🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 We support your protests! Support ours also…try to buy any products that are not American and are from other countries ie Mexico, EU, Canada etc. We have starved your liquor/bourban industry and travel industry. All our grocery stores over the past year now label Canada products with a Maple Leaf, and have all produce label from which country they come from. US produce dies on the shelves. State representative keep coming to Canada to try and get us to stop boycotts US products in Blue states, but we refuse. Canadians are reading every label. This is a grassroots boycott, not started by our Canadian government We are doing what we can. You all need to step up and crush your own government, because we are on your governments list of threats!! 77 million Americans voted for this and we will never forgot. It’s not only T, it’s your own people who are ignorant about this government. I lived in the US for 20 years, recruited as a medical professional and prepared my exit in 2018 when T first got elected. I originally thought I would retire there, but I foresaw the future with that first election and got out. Sold everything we owned and moved back to Canada.
Yes. 77 million Americans are traitors. Let that sink in. Not misguided or ignorant but traitorous. They knew what they were voting for and they wanted this result. Remember that forever.
I am an American, and am also Ashamed. I have been extremely pro-active since 2015 and despite having an active medical practice, wrote a book with my son entitled What We Must Demand For Our Democracy to Survive. It is on Amazon. http://tinyurl.com/2j4b3acd
I have spent hours on the phone talking to people in Georgia and believed such efforts help put Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff into the Senate. I have worn T-shirts and Hoodies denouncing Trump as a fascist, racist, etc. I have worn these in public and no one ever challenged me but at least some gave me a thumb's up. Our home has signs like "Democracy or Dictatorship, Your Choice" and others.
I have written blistering comments backed up by factual references about our criminal-in-chief and his mafia cabinet. Yes, too many Americans are just plain stupid, while others are apathetic about voting. They equated Biden's ineptitude with Trump's psychopathy and now, after the fire is an inferno, they realize what a piece of shit Trump is, and how dangerous his ass-kissing executive cabinet has been to this country.
I was offered a position at the U of Calgary back in the mid-80s. The University, under Dr. Martin Jerry, approached me. I gave a lecture and was set to move but then was told I would have to wait up to one year before being cleared by Canadian Customs and Immigration. That sucked, and especially because Canada was accepting Vietnamese with what appeared to be little vetting. I am a Vietnam veteran and truly admire the Vietnamese people but I thought the Canadian bureaucracy were just plain stupid to treat an American-born and U of Chicago trained MD who they sought in the manner they did. Many of my patients have traveled from Canada to see me. From BC, to Alberta. I recently did pro bono work for a farmer in Edmonton.
I can understand why you would be pissed at Americans in general, but there are many of us who would love to put Trump behind bars. I have begged my wife to leave the US, not for me, but because she is much younger than I, and I see little future for the US unless the vast majority of the people stand up and speak up for what is right. I see football stadiums packed to the hilt, and I wonder how many of those fans would spend time in rallies. Don't get me wrong; I love sports. But the priority of a citizen should be how well the government is being run and if there is evidence of LUV (Legacy, Unity, Vision), which there has not been.
I support the protests, and believe they should be expanded. A nationwide strike should be called before the end of the month, accompanied by a march on Washington, D.C. and all state capitals, and we should demand that our representatives shut down the government and impeach the President, vice President, his cabinet, and any Representative or Senator who defends or support this illegal Administration.
I support the protests and agree with you on all your ideas except the last phrase of your post (after “his cabinet”). Esp like general strike and march on capitals , along with impeachments of course.
All the defenders and supporters of fascism need to be rooted out. I forgot the 6 inJustices of the Supreme Court also need to be impeached. It’s a long list.
“Something’s rotten in the state of Denmark…and Hamlet is taking out the trash.”
I support the right to free assembly and the right to free speech, but I am very worried about these protests. Unless done carefully and respectfully, they will be used as propaganda material, and convincingly so, by those who wish viewers of the news to support crackdowns against "lawlessness." My message to the protestors is this: If you want to succeed, you must be ready and willing to be arrested, like King and Gandhi and Jesus and their followers were.
I also have a message for ICE: If that officer who killed an American citizen indeed had a traumatic interaction with a suspect in his recent past, then he should've been on desk duty or simply suspended. He did not follow proper protocol and neither have you. Her blood is on your hands.
Yes, Indivisible and the rest of the coalition all all about that (although I haven’t seen a lot of discussion about getting arrested, maybe because if that happens it just …happens.) Time to get caught up on the leadership for the resistance, its values, strategies, tactics, trainings, public outreach, etc.
