can see, contrary to the claims of Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke, these are not anarchists and this is no riot. The first view comes courtesy of Anonymous:
BREAKING NEWS: 100,000 protesters march on the streets of LA in a show of solidarity against Trump. #TrumpProtest pic.twitter.com/Mx32aXA8Zk
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— TheAnonMessage (@TheAnonnMessage) November 12, 2016
The second view is from Huffington Post contributor Nathaniel Haas:
Easily 100,000 anti-trump protesters on Wilshire Blvd. in downtown Los Angeles Saturday morning. View from my apartment pic.twitter.com/2spgX3pd6t
— Nathaniel Haas (@nathanielhaas2) November 12, 2016
Finally, this third view will leave you in no doubt of the numbers involved:
View from above – #antitrumprally in Los Angeles on Wilshire Blvd. pic.twitter.com/YLGwcCSWBN
— Michael Manross (@MichaelManross) November 12, 2016
People are not happy with the election of Donald Trump. Hillary Clinton won the popular vote and these people are exercising their First Amendment right to make their voice heard, their numbers seen.
Donald Trump represents the forces of hate and repression, and increasing numbers of Americans are willing to stand up against everything he represents. Americans are saying no to Donald Trump.
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Hrafnkell Haraldsson, a social liberal with leanings toward centrist politics has degrees in history and philosophy. His interests include, besides history and philosophy, human rights issues, freedom of choice, religion, and the precarious dichotomy of freedom of speech and intolerance. He brings a slightly different perspective to his writing, being that he is neither a follower of an Abrahamic faith nor an atheist but a polytheist, a modern-day Heathen who follows the customs and traditions of his Norse ancestors. He maintains his own blog, A Heathen’s Day, which deals with Heathen and Pagan matters, and Mos Maiorum Foundation www.mosmaiorum.org, dedicated to ethnic religion. He has also contributed to NewsJunkiePost, GodsOwnParty and Pagan+Politics.
