Thoughts on protest and how to reach “those people.”

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Last weekend Trump came to Anchorage for a rally. A friend asked me to go with her to protest the event, and I went. Suffice it to say, I am not a fan of the man in any way. But even still, I struggled with why I was protesting. What exactly was I trying to do? The more I thought about it, the more it seemed like a total exercise in futility. For one thing, the man should be a non-issue. He…