#NotMyPresident: Inauguration Day Protests Will Greet Donald Trump
In response to the surprise election of Donald Trump, the biggest political upset in modern US history, several groups are preparing to stage protests during Inauguration Day activities in January 2017.
On social media people are being kept abreast of demonstrations by following the hashtag #NotMyPresident. One “Not my President” event on Facebook already has about 11,000 people claiming that they will attend.
"Join us on Inauguration Day to make our voices heard," the page reads, "We refuse to recognize Donald Trump as the President of the United States, and refuse to take orders from a government that puts bigots into power. We have to make it clear to the public that we did not choose this man for office and that we won't stand for his ideologies."
"We refuse to recognize Donald Trump as the President of the United States, and refuse to take orders from a government that puts bigots into power. We have to make it clear to the public that we did not choose this man for office and that we won't stand for his ideologies."[/B]
Like what good is that going to do? You can get sent to jail for peaceful protests too.
Like what good is that going to do? You can get sent to jail for peaceful protests too.
Not really. Protesters get in jail if their inciting violence and destruction of property which so far all the arrests at anti-Trump protests seem to have been doing.
to everybody shaming protesters: the right to peaceful demonstration is arguably the defining feature of American politics and if you don't like it there are many fascist countries you can immigrate to