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A few more signs, some are funny and even dogs are protesting :-) (Original Post) syringis Jun 2018 OP
I think the lady in the first picture musta missed the memo Cal Carpenter Jun 2018 #1
Hi Cal syringis Jun 2018 #2
I am not trying to bash France or its people, Cal Carpenter Jun 2018 #3
I'm with you syringis Jun 2018 #4
Saw it differently? shadowmayor Jun 2018 #8
Yeah, I get that Cal Carpenter Jun 2018 #15
She's a statue. Cut her some slack. Hassin Bin Sober Jun 2018 #10
Humor is tough SCVDem Jun 2018 #13
. Hassin Bin Sober Jun 2018 #18
I think you may have missed her point AZ8theist Jul 2018 #22
Fantastic. Thanks for posting. zentrum Jun 2018 #5
Obama Gave Us Hope - Trump Gave Us Baby Prisons lame54 Jun 2018 #6
Those are great! PatSeg Jun 2018 #7
I LOVE those Signs . . So Much Hope Within OldManTarHeel Jun 2018 #9
One I liked a lot: mobeau69 Jun 2018 #11
terrific photos NJCher Jun 2018 #12
great pics! Demovictory9 Jun 2018 #14
K&R burrowowl Jun 2018 #16
very funny, excellent sign ifihad2 Jun 2018 #17
We had a good turnout. grantcart Jul 2018 #21
I appreciate the COC's Ferrets are Cool Jun 2018 #19
My favorite the Atheist who is a better Christian. He gets it. Stonepounder Jul 2018 #20
Yes, he does get it. Fortinbras Armstrong Jul 2018 #23
Wondering if the person driving with the "White House of Horrors" sign peace frog Jul 2018 #24
I didn't carry a sign or take pictures but I was there mountain grammy Jul 2018 #25

Cal Carpenter

(4,959 posts)
1. I think the lady in the first picture musta missed the memo
Sat Jun 30, 2018, 02:37 PM
Jun 2018

I mean, I appreciate the humor of it, but really, France isn't exactly a bastion of welcoming refugees and immigrants right now. There is a huge nationalist backlash there as well.

syringis

(5,101 posts)
2. Hi Cal
Sat Jun 30, 2018, 02:44 PM
Jun 2018

This is true, but we are fighting them really hard

A country which is doing great is Portugal.

I will try to translate an article. greece is doing good too.



Cal Carpenter

(4,959 posts)
3. I am not trying to bash France or its people,
Sat Jun 30, 2018, 03:06 PM
Jun 2018

nor am I equating all European countries with each other. But France in particular has recently made tougher immigration laws that are quite controversial, and as I'm sure you know there are currently efforts to establish regulations for the EU and it isn't looking good. Many people in the U.S. tend to romanticize the more social democracies of Europe and I think it is important to keep that tendency in check.

I'm not trying to ruin the spirit of the rallies today, I promise. The irony of that first picture just jumped out at me because I've been reading about this a lot lately.

syringis

(5,101 posts)
4. I'm with you
Sat Jun 30, 2018, 03:32 PM
Jun 2018

You are absolutely right.

Trump helped f*cking European RWers to free their hateful ideology and speeches.

It was already hard to fight them, he made the battle thought !

I never thought I'd want to go back in time to kick her mother in the womb and abort her!

I swear I'm totally against violence though, but in this case, I think it's a public health issue!

shadowmayor

(1,325 posts)
8. Saw it differently?
Sat Jun 30, 2018, 04:04 PM
Jun 2018

I thought the Statue of Liberty was saying she quit and was going back to France, not the lady wearing the costume?

Cal Carpenter

(4,959 posts)
15. Yeah, I get that
Sat Jun 30, 2018, 05:07 PM
Jun 2018

my point is just that, for many immigrants and refugees, France is not exactly the bastion of liberte at the moment either, so there's some irony with this symbol and that statement at an immigration rights event.

AZ8theist

(5,418 posts)
22. I think you may have missed her point
Sun Jul 1, 2018, 02:12 AM
Jul 2018

She was dressed up as the Statue of Liberty.

Telling us she (The statue, and what she represents) was going back to where she came from.

It was a metaphor about the meaning of immigration to America....no longer applicable in Trumpistan. If I was Lady Liberty I would leave too....

ifihad2

(36 posts)
17. very funny, excellent sign
Sat Jun 30, 2018, 05:30 PM
Jun 2018

I attended in Tucson this morning ... was a very good turnout ... really great sign ... funny swipe at the Orange Moron ... don't have a pic but: sign has profile of Herr Trumph ... and text within says "Does this ass make my country look small?" Hooray!

peace frog

(5,609 posts)
24. Wondering if the person driving with the "White House of Horrors" sign
Sun Jul 1, 2018, 08:08 AM
Jul 2018

lives in a tolerant/blue state, or perhaps uses it for special occasions such as a protest rally then removes it?
Forgive my curiousity, it's just that such things are never seen where I live (deep red area of a red state). To drive in public with this sign would invite certain verbal and possible physical attack. I've been on the receiving end of both for far less. Sad to see what has become of my state.
Good on these folks for turning out. Makes this senior citizen's day!

mountain grammy

(26,601 posts)
25. I didn't carry a sign or take pictures but I was there
Sun Jul 1, 2018, 11:27 AM
Jul 2018

in Denver.. 4000 strong. the energy was amazing. But I can't shake these dark thoughts. Went to bed exhausted last night and had several bad dreams.

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