A day to celebrate our power: The Women's March provides the first moments of solidarity & happiness

[DonViejo]

A day to celebrate our power: The Women’s March provides the first moments of solidarity and happiness since Trump’s election

We know the next four years will be hard. But the sheer number of people who came out Saturday brought us new hope

AMANDA MARCOTTE

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is president. The only question now is whether or not things are going to be really bad or catastrophically bad. Yet somehow the mood on the streets of the nation’s capital during Saturday’s Women’s March was jubilant, at times even celebratory.

It’s not that the hundreds of thousands of people who crammed into the National Mall were unaware of the serious dangers that a Trump presidency presents to both progressive values and to democracy itself. On the contrary, the participants at times seemed overwhelmed by the number of issues they were out there to advocate for, from women’s rights to health care access to criminal justice reform.

But the overwhelming sense in the air at the march was one of validation.

It’s one thing to understand, on an intellectual level, that Trump only won on a technicality and that Hillary Clinton bested him by nearly 3 million votes in the popular election.

It’s another thing entirely to see, with your own two eyes, the crowd that turned out in D.C. The partitioned areas for the rally were swiftly overwhelmed by protesters, who spilled out into the side streets and were so far away from the main stage that many of them never did figure out where it was.

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http://www.salon.com/2017/01/22/a-day-to-celebrate-our-power-the-womens-march-provides-the-first-moments-of-solidarity-and-happiness-since-trumps-election/

[katmondoo]

1. I am overwhelmed and filled with hope today