No Kings

~ MaryG

It’s great to see there was huge turnout out in the major cities, especially Boston (wow), but it was interesting to protest in a small town.

I’d say we had about 400 people on the town green where I waved my sign.

We were mostly middle-aged and older white people. I chatted with a teacher, a dental hygienist, a grocery store worker, and a lot of retired people I know from church.

We were in a high-traffic area where we actually waved our individual signs at passing cars and got lots of curious stares, many supportive honks, a few middle fingers, and 2 to 5 dudes yelling “Go Trump.”

There was a small counterprotest (2 to 4 people at one end of the town green in full MAGA regalia with a Trump 2024 banner), but they were peaceful.

Oh, and there were two Jesus freaks (sorry, that’s what GenX calls them) with “Jesus IS King” signs. They were fairly young skinny white guys with beards who were there to proselytize. I overheard one lady trying to find common ground with them on the immigrant issue (“but Jesus wanted us to welcome the stranger and help the poor”) and they were having none of it. They were much more aligned with the small MAGA counterprotest.

Oh, and thanks to the great city of Portland which started the trend, there were multiple inflatable costumes. We had a giraffe, several bees and a unicorn, YAY. The unicorn was adorable.

Onward.

And honestly, FUCK DONALD TRUMP and All Who Support Him. I kept the F word off my sign (both of them: Fuck and Fascism) and did not engage with any pro-Trumpers yesterday, but I need to be the real me on my blog and I really truly hate him.

15 thoughts on “No Kings”

  2. Yes! I ended up joining the Madison march for part of it, and there were 20,000 protesters, many dressed in silly costumes and being joyful.

    My favorite king poster was spotted by my son in Michigan. The Only King I Accept (then a picture of Aragorn).

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  3. My daughter and son-in-law joined the Boston protest, which was huge. Thought about joining the Augusta protest, but there is no way I could handle parking so far away and trying to haul a chair. Anyway, I was there in spirit.

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    1. I know you were there in spirit Laurie! 😊 I think all of us with the privilege to protest felt the support of those who couldn’t get out there for whatever reason… disability, fear, work, etc.

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  5. I love seeing the videos of small towns out there, especially the ones where one or two people in the middle of a deep red rural area got out there. That’s bravery! I thought the one I attended would be a smallish one, but turned out over 4000 and the state’s governor. 🙂 Lots of animals too. Will post photos today. ❤

    Thanks, Mary!

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