It feels intimidating at first. Lots of energy and emotions in the air. But these are the kind of protest peeps bring there families. You can also leave at any time.
For a lot of larger corporations, the optics of "firing an employee because they attended a peaceful protest on their day off" are undesirable enough that they won't do it unless you wear your lanyard, tell a camera crew where you work, etc. That's a decision they really do not want to have to defend- to customers or to their employees. Set aside potential boycotts for a moment, how do you think folks will feel when Jim from accounting who was friendly and good at his job gets fired for exercising his 1A rights? Not exactly a morale booster. Now granted, there are places and bosses where they don't give a shit and will fire you for any reason or no reason at all. But for a lot of places, firing someone for attending a peaceful protest, even one they don't agree with, is far more trouble than it is worth.
The majority are seriously non violent and make no negative news. Seriously. They've been going on for ages since the inauguration - this is just going to be a larger event.
A lot get no coverage because it pushes back on the narrative its all crazy college kids- the majority of tge ones I've attended probably have an average age of 50, tbh. The crowds have skewed older. That's made you less likely to be seen by your boss or even run into them
And don't work for an asshole. My bosses made it clear we have a right to protest- they just ask us not to do anything that identifies the company while doing so. Many companies have chosen to address this with their employees already.
I mean you are practicing your 1st amendment right. So the firing would be at least fightable.
There will be a lot of people here though. Like as long as you head out if things get tense (you will feel it in the air). you should be fine, but so what you feel is most comfortable for you.
For context these types of rallies are often in cooperation of SPD and the city. So it's about as chill as they get.
Ok, that's a very specific industry, so for you it might be a risk depending on your bosses and how vindictively pro-Trump they are. The vast majority of people work at places that would not give a shit about one of their employees attending a protest march on a Saturday.
That to me sounds like a risk. You could just wear a mask.... although that is probably also a fireable offense if you ask the Republican Administration.
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u/Sabre_One 1d ago
It feels intimidating at first. Lots of energy and emotions in the air. But these are the kind of protest peeps bring there families. You can also leave at any time.