Longtime activist reflects on decades of protest, the current political climate ahead of No Kings rally (WI)

WTMJ News ^ | October 17, 2025 | WTMJ Staff

[rlmorel]

Pining for the old days. Pathetic.

[catnipman]

old hippies trying to relive their brief moment of relevance during their youth ...

[packagingguy]

Yep, the hippies are at it again, this time having no real cause to protest.

[Paladin2]

These lefties are Queens.

Where are the NO QUEENS actions?

[DoodleBob]

I searched for pictures or stories about Connie Hughes.

I found nothing.

This long-time activist has no online activity or stores etc.

[FLT-bird]

You should see all the aging hippies at the no Kangz marches. I don’t know what the Democrats are going to do in 10 years when the Baby Boomer generation is about half its current size.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Hit the link to the story on WTMJ. The article is interspersed with video of her yammering on about her Life As A Protestor.

Maybe she’s had to change her name to evade the authorities? ;)

[TangoLimaSierra]

Bragging about a wasted life...

[DoodleBob]

….or, maybe she’s lying.

I mean…how does a local TV station find an activist for a segment? They’d likely want someone with standing in town and a track record.

Something is rotten in Milwaukee.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

"People don't know what to do. They're feeling lost. They don't know how to change it, they don't know where to go, they don't know what to do, " Hughes said.

And they have no idea what they are actually upset about.

They need a hobby.

Or some actual problems in their life.

They keep on this path and they will have them.

The problems, not the hobby.

[crusty old prospector]

I wonder if they now take baths.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

That's sad, trying to relive a misspent youth.

Lady, it's gone; it will never return.

She should spend her final years getting right with the Lord. And maybe see a doctor
about that persistent genital herpes which has been plaguing her ever since Woodstock.

[Big Red Badger]

Patchouli,incense and Clay Incense Burners
Would have been a Product Line a BurnOut Hippie could not pass Up
.
But Alass ....wasted Life.

[Nervous Tick]

>> This long-time activist has no online activity or stores etc.

Hey, she didn’t claim to be a successful or productive long-time activist! Just long-time. And I saw her picture on the site. Wish I could un-see it. Long-time is RIGHT!!! Long Time out in the Sunlight! Don’t hippie chicks use sunscreen?

[HIDEK6]

A Wisconsin activist who began protesting the Vietnam War in the 1960s …

That’s a long time to have to stay pissed off.

[TXBlair]

50 years of protesting…what a miserable existence.

Another wasted life amongst the perpetually unhappy; nothing to show for it.

[quantim]

I’d love to go to one of these protests undercover but it’s a little early to put on a Halloween costume.

[Paladin2]

SHE APPARENTLY NEEDS TO GET A LIFE.

[BookmanTheJanitor]

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