Activists in Chicago protested a Donald Trump rally and shut it down. I don't entirely understand the point. Yes, you can rally and shut down a Trump event. But what's the end game?
Donald Trump is running as an authoritarian leader over a group that is afraid of change and also feels that it's been attacked by outsiders. So protesters are now showing up and providing the evidence that Trump's followers are indeed under attack. The protesters have shut down what he had to say and to his followers that just proves that his enemies don't want his voice heard. Trump is under attack in reality the way his followers have always known they are under attack. They aren't allowed to say the things that they believe and now the same people who silence them are trying to silence Trump.
So what' the point of protesting Trump and shutting down his rally? Is it to make a point that his politics are toxic? Because we know that. Those of us who aren't voting for him know this already. Is it peal off his support? The support that feels under attack and now has proof that their leader is under attack?
I get that protesting is a form of First Amendment action. I just don't understand the goal in this one. This sort of protest against Donald Trump is just the wrong strategy. You want to stop Trump? Vote for someone who isn't Donald Trump. My preference is that you vote for a Democrat. You think Trump is bad? Trump is vocal. Cruz scares the piss out of me. Voting is the strategy to trip Trump. Confrontation isn't the approach that will work. Trump and his supporters want confrontation and it only serves to firm up their beliefs and support. Responding to anger with anger is not a solution. You respond to anger with reason.
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