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Why I’m not protesting the Trump election

November 20, 2016 by Kate Mayer 21 Comments

Why this march protests policy and not the electionI’m going to the Women’s March on Washington, but I not to protest this election.

I am not fighting to have the electoral college overturned. Surprised?

I am not conflicted over the fact that HRC won the popular vote and lost the electoral college. I will not petition or rally or protest this fact.

Trump won and is president-elect.

My biggest fear was this exact thing would happen, except in reverse. (This of course, was my biggest fear before the realization that there was a bigger one: President Trump.)

I feared Clinton would win electoral college and lose popular vote. And the opposition, the same opposition spray painting swastikas, trolling twitter with rape threats, celebrating with a KKK victory parade, thanking Sandy Hook hoaxers for their support, taunting muslim families, chanting “Build The Wall” at high school sporting events, scrawling Heil Hitler on dusty windshields, leaving nooses in public bathrooms, the sad, scary list goes on. Reported incidents of hate crime has increased dramatically since Election Day.

The unreported?

We can only imagine.

But still, I won’t protest this election because if the winning circumstances were reversed, these same patriots would rally and protest the rigged electoral college just like the “whiny crying pussy libtards” – except they would be armed with hate, violence, and weapons – lots and lots and lots of open-carry, concealed carry, child carry guns –armed and willing to make their nation great again.

Whatever the cost.

I do not protest this election. And neither should you.

We had our opportunity, and yet white women voted for sexual predator, and a huge, apathetic, complacent 45% didn’t vote at all.

It’s too late to protest that, so we live (quite differently) with the results: president-elect Trump.

This is what and why I do protest

What I will loudly and proudly demonstrate against the campaign promises and policies aimed to violate human rights, increase segregation, elevate racism, and ignite hate of all marginalized people, including most of whom supported Trump.

I will write and call and email and demonstrate against racist appointments, policies, and promises that violate civil rights.

It’s my American right to let president and any elected representative know that this is not okay with me. If enough of us do just this, the checks and balances are in place so that the president-elect may rethink and readdress the direction he wishes to command, and maybe we can right this sinking ship.

Maybe. But I gotta try.

Letting your voice be heard is the only way to protest TrumpI will not lay down for the next four years, and neither should you. Protests, like the Million Women March on Washington January 21st, is to amplify our collective voices and remind those elected to govern that women’s rights are human rights. Human rights, the protection and safety of all people, is of utmost importance to us.

Doing nothing got us here, and I for one, will continue my civic duty and let the new president know his policies must be fair to all people, and he must with all his power, leave our country in a better place than he found it.

That would truly make America great, and it seems to me if enough of us shout loud enough long enough, we may indeed provide much-needed reminder to a newly elected Washington set on ignoring voices too often not heard.


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Comments

  1. Lisa Labella says

    November 20, 2016 at 7:07 pm

    Me too!! What. you. said.

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    • Kate Mayer says

      November 20, 2016 at 7:13 pm

      Thx for getting it. for getting me! Hope you’re on the (newtown) bus!

      Reply
  2. Gabi Coatsworh says

    November 21, 2016 at 9:29 am

    And it’s not just the elected, but perhaps even more important, the appointed, which we have to keep after. And nagging won’t do it. We know how good men are at tuning that out.
    We’ve got to protest, debate and argue in ways they will hear and understand. They won’t like it, but they have to get it.

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    • Kate Mayer says

      November 21, 2016 at 10:00 am

      can’t give up, quiet down, or go away. They’re counting on the firestorm to die down. We can’t.

      Reply
  3. Linda says

    November 21, 2016 at 10:56 am

    I love that on the day of the Million Woman March, you will be there as well, using your gift for words to convince the new regime members to govern fairly. What a great idea, I wish you well!

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    • Kate Mayer says

      November 21, 2016 at 11:29 am

      thank you kindly!

      Reply
  4. Haralee says

    November 21, 2016 at 11:12 am

    I will not lay down for the next 4 years either!!

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    • Kate Mayer says

      November 21, 2016 at 11:30 am

      i’m with you!

      Reply
  5. Janice | MostlyBlogging says

    November 21, 2016 at 11:12 am

    Hi Kathryn,
    I voted for Clinton. I am signing and circulating petitions to the electoral college. AFTER the inauguration is too late.
    Janice

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    • Kate Mayer says

      November 21, 2016 at 11:30 am

      Appreciate your advocacy. Really truly do.

      Reply
  6. Sharon Greenthal says

    November 21, 2016 at 12:05 pm

    It has been one head-smacking surprise after another since election night. I am with you, though. I will continue to voice my opinion and stand up for what I believe in. My greatest hope is that the incoming president will shock us all once he’s in office – in a good way. Sigh.

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    • Kate Mayer says

      November 21, 2016 at 12:20 pm

      Not holding my breath, but I’d love to be shocked.

      Reply
  7. pia says

    November 21, 2016 at 12:39 pm

    I too will not protest the election results but I sure will protest everything that followed and that was happening before.

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    • Kate Mayer says

      November 21, 2016 at 2:54 pm

      thank you kindly for reading and letting your voice be heard by people that matter! (not me of course, the DC contingency!!)

      Reply
  8. Beth Havey says

    November 21, 2016 at 1:15 pm

    Kate, I’m with you, supporting you, feeling good just reading your words. I am trying to pull out of my funk and move forward. As a writer, I will work even harder to support the things you mentioned, to calmly call people out when hate rears it’s despicable head and to believe in the good of the American people. Reading your words gives me courage. Beth
    PS Thanks for being angry and full of truth.

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    • Kate Mayer says

      November 21, 2016 at 2:53 pm

      wow. this comment is refrigerator worthy, and makes up for the unsubscribes! Thank you so very, very, very much!

      Reply
  9. Bonnie K. Aldinger says

    November 21, 2016 at 1:44 pm

    I’m also not in the not-my-president contingent – the system may be broken but it’s the system we have and it’s given us Trump and…well, ugh, but there it is.

    However, I’m also not going to just sit quietly. I’m not usually the one joining the marches, but right now I’m trying to decide whether I take the bus to DC on the 21st of January or whether I join in the Women’s March in NYC. And thanks for all the good links!

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    • Kate Mayer says

      November 21, 2016 at 2:53 pm

      NY or DC, thanks for being loud!

      Reply
  10. Alana says

    November 21, 2016 at 7:45 pm

    I’m saddened by what is happening (being a member of one of the targeted groups for this hate sharpens my interest) but I also see events such as people in Patchogue, Long Island (not far from where one of my cousins lived until last year) coming together after the KKK left material on peoples’ windshields. I hope we can all be active for the long haul. We are only at the beginning of a most difficult time. Hurray for this community of bloggers, George Takei and other heroes of our new world.

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    • Kate Mayer says

      November 21, 2016 at 9:57 pm

      shameful, but so glad the community rallied to denounce the bigotry!

      Reply

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An irreverent storyteller with a foul mouth and big heart, Kathryn Mayer (also known by Kathy and Kate), is a writer, humorist, and activist writing out loud with humor and grace about the little moments of life with big ripples, including parenting, social issues, midlife, and, sigh, gun violence prevention. Sometimes a big deal, sometimes not Mayer is national award-winning columnist, according to the National Society of Newspaper Columnists, and her essays have been recognized as Voice of the Year from SheKnows/BlogHer, named Best … Read More Here...

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