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naomi24 | 08:52 Thu 10th Nov 2016 | News
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//Demonstrations are being held in cities throughout America, with some protesters burning flags and refusing to accept the result.//

http://news.sky.com/story/donald-trump-and-barack-obama-to-meet-for-white-house-talks-10651739

What do they hope to achieve? What CAN they achieve?
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God give him a chance, he's not even sworn in yet !
17:22 Thu 10th Nov 2016
Its seems that American is still badly divided, with the Trump vote being overwhelmingly White, and most Clinton voters being either black, hispanic or Asian :::::

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2016-37889032
I`m not sure what these idiots think democracy is all about - i`d be willing to wager more than a few didnt even vote. They keep saying they wont stand for it - perhaps thats exactly what they should do - go out and stand and see if they can get elected to change things legally rather than rioting.
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Mikey, //Its seems that American is still badly divided//

Had Hillary won, America would be just as divided.
the left hate democracy don't they. Send them a ship of sour grapes.
Is The Guardian being racist by blacking up Trump's face?

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/10/will-trump-destroy-america

TTT - //the left hate democracy don't they. Send them a ship of sour grapes. //

I would have thought it was exactly the other way round!

It is the Right who hate the notion of the plebs having a say in things they are clearly too stupid to understand.
AOG - //Is The Guardian being racist by blacking up Trump's face? //

That made me smile.
really andy? isn't the left calling everyone who voted for Trump/Brexit imbiciles? It's quite the reverse. The Liberal "elite" think they know best and woe betide anyone who has a different view.
TTT - I think maybe we are talking about different people here.

The media version of 'The Left' - Mr Corbyn and co are one version, and they are indeed pompous idiots of the highest order.

Mt version of The Left is the large swathe of people who believe in a fair and just system of government.

Sadly, the former has ceased to represent the latter for some considerable time.
http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uselection/donald-trumps-victory-sets-off-protests-on-both-coasts/ar-AAk5hUT?li=BBoPRmx&ocid=iehp

On a more serious note, rioting and protest on both coasts already. Don't forget these are the people who preach "peace and love" and condemn violence and war. At least when they are not responsible anyway.
13:41 Wed 09th Nov 2016

I posted this yesterday on Talbot's thread. It belongs here now.
What does "thousands throughout America" mean actually - it's a very large country, and a few small gatherings here and there are to be expected whoever wins.
It's also interesting that all the photographs in the OP link are close-ups and we are not given a clear picture of how large these protest groups are, or of whom they comprise.
I have seen one elsewhere this morning of a neanderthal looking young man holding on high a piece of cardboard on which there was a badly-drawn face of Donald Trump with a swastika on his forehead and a Hitler mustache!
How could anyone take such idiocy seriously and is it worth even reporting?
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Khandro, //How could anyone take such idiocy seriously//

Clearly the plebs andy-hughes referred to at 10:18.
mikey4444

/// Its seems that American is still badly divided, with the Trump vote being overwhelmingly White, and most Clinton voters being either black, hispanic or Asian ::::: ///

Wasn't the fact that Clinton did not attract the Black, Hispanic or Asian vote that she expected, the reason why she lost?
Naomi - Please do not take my comment to another point by another AB'er out of context and use it to reply to another post by yet another AB'er.

If I wish to make a comment on Khandro's post, I will do so, I do not appreciate you misinterpreting my observation and using it to furnish your own response.
> the left hate democracy don't they

There are several flavours of democracy, and lots of people on both left and right hate some flavours, especially when it doesn't got their way!

For example, Merriam-Webster defines democracy in two ways as:

a : government by the people; especially : rule of the majority
b : a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections

"Rule of the majority" is "democracy" is it? In that case, Clinton beat Trump and Al Gore beat W, but that isn't the flavour of democracy that America chooses to run with. That's fine, but then it's hardly surprising that with such a winner-takes-all system as America has, when the winner of the popular vote is left with nothing her supporters feel that democracy has failed them.
//It is the Right who hate the notion of the plebs having a say in things they are clearly too stupid to understand.//

I thought that was pretty clear, and not all liable to misinterpretation.
It was however manifestly wrong and liable to be challenged. As it was no doubt intended, so as to generate another saga. Meh.
Like Bretix the losers are stamping their feet and throwing their rattles out of the Pram.

That's what happens in a democracy. We get to moan about it.

Although there is obviously not much chance of demonstrations etc having any effect on the result it does make the winner sit up and take notice of the losers concerns.

If no one said anything Trump, like any winner, would carry on regardless.

Why are there still no results for Michigan and New Hampshire?
Who ever won this election , people will have protested.
cassa333

/// If no one said anything Trump, like any winner, would carry on regardless. ///

What do you expect him to say?

"Oh sorry you feel that way about it, I will call another election".

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