Mr. Dave. One other thing. They are putting your name on the signs.
The checks arrived by courier two hours later.
I thought about Mr. Dave on January 21, 2017, when I stood on Fifth Avenue and 53rd Street, a few blocks from Trump Tower, and watched as hundreds of thousands of protestors in the Women's March passed by. What struck me about the passionate and clever signs the women (and many men) displayed was the absence of names other than Donald Trump. The signs addressed women's rights, human rights, preservation of the planet, and more; but rarely were names attached to the offensive policies and actions other than the implication of Trump: "Women's Rights Are Human Rights; I Deserve Equality; Hear Me Roar; We Are the resistance; No compromise on Bigotry."
Mr. Dave would not have been pleased with these signs or others in the many protests in cities throughout the United States.
Without names of politicians who actively or passively endorse Trump's policies and actions the signs are not likely to irritate sensitive nerves that might evoke the "courier response."
As many commentators have said, shaming Donald Trump has little chance of success. If he knew more than our generals and intelligence agencies before the election, his victory has inflated his grandiosity and made it easy for him to dismiss citizens' protests. Indeed, neither the worldwide Women's Marches nor the nationwide response to his immigration ban seems to have rattled his confidence in his own judgment.
But what about the sycophants, many of whom previously excoriated Trump, and are sucking up to him now that he has the power they never thought he'd gain--a power they lust to participate in. Do any of them retain some remnant of integrity? Is there some way to persuade them to display courage, reason, and humanity? It may be our only chance for preserving the values that have made America great and are now being trashed.
Put their names on the signs (and the names of other politicians in communities throughout America) and remind them that we know what they previously said and what they are currently doing. Let them know with statements on signs like these:
- This is what you (name) said.
- Why are you (name) licking his boots?
- We will remember (name).
- We are watching you (name).
- If disasters result from this administration you (name) will not be able to talk your way out of complicity.
- History will not be kind to you (name).
- Do you (name) reveal your taxes? Why are you letting him conceal his?
- How would you (name) respond if your daughter were groped?
- Have you (name) forgotten that your ancestors were immigrants?
- 70% lies and counting: do you (name) approve?--Your silence says you do.
- Why have you (name) become a rubber stamp?
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