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« on: November 05, 2017, 03:43:55 PM »
No I have not and I can't imagine a situation, baring extreme circumstances, where i will be at one in the near future.
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« Reply #1 on: November 05, 2017, 04:02:42 PM »
Many.
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« Reply #2 on: November 05, 2017, 04:30:25 PM »
Yes
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« Reply #3 on: November 05, 2017, 04:43:37 PM »
Kinda? I twice chanced upon a trans rights protest near the White House when visiting the U.S., since it was around the time Trump banned trans soldiers from the military. But I didn't participate, mainly because my mother was with me.
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« Reply #4 on: November 05, 2017, 07:56:16 PM »
Yes, once. It was a march to raise awareness for the Rohingya genocide
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« Reply #5 on: November 05, 2017, 08:00:40 PM »
Got arrested for chaining myself to the gates of nuclear plant many years ago.
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« Reply #6 on: November 05, 2017, 08:05:34 PM »
Only one big one. A Rubio event in Exeter right before the primary. And a very early Cruz one in Seabrook but that was small since it was 6 months before we voted
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« Reply #7 on: November 05, 2017, 08:34:02 PM »
I went to a Trump rally and a Rubio GOTV event in 2016
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« Reply #8 on: November 05, 2017, 10:18:16 PM »
Quote from: Singletxguyforfun on November 05, 2017, 08:05:34 PM
Only one big one. A Rubio event in Exeter right before the primary. And a very early Cruz one in Seabrook but that was small since it was 6 months before we voted
I was going to go to that one, at Brown's right? I went to his town hall in New Boston instead. 'Tis a small world.
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« Reply #9 on: November 05, 2017, 10:39:29 PM »
I attended antiwar (as in anti-Iraq War) rallies and demonstrations when I was in college, but nothing since then.  
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« Reply #10 on: November 05, 2017, 10:53:10 PM »
Many. Almost all fun.

I've been to a Teamsters rally, a couple of Tea Party rallies, an Open Carry rally, several rallies for various minor politicians in my area, and I got black out drunk and booed Trump at a rally he held in Richmond summer of '16.

Good times.
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« Reply #11 on: November 05, 2017, 10:57:59 PM »
No unless my democratic rights are threatened, i won't be going to protest/rally.
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« Reply #12 on: November 06, 2017, 06:42:28 AM »
« Edited: November 06, 2017, 06:49:40 AM by smoltchanov »
In Russia? Many times. Probably - hundreds... Sometimes - it wasn't funny at all. As in August 1991, during coup attempt....
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« Reply #13 on: November 06, 2017, 09:57:41 AM »
« Edited: November 06, 2017, 10:00:47 AM by Statilius the Epicurean »

^ Generally anti-austerity demos
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« Reply #14 on: November 06, 2017, 09:58:51 AM »
« Edited: November 06, 2017, 10:03:26 AM by DavidB. »
Yes, to a pro-Israel rally and to a protest against an antisemitic member of the local council. I also wanted to march in the Jerusalem pride parade the year after Shira Banki was killed, but I was not allowed in by the police, presumably because I wore a kippa and had a beard.
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« Reply #15 on: November 06, 2017, 10:05:11 AM »
Uh, yes, a couple of them...
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« Reply #16 on: November 06, 2017, 10:27:45 AM »
Does Pride Fest count?  I was out to eat at a bar in downtown Iowa City and Pride Fest happened to be going on right outside, so I kind of feel like I experienced it.  Also, there was a large protest outside the building I was trying to see Trump speak in last year (never ended up getting in because of fire code ... what a waste of two hours), so again, I feel like I was right in the middle of it.
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« Reply #17 on: November 06, 2017, 02:46:13 PM »
If a candidate comes to speak is it a rally?

If so then yes, but it was so minor I forgot about it and voted no.
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« Reply #18 on: November 06, 2017, 02:50:44 PM »
Only at Trump rallies. They were a love fest.
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« Reply #19 on: November 07, 2017, 08:55:46 AM »
I have been to two marches (women's and earth). I have also been to a lot of rallies for the Indiana Democratic Party, and a lot during the 2016 campaigns. Saw Bernie, Bill Clinton, Hillary (obviously) and a lot of people stump for her. I also went to a few Trump rallies just to experience it. They were... interesting.
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« Reply #20 on: November 07, 2017, 01:44:53 PM »
Yeah, those things were always going back in high school. Didn't participate, but they were there.
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« Reply #21 on: November 07, 2017, 01:51:08 PM »
I've been to an anti-Iraq war rally at College, and a George Allen campaign rally where John McCain made an appearance.
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« Reply #22 on: November 07, 2017, 08:42:35 PM »
Yes, quite a few
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« Reply #23 on: November 11, 2017, 10:03:31 AM »
I've been at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania, a Jeb! rally in New Hampshire, and a Ted Cruz rally in South Carolina. I didn't bother too much with the Democrats since it seemed like Hillary was going to win the primary and the general.
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« Reply #24 on: November 12, 2017, 06:55:34 AM »
The joy of trying to weasel up the Labour foodchain meant I've been to about 2-3 general election 'rallies' in 2015; went to an Andy Burnham event in 2015 and to Owen Smith's one in London in 2016. I got offered a chance to volunteer twice for Smith towards the end of the race; but was both on Holiday and didn't really care enough by that stage.

Outside of that I went to the big anti-austerity in the Summer of 2015, and told my friend 'Corbyn is a pretty good speaker, but he's only getting to get 5% of the vote you know...''

I saw him speak in York during the general election, and was temped to heckle about Brexit but I chickened out.
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