Conversation

I was at the midtown Manhattan demonstration today. I don't know how large the crowd was, but it was large. It did skew older—my partner and I were not the only ones who were veterans of the anti-Vietnam War protests decades ago. But youth was well-represented, too, including a store employee who climbed into the store window to show a large “FUCK TRUMP” on her phone. There were very few preprinted signs, which made for a lot of creative homemade signs. They ran the gamut of issues, and of course there are many. (My favorite sign: “IKEA HAS A BETTER CABINET”.) Naturally, although Trump was the primary target, Musk came in for a lot, too: “F-ELON”, “YOU CAN’T SPELL FELON WITHOUT ELON”, “DEPORT MUSK, LOCK UP TRUMP”, and more.
Will Trump pay attention? No, of course not. But apart from the importance of showing up and being counted, I hope that members of Congress will see the anger. They've already learned that open town halls are a bad idea, and last Tuesday's election results had to be scary for the GOP.
(Photos? No, out of respect for the privacy of other demonstrators.)