Well, I did a little protest yesterday on the street corner, in support of health care and Medicare for all. Quite a bit of support, a lot of honks, including a few very loud ones from truckers.
Though we did have a Trump supporter start yelling at us "fucking communists" from the left-turn lane across the street. It's kind of a long traffic cycle, so I do what I was trained to do in #perl6 on IRC: hug the trolls. Got a nice chant going with the group, "We love you!" You know, giving him the thumbs-up and all. This just made him angrier, like super-angry, and I'm wondering if we're going to have to save him from a heart attack with Obamacare. Eventually he screams he's going to come back with his gun and shoot us all. I'm still saying "I love you man." Around then the light turns green, and he's gone.
I guess I'm resigned to the fact that some of us are going to have to die to stop Trump, and that I have to be willing to make that sacrifice if the time comes. Nonviolent movements are often met with violence by those on the other side, and this one's not going to be any different.
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Though we did have a Trump supporter start yelling at us "fucking communists" from the left-turn lane across the street. It's kind of a long traffic cycle, so I do what I was trained to do in #perl6 on IRC: hug the trolls. Got a nice chant going with the group, "We love you!" You know, giving him the thumbs-up and all. This just made him angrier, like super-angry, and I'm wondering if we're going to have to save him from a heart attack with Obamacare. Eventually he screams he's going to come back with his gun and shoot us all. I'm still saying "I love you man." Around then the light turns green, and he's gone.
I guess I'm resigned to the fact that some of us are going to have to die to stop Trump, and that I have to be willing to make that sacrifice if the time comes. Nonviolent movements are often met with violence by those on the other side, and this one's not going to be any different.
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