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still_one

(98,474 posts) Sun Aug 30, 2020, 08:20 PM Aug 2020

With 65 days until the election, are the protests helping or hurting Democrats [View all]

38 votes, 3 passes \| Time left: Unlimited
	Helping
	4 (11%)
	Hurting
	24 (63%)
	Neither
	10 (26%)
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With 65 days until the election, are the protests helping or hurting Democrats [View all] still_one Aug 2020 OP

No one can answer this question. Drunken Irishman Aug 2020 #1

Peaceful Protest Positive- Violence, Looting and Destruction of Property is a Negative Stallion Aug 2020 #2

You said it 1st. kacekwl Aug 2020 #7

Day in and day out, peaceful protests become stagnant LeftInTX Aug 2020 #33

Oh noes, the sky is falling! People are protesting! StrictlyRockers Aug 2020 #3

Until recently I don't think it made much difference. RDANGELO Aug 2020 #4

Yes I agree judeling Aug 2020 #10

Are the Democrats helping or hurting the protesters? RiverbendsJoe Aug 2020 #5

The protesting is not hurting bottomofthehill Aug 2020 #6

+1, .... done by Trump supporters and assholes. Conflating the two plays into Trumps narrative uponit7771 Aug 2020 #52

I think they are hurting I don't know to what extant standingtall Aug 2020 #8

You put in more efficiently than I. KentuckyWoman Aug 2020 #12

The ones that have spawned violence edhopper Aug 2020 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author KentuckyWoman Aug 2020 #11

We are teetering on the edge of ... jimlup Aug 2020 #13

Protests that have turned into rioting, looting, violence and shootings Raine Aug 2020 #14

There is no question that the riots at the Democratic Convention in Chicago in 1968 helped Nixon still_one Aug 2020 #30

... and are being started by Trump supporters and stupid people. TOO much evidence of this and the uponit7771 Aug 2020 #51

What a screwed up question. GemDigger Aug 2020 #15

I setup a poll to see what people on DU are feeling about the protests, and you imply that I still_one Aug 2020 #22

No, I asked a question. GemDigger Aug 2020 #40

"do I want them to stop protesting"? NO. Is that clear enough for ya? still_one Aug 2020 #41

It is, thank you. GemDigger Aug 2020 #42

Ok, Thanks still_one Aug 2020 #44

Who effing knows anymore? Bettie Aug 2020 #16

I think that is a good analysis of the situation still_one Aug 2020 #31

It galls me to say this, but the protests in Kenosha and Minneapolis are hurting Vogon_Glory Aug 2020 #17

Hate to say it but it's hurting redstateblues Aug 2020 #18

This is the whitest poll I've ever seen. intheflow Aug 2020 #19

I setup a poll to see how people feel on DU about the protests, and you seem to be imply that still_one Aug 2020 #20

Not saying you're racist intheflow Aug 2020 #34

Maybe people should ask black folks in Portland OR. BlueLucy Aug 2020 #36

It's true that Black voices have been shunted to the side. intheflow Aug 2020 #38

Thanks for the clarification.. Systemic racism has been with us since the inception of the country, still_one Aug 2020 #37

The guy who shot the guy yesterday was white. LeftInTX Aug 2020 #24

Yes, the BLM movement has made that very clear, not only that it isn't welcomed, but that they still_one Aug 2020 #29

Are Black people saying they don't want protests, intheflow Aug 2020 #35

This message was self-deleted by its author LeftInTX Aug 2020 #45

I think they want to own the protests LeftInTX Aug 2020 #46

YEP. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2020 #43

Right ?! This plays Trumps narrative and is another Buttery Males 2.0 !!! uponit7771 Aug 2020 #50

+1000 JonLP24 Aug 2020 #57

No!! LeftInTX Aug 2020 #21

I don't think there is any question that right wing groups, so-called militia types, and still_one Aug 2020 #23

I don't think this guy was right wing... LeftInTX Aug 2020 #26

I understand TX. Whenever the WTO met in Oregon, the anarchists were always there still_one Aug 2020 #28

Yeah in Wisconsin they really don't have anarachists, so whites would be either BLM supporters LeftInTX Aug 2020 #32

But he has nothing to do w/Dems, radius777 Aug 2020 #54

Absolutely..it has nothing to do with Democrats LeftInTX Aug 2020 #58

The actual protestors are ok. The problem is they are being infiltrated by Opportunists JI7 Aug 2020 #25

I agree, but I doubt that is getting much coverage still_one Aug 2020 #27

+1, this !! and instead of the police protecting the protesters they allow the oppurtinist to rip uponit7771 Aug 2020 #49

+1 And black people should be in discussions about appalachiablue Aug 2020 #53

I don't know. I think it gives trump a cover story that our naive media ecstatic Aug 2020 #39

THIS !!!! ☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾 This is Buttery Males 2.0 !!! Instead of the left declaring Trump is stoking ... uponit7771 Aug 2020 #48

DAMN !!! Not another "buttery males" topic for everyone to latch on to !! Trump defined the topic uponit7771 Aug 2020 #47

+1. We must reject RW framing. radius777 Aug 2020 #56

Hurting, however.... mentalsolstice Aug 2020 #55