Thousands of armed U.S. gun rights activists join peaceful Virginia rally

Now that’s what I call a protest, or the ones in HK.

But in the US - I haven’t seen a “protest” remotely of that caliber - so no, I wouldn’t consider driving the kids to Michael’s to get some glitter and posterboard, spending the morning sipping coffee and brainstorming clever sayings, painting the signs, driving downtown, paying $25 for parking, and then spending 3-4 hours chanting “Hey Hey! Ho ho! (insert bad thing here) has got to go!”, then driving home to cook baked ziti for dinner before tucking the kids in for bedtime - I wouldn’t really consider that a “protest”... but it for some reason qualifies as one in the US.

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