Edmund Burke once remarked “Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.” It broke my heart to see Donald Trump elected President of the United States. It made me feel small to think there was nothing I could do to stop it. But there was something I could do. Just because I could not personally impeach him, doesn’t mean I could not do my part, even though it was only a little, to protest his presidency.
But I do not live in America, so how does his presidency affect me? How does it affect anyone living in London? The women’s march protested Trump’s controversial views towards immigrants, LGBT people, women, black and Hispanic people, Muslims, reproductive health care rights, people with disabilities and so much more. Women, men, boys and girls who have felt insulted by Trump joined together to s
peak out against his hatred. I do not stand for his hatred and so the only thing I am able to do is join together with like-minded people and protest it.
This is exactly how civil rights and racial equality were attained, how slavery was demolished, how the American military left Vietnam, how women won the right to vote, homosexual couples obtained the right to be married and so much more. If people do not exercise their rights to freedom of speech and the right to protest, we must accept and tolerate anything that is said in opposition to our views.
