Believe me, I really do support your right to protest basically anything that you want to. Protest and rebellion is what brought us overseas from England as colonials, and protest and rebellion is what birthed one of the grandest nations in the world. We wouldn't exist today if it weren't for those actions, so I honestly can't bash protesting political occurrences. It's covered by the first amendment, anyway, so me disagreeing wholeheartedly wouldn't change anything.
No, my issue isn't the protests themselves. I've seen enough conservative banter over the last eight years to tell you we protested Obama. We were doing what we felt was right in our own ideology. We were standing for our own principles, and we still continue to do so. What does indeed help make America one of the grandest countries in the world is that we can have these moments where we clash politically because the law allows us to do so.
You might be thinking, "Cool. I didn't need your approval or lack of disapproval to protest this election." Once again, you are right my friend. "So, if you're not bashing our protests, what's the point of this jumbled collection of words?"
Wrong. I'm not bashing your right to protest. I'm bashing your actual protest for two solitary reasons.
Point one: running around Washington D.C. and destroying property destroys the basis of your protest. Running around and destroying property anywhere destroys the basis of your protest. Your protest has become a riot. Smashing windows and the like doesn't get your point across; it makes the shopkeepers and the police and everyone else you have directly involved despise you, your point, and everything about the ideology that is driving the point. You are acting like a jackass and alienating the people you should be convincing to join your cause.
Point two: you are protesting a fair election*. You are protesting an outcome that ultimately won't be affected by your inaugural rebellion at all. If you had protested more from the start when President Trump began his campaign, maybe he wouldn't be sitting in the Oval Office right now. You are too little too late. The sooner that you see that and move on to wanting to see America improve, regardless of who won our election, is the day that America can truly become great again.
Until next time.
*Oh, and before you try to refute my second point by saying the election wasn't fair because Trump didn't receive the majority vote, remember that the United States of America is not a democracy; we are a democratic republic. We have an electoral college, and it does its job. We do not base our elections solely on majority vote.
