Liberal atheists, ever march in a protest?

Question

What do you think of the preacher with the bullhorn who invariably shows up.

I find it both pitiful and humorous.

Answer 1

I did once. I realized marching in the street is kind of pointless. No preacher showed up.

Answer 2

What about liberal Christians who protest?

I've had my share of preachers will bullhorns, but more often I encounter red necks who like to yell things like "Get a job!" and "Wash your hair, hippies!" They bother me a lot more than the preachers.

Last time Bush was in town I was at a protest and some stupid rednecks kept driving by in pickup trucks and taunting us. The older woman next to me patted my hand and said, "Don't worry, they've been saying the same thing since Vietnam. They never come up with new material."

Answer 3

A preacher once brought a group of zealots to an event hosted by our Humanist community and tried to drown us out by using a bullhorn. I offered him the opportunity to take part so he could actually be heard, but he declined. The police were called and made him move outside. We had a permit, he didn't. Expressing one's viewpoint is one thing--I would defend the preacher's right to do that with all my might--but attempting to deny others the right to express theirs is immoral and undemocratic. I believe in free speech and freedom of assembly.

Answer 4

A couple of times, and once by accident. There were no preachers at any of the marches. Nobody, not even the cops, had bullhorns. There were plenty of cameras though.

Answer 5

I marched against the Iraq invasion in London in 2003. Me and 2 million others. Blair didn't think that was much of a statement so he went along with Bush anyway. The rest we know. So yeah, marching is pointless.

No preachers with bullhorns though. Not even among so many.

Answer 6

Very rarely.
Against the war in Iraq before it started was an exception. One of the biggest protests Britain has ever seen.

And yes, there were those on the march who I strongly disagreed with *on other points*

Churchill had it covered. Faced with the possibility that, if Hitler invaded Russia, he might acquire an ally he despised, he noted that:
"If Hitler invaded Hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the Devil in the House of Commons."

If the issues are big, you can't only take your allies from those in perfect agreement with you.

Answer 7

Not in a coon's age. Last time I went to one it was to protest then first lady Nancy Reagan's visit to town on her "Just Say No" tour. There was no preacher. The Secret Service was highly entertained by the things people were shouting at her.

Answer 8

I finally marched in my first protest of the troop surge a few months ago, and yes, the preacher was there. One of my friends threw a bag of cookies at him and screamed "Eat my f**king cookies, God-boy!"

To people who say that protest marches are pointless - that used to be and still largely is my attitude. But I have to say, I recently saw "Sicko," and the point was made therein that in France, the government is scared of the people, whereas in America, the people are scared of the government, and that really is evidenced in things like protests. They're largely ineffective in America because the government knows we're more afraid of them than they are of us. Unfortunately!

Answer 9

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Answer 10

You find people the likes of Martin Luther King "pitiful and humorous?"

By the way, not all liberals are athiests. But apparently all conservatives are racist assholes.... thanks for the proof!