Had I written a sign for today’s protest, it would’ve born the boringly straightforward “Our president is a capricious, narcissistic incompetent.” I didn’t. But I did initiate a short, catchier chant: “Dump Trump! He’s a chump!” People seemed to like it.
I feel ambivalent about most display protests, including this one, mostly because (1) I’m frequently niggling about the imprecise match between what I think and what I hear and read other participants thinking (e.g., for me, it’s “No kings but Jesus”), and (2) I harbor doubts about their efficacy and thus fear that they sap energy that’d be otherwise and better deployed toward direct action and participation in governance itself. I’m probably wrong about that second reason.
Regardless, it was moderately fun.
No kings but Jesus.