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#standup

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Last night, I shared some of my favorite protest signs from the Hands Off rally in Washington DC:

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Upon further reflection, I want to mention a sign that was noteworthy not for its content, but for who was holding it. It said something like "You voted for a rapist... twice!" and it was held by two men who appeared to be Mennonites. There were at least 20 other people in the crowd who also were wearing Mennonite clothing.

This is noteworthy, because Mennonites tend to be conservative. People who lean far to the left won't often find themselves protesting next to Mennonites. However, Trump is such a nightmare that Mennonites and other conservatives joined with leftists in protesting against him.

If we want to see Trump's madness reined in, we must continue to make our protests welcoming spaces for people from across the political spectrum so that more people like yesterday's Mennonites will join us. We cannot afford to involve only the left. We will be stronger together.

DMV.CommunityLkdc (@Lkdc@dmv.community)Canadians and Greenlanders might like to know that multiple protesters at the Hands Off rally in Washington DC on April 5, 2025 carried signs with slogans like "Greenland is not for sale" and "Hands off Canada". Other signs that I liked included: "God sent Trump because he ran out of locusts." "I'm a better Christian than any Trump supporter, and I'm an atheist." "Back to Democracy" [written in the same font as the "Back to the Future" movie title] "Trump and Musk need therapy, not power." Drawing of a person holding a brain, with a speech bubble saying "Hey, you dropped this." A 3-D plastic model of a spine, attached to a sign reading "Congress, where is yours?" Turnout was excellent, despite there being simultaneous protests for other causes (including Gaza) in other parts of the city. #HandsOff #protest #WashingtonDC
#StandUp#WashingtonDC#protest
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Notes from the N.H. Underground:

i spent most of my time at todays protest in concord talking to people because as soon as i got there i had to fight the urge to protest in the street and not on the sidewalk.
my opening question was,
"what do you think it's going to take to get people from n.h. to go from holding signs, chanting and waving at honking cars to blocking traffic until they get arrested?"
below are some other signs that i liked with some thoughts i've had from talking to various people there.
(my fav sign i saw said
"due process is disappearing"
and because of the rain the ink was washing away but i didn't get a pic of it, silly me.)
Vive la Résistance!
#protest #resist #trump #ElonMusk #maga #nazis #facism #standup #HandsOff
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text: in these difficult times some cuts may be necessary pic: a Guillotine
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Gianmarco Soresi is a very talented, funny man. He's also incredibly thoughtful. Take a moment and listen to what he's saying about the whole Disney/Snow White debacle, and why Hollywood needs to be braver now, not 50 years from now.

#Disney#SnowWhite#RachelZegler
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