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An equally entertaining poll question would be, "Exactly what is it that we're protesting about today?"jaydub said:
I'm in San Antonio, Texas and have seen nothing.
Nothing.
Then again I have been stuck in the office all day. I've only just gotten to the university.
Nothing.
Then again I have been stuck in the office all day. I've only just gotten to the university.
I drove through the RISD and Brown campuses today just before 1PM on my way to a funeral at Temple Beth-El (latergator116 said:
), and all I saw was someone walking with a huge wooden sign that said "everyone..." (I couldn't read the rest. Pink cursive text on a yellow background is not very legible at 30mph. ) Downtown Providence wasn't any different than normal at that time either.
Counterfit said:I drove through the RISD and Brown campuses today just before 1PM on my way to a funeral at Temple Beth-El (
You should have been at Central High School around 3:30 (where the march began toward and then through downtown). About 2,000 (according to the news) had gathered then, with talk of more than 5,000.
aren't we all immigrants in the USA?
except the native american indians that is...
seriously, when does one stop being an immigrant, a generation maybe? two?
i personally haven't noticed any difference, but then i've done jack shît all day were i still living in NYC i'm sure it would be a different story. and a lot of restaurants are closed on Mondays too...
except the native american indians that is...
seriously, when does one stop being an immigrant, a generation maybe? two?
i personally haven't noticed any difference, but then i've done jack shît all day
were i still living in NYC i'm sure it would be a different story. and a lot of restaurants are closed on Mondays too...evoluzione said:aren't we all immigrants in the USA?
except the native american indians that is...
seriously, when does one stop being an immigrant, a generation maybe? two?
i personally haven't noticed any difference, but then i've done jack shît all day
The Native American Indians traveled here from Asia, so they're immigrants, too but they've lived here the longest.
bousozoku said:
well yeah, but there's quite a gap there, i guess i mean since it was "discovered".
...weren't asians originally africans though?
Lyle said:
That's something I've been wondering too. It's a reaction to Congress with demand for "Immigration reform," which, other than giving current illegal immigrants citizenship, is unclear. I think there could be a number of comprimises that haven't been seriously considered yet.
About having to hold your tongue, Lyle, why not just say what you have to say but saying it in the least flammatory way possible?
Participated and am affected, over 200 kids missed school today at the elementary school across the street from where i live. at the middle and hs school level, the numbers are even greater.
Lyle said:Yes, and in the interest of keeping it that way I'll just keep my thoughts on this to myself. Although I'm having to seriously bite my tongue in order to do that.
Me too.
Though I will say that some of the closures of restaurants and such; were more pre-emptive or self serving as much as anything else.
Well, I was pretty much at school and trapped in my office writing a paper from 9 AM until 6:30 PM, so I didn't see much of anything. But, since I'm just a few blocks from the state capitol buidling, I assume that, had I ventured outside, I might have seen something. I didn't even bother going out for lunch because it was pouring rain for most of the day.
I live in 90-95% white community where a lot of people are well off and today at school I didn't notice anything different about it while I was there, but now that I think of it there were a lot of people who seemed to be immigrants that weren't there, but still I was completely unaffected.
I really wish I lived in a more unsheltered community
I really wish I lived in a more unsheltered community
nbs2 said:
I work in an IT department, which is constituted probably 80-90% of people who are not caucasian. Probably half of those are citizens of another country and have work visas or green cards. Nobody missed work today.
I did see a crowd waving Mexico flags out in front of the grocery store.
Does anyone know what "Unidos Estamos" means? I saw it on a bunch of T-shirts when walking down the street earlier. Google gives "United We Are" but I'd like to know for sure.
I was there! with 15,000-25,000 other people in little beiruit (portland).
I went to my classes in the morning, then got permission to miss my afternoon ones (I go to a small private highschool, walking out would have made very little impact, except on my grades.) and went to the rally and march. Here are some pics:
I don't have any that really show the magnitude of this march, but considering the Portland metro-area population is 1.5 million, 25,000 demonstrators is awesome.
I went to my classes in the morning, then got permission to miss my afternoon ones (I go to a small private highschool, walking out would have made very little impact, except on my grades.) and went to the rally and march. Here are some pics:
I don't have any that really show the magnitude of this march, but considering the Portland metro-area population is 1.5 million, 25,000 demonstrators is awesome.