Any and all actions taken by any dissenters will be used for propaganda material. As we saw last week with Ms. Good, you can do absolutely nothing wrong and STILL be used for propaganda material.
This is a good start, but would you also support acts that could produce a meaningful change, such as a nationwide general strike?
Protests can only be effective in a functioning democracy in which our elected officials intend to represent the will of their consituents. This is not a democracy, this is a fascist regime exerting its will on the people. They do not respond to public opinion. Every single American could attend a peaceful walk with signs, and it wouldn't make one iota of difference.
We must prepare for and engage in a nationwide strike until every single person involved in this regime is removed from office and imprisoned. Do you have the courage to say this?
Re: "This does not make you a radical. It makes you part of the human race."
This is true in the most literal sense (but I'm going to hedge). Normal gestation into the childhood years is under seige, costing too many their sapiens birthright of emotional maturity, leaving them with "cornered rat syndrome" of bullying, grievance, and desperate lies. This is proto-sapiens, relatively apelike behavior (we all start as apes).
We should all aspire to be radical -- meaning to get to the root of things, like our democratic sovereignty, and the informed, active citizenry that requires, getting on with folks with a little different view because what's really important is our common cause of freedom from oligarchy and arbitrary cruelty. We are re-learning that importance, with dignity, grace, and energy. Thanks Mike, for a beautiful Sunday inspiration.
I think you get to the root of who we are as Americans; in that sense, yes.
But as a political position it's where the center should be! Normal! Not "radical" as the Right would have it. In the grand scheme of things, being an active citizen should be a default, and the Right has it upside down -- they are radically anti-American, autocratic not democratic.
🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 We support your protests! Support ours also…try to buy any products that are not American and are from other countries ie Mexico, EU, Canada etc. We have starved your liquor/bourban industry and travel industry. All our grocery stores over the past year now label Canada products with a Maple Leaf, and have all produce label from which country they come from. US produce dies on the shelves. State representative keep coming to Canada to try and get us to stop boycotts US products in Blue states, but we refuse. Canadians are reading every label. This is a grassroots boycott, not started by our Canadian government We are doing what we can. You all need to step up and crush your own government, because we are on your governments list of threats!! 77 million Americans voted for this and we will never forgot. It’s not only T, it’s your own people who are ignorant about this government. I lived in the US for 20 years, recruited as a medical professional and prepared my exit in 2018 when T first got elected. I originally thought I would retire there, but I foresaw the future with that first election and got out. Sold everything we owned and moved back to Canada.
Yes. 77 million Americans are traitors. Let that sink in. Not misguided or ignorant but traitorous. They knew what they were voting for and they wanted this result. Remember that forever.
Beauty, eh.
I am an American, and am also Ashamed. I have been extremely pro-active since 2015 and despite having an active medical practice, wrote a book with my son entitled What We Must Demand For Our Democracy to Survive. It is on Amazon. http://tinyurl.com/2j4b3acd
I have spent hours on the phone talking to people in Georgia and believed such efforts help put Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff into the Senate. I have worn T-shirts and Hoodies denouncing Trump as a fascist, racist, etc. I have worn these in public and no one ever challenged me but at least some gave me a thumb's up. Our home has signs like "Democracy or Dictatorship, Your Choice" and others.
I have written blistering comments backed up by factual references about our criminal-in-chief and his mafia cabinet. Yes, too many Americans are just plain stupid, while others are apathetic about voting. They equated Biden's ineptitude with Trump's psychopathy and now, after the fire is an inferno, they realize what a piece of shit Trump is, and how dangerous his ass-kissing executive cabinet has been to this country.
I was offered a position at the U of Calgary back in the mid-80s. The University, under Dr. Martin Jerry, approached me. I gave a lecture and was set to move but then was told I would have to wait up to one year before being cleared by Canadian Customs and Immigration. That sucked, and especially because Canada was accepting Vietnamese with what appeared to be little vetting. I am a Vietnam veteran and truly admire the Vietnamese people but I thought the Canadian bureaucracy were just plain stupid to treat an American-born and U of Chicago trained MD who they sought in the manner they did. Many of my patients have traveled from Canada to see me. From BC, to Alberta. I recently did pro bono work for a farmer in Edmonton.
