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GenThePerservering

(2,783 posts)
Sat Apr 5, 2025, 07:39 PM Apr 5

About those middle fingers and thumbs down

at the protests...Remember: If they're reacting, then we are being effective!

From the town of Bothell, WA where the numbers who showed up exceeded all expectations!

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About those middle fingers and thumbs down (Original Post) GenThePerservering Apr 5 OP
I was in Cocoa, FL and we had many maptap22 Apr 5 #1
Of the few I saw kacekwl Apr 5 #2
This is the way! GenThePerservering Apr 5 #3
THUMBS DOWN? BOSSHOG Apr 5 #4
I live in a tiny town in Colorado. momta Apr 5 #5
I saw just a few dissenters also. young white men. gave us angry middle fingers Demovictory9 Apr 5 #7
They have to know we exist! Music Man Apr 5 #6

maptap22

(189 posts)
1. I was in Cocoa, FL and we had many
Sat Apr 5, 2025, 07:49 PM
Apr 5

More positive reactions than negative. Lots of people driving by honking and giving us 👍 or ✌️. I am so glad that I went.

GenThePerservering

(2,783 posts)
3. This is the way!
Sat Apr 5, 2025, 09:19 PM
Apr 5

We had few middle fingers or thumbs down - I only saw one and someone else saw three. That's it. We just kept waving.

FAR more waves, honking, shouting encouragement, etc. - I mean, a constant stream of cars on the busy highway and constant cheering, and the area is blue next to a purple area with plenty of rednecks driving through going to the mountains.

The issues touch everyone.

BOSSHOG

(42,064 posts)
4. THUMBS DOWN?
Sat Apr 5, 2025, 09:57 PM
Apr 5

To saving their Social Security and Health Coverage and freedom and liberty and Justice?

Blindfold me, but I will see them clear as day. People with conservative values.

There is no doubt who the good guys and the Patriots are in the land of the free.

momta

(4,160 posts)
5. I live in a tiny town in Colorado.
Sat Apr 5, 2025, 10:12 PM
Apr 5

We greeted the skiers as they drove up and through town. Almost all of them honked and waved and yelled their support.

I saw TWO who "dissented". One shot us the finger. The other opened his window and yelled "faggots!" We all laughed and just waved at him.

It struck me that both were young, white men, though we had some young, white men in our group too.

All in all, it was a fun morning

Music Man

(1,633 posts)
6. They have to know we exist!
Sat Apr 5, 2025, 10:33 PM
Apr 5

One of the hallmarks of conservatism, I think, is a lack of perspective-taking. Especially Trumpism.

There are some places in America where we haven't even tried to compete in so long, that having a D next to your name makes you a pariah. Visibility, even on a small scale, can change that.

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