U.S. Constitution: Amendment I
“Now you have touched the WOMEN! You have struck a ROCK! You have dislodged a boulder! You will be CRUSHED!”
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”
This past Saturday, there was a peaceable assembly in Washington D.C. Over a half million people took to the streets with signs, hats, and chants to speak our minds. This is our right under the First Amendment.
The mood was positive and every single person I met was kind. In addition to sharing a common dismay at the current regime, we share a belief in each other. We share a belief that we are all worthy, regardless of gender, race, religion, sexual preference, and ability.
This is what democracy looks like.
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- “I know signs. I make the best signs. They’re terrific. Everyone agrees.”
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- “He is much scarier than me!”
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- “Hippie idealists needed now.”
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- “I want a democracy.” This man used the same sign on Friday and Saturday. At the Inauguration, he was booed, and someone threatened to punch him. On the day of the march, we applauded him. What is the difference?
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- “I like nuanced, erudite, rational discussion. Pander to me.”
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- “We have just entered The Twilight Zone.”
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- Yes, she was making a “Fart noise!”
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- “Godless Redneck Hippie Nerds for Progress”
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- “Stop Trumpf’s Cabinet of Horrors”
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- “Women’s rights are human rights.” “I love our country. Ashamed of Trump.”
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- “I’m with all the Hers!”
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- “Why did women reject the qualified woman for the blatantly sexist unqualified man?”
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- “They tried to bury us. They didn’t know we were seeds.”
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- “Tired of holding this sign since the 1960’s.”
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- “Build a wall around Trump. We will pay for it.”
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- UGH
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- “Keep your little hands off!”
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- “A woman’s place is in the revolution.”
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- “NSFWH”
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- “Kindness in governance.”
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- “Dumbledore would not approve.”
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- “Hillary Clinton got more votes than any white man in history.” “White silence is violence.”
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- “Not our king”
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- “This is what resistance looks like.”
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- “Free Melania”
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- “She won by a Kansas! Pop. 2.8 million.”
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- “Trump: American Psycho!”
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- “The whole damn system is wrong!” …with a drawing of Marge Simpson
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- “Immigrants strengthen America.”
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- “Women are going to save your asses.”
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- “If you’re reading this, I love you.”
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- “Illegitimate president”
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- “You’re even a joke to me.”