I can understand why you would be pissed at Americans in general, but there are many of us who would love to put Trump behind bars. I have begged my wife to leave the US, not for me, but because she is much younger than I, and I see little future for the US unless the vast majority of the people stand up and speak up for what is right. I see football stadiums packed to the hilt, and I wonder how many of those fans would spend time in rallies. Don't get me wrong; I love sports. But the priority of a citizen should be how well the government is being run and if there is evidence of LUV (Legacy, Unity, Vision), which there has not been.
I've been to over a dozen this summer and will be at two next week. Indivisible/Mobilize websites if you are looking for actions near you!
I support the protests, and believe they should be expanded. A nationwide strike should be called before the end of the month, accompanied by a march on Washington, D.C. and all state capitals, and we should demand that our representatives shut down the government and impeach the President, vice President, his cabinet, and any Representative or Senator who defends or support this illegal Administration.
I support the protests and agree with you on all your ideas except the last phrase of your post (after “his cabinet”). Esp like general strike and march on capitals , along with impeachments of course.
All the defenders and supporters of fascism need to be rooted out. I forgot the 6 inJustices of the Supreme Court also need to be impeached. It’s a long list.
“Something’s rotten in the state of Denmark…and Hamlet is taking out the trash.”
Yes.
And since I am a protester (member of Indivisible) I need to hear more people say “I support the protestors.”
I support you!
I support the right to free assembly and the right to free speech, but I am very worried about these protests. Unless done carefully and respectfully, they will be used as propaganda material, and convincingly so, by those who wish viewers of the news to support crackdowns against "lawlessness." My message to the protestors is this: If you want to succeed, you must be ready and willing to be arrested, like King and Gandhi and Jesus and their followers were.
I also have a message for ICE: If that officer who killed an American citizen indeed had a traumatic interaction with a suspect in his recent past, then he should've been on desk duty or simply suspended. He did not follow proper protocol and neither have you. Her blood is on your hands.
I support the protests. I will not clear my throat before doing so.
Yes, Indivisible and the rest of the coalition all all about that (although I haven’t seen a lot of discussion about getting arrested, maybe because if that happens it just …happens.) Time to get caught up on the leadership for the resistance, its values, strategies, tactics, trainings, public outreach, etc.
Any and all actions taken by any dissenters will be used for propaganda material. As we saw last week with Ms. Good, you can do absolutely nothing wrong and STILL be used for propaganda material.
And so we should all just roll over and go back to sleep? Is that the message here? Time for the serenity prayer maybe.
Occupying the streets is now OUR ONLY OPTION!
I am a protester. We need app the support we can get.
This is a good start, but would you also support acts that could produce a meaningful change, such as a nationwide general strike?
Protests can only be effective in a functioning democracy in which our elected officials intend to represent the will of their consituents. This is not a democracy, this is a fascist regime exerting its will on the people. They do not respond to public opinion. Every single American could attend a peaceful walk with signs, and it wouldn't make one iota of difference.
We must prepare for and engage in a nationwide strike until every single person involved in this regime is removed from office and imprisoned. Do you have the courage to say this?
I support the protest beginning in the 1970s
It is my right and civic duty to stand for the rule of law and the constitution
I support them from Jamaica. I hope to be at one after I am home.
I was out on Sunday where I saw people in wheelchairs and with supplemental oxygen standing in the cold in JD Vance's hometown of Middletown, Ohio.
I protest and I support the protests! Helpful article!
I support the protests! We need numbers they cannot ignore. Be safe. Be Good.
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Re: "This does not make you a radical. It makes you part of the human race."
This is true in the most literal sense (but I'm going to hedge). Normal gestation into the childhood years is under seige, costing too many their sapiens birthright of emotional maturity, leaving them with "cornered rat syndrome" of bullying, grievance, and desperate lies. This is proto-sapiens, relatively apelike behavior (we all start as apes).
We should all aspire to be radical -- meaning to get to the root of things, like our democratic sovereignty, and the informed, active citizenry that requires, getting on with folks with a little different view because what's really important is our common cause of freedom from oligarchy and arbitrary cruelty. We are re-learning that importance, with dignity, grace, and energy. Thanks Mike, for a beautiful Sunday inspiration.
Do you believe my sentiments are radical?
I think you get to the root of who we are as Americans; in that sense, yes.
But as a political position it's where the center should be! Normal! Not "radical" as the Right would have it. In the grand scheme of things, being an active citizen should be a default, and the Right has it upside down -- they are radically anti-American, autocratic not democratic.
I support the protests and I have been to many. They build people power and unite us. They inspire hope.