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berniesandersmittens

(11,728 posts)
Sun Jul 10, 2022, 01:16 AM Jul 2022

Help ! Red state rural protest tomorrow

I'm bringing two younger sisters with me. The march starts at noon. This is red Arkansas.


What signs would be best to sway women to our side?


It's short notice and I need all the help I can get. Red state women unite!

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Help ! Red state rural protest tomorrow (Original Post) berniesandersmittens Jul 2022 OP
The elephant in the womb... rubbersole Jul 2022 #1
Here's one: elleng Jul 2022 #2
Good one Woodswalker Jul 2022 #3
I like it berniesandersmittens Jul 2022 #4
You'll have more support than you think you will. rubbersole Jul 2022 #5
Honestly I'm terrified berniesandersmittens Jul 2022 #7
You're terrified because you know these people. rubbersole Jul 2022 #14
I don't know. elleng Jul 2022 #6
Rod was your dad?! berniesandersmittens Jul 2022 #8
Not MY dad, Anne Serling's dad. elleng Jul 2022 #9
I really wish we lived close enough for coffee berniesandersmittens Jul 2022 #10
I've loved him since the first time I saw him on TV, elleng Jul 2022 #11
Lol berniesandersmittens Jul 2022 #12
Gotcha. elleng Jul 2022 #13
This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Jul 2022 #15
My red-state apolitical but pro-choice relative really responded when I said pnwmom Jul 2022 #16
Embrace your HEART - not their hate. n/t werdna Jul 2022 #17
How about these? Timeflyer Jul 2022 #18

rubbersole

(8,725 posts)
1. The elephant in the womb...
Sun Jul 10, 2022, 01:24 AM
Jul 2022

I'm a guy but that was effective. Very clever. I don't know where a picture could be found. I think it was on a tee-shirt. Just Google that. Just did. Tons of stuff.

berniesandersmittens

(11,728 posts)
4. I like it
Sun Jul 10, 2022, 01:41 AM
Jul 2022

Remember this is ruby red rural Arkansa though. What I profess is sooooo important and I want it to reach the Independents and gqpers

rubbersole

(8,725 posts)
5. You'll have more support than you think you will.
Sun Jul 10, 2022, 01:48 AM
Jul 2022

But still act humble...just because their messiah is embarrassing them to themselves. It's tough on smart people. These deep thinkers need somebody to blame.

berniesandersmittens

(11,728 posts)
7. Honestly I'm terrified
Sun Jul 10, 2022, 01:58 AM
Jul 2022

I know that that correct response is" fuck em"

But I've lived here my whole life. This is scary but I will not back out.


It's happening fast and my head is spinning. I hope for at least a few hours of sleep.


I'm taking my newly unculted little sister and I want to make a difference.


I feel the weight of it on my shoulders.

rubbersole

(8,725 posts)
14. You're terrified because you know these people.
Sun Jul 10, 2022, 02:56 AM
Jul 2022

A protest march isn't the place to feel sorry for them. But you don't want to fear them either. Calculate the "after" hate. If you think that you will be in danger when the crowds disperse and a week from now it won't be safe to go to the store, you might go to a bigger city and expend your energy and frustration there. Trumpers are insane. Logic can't be factored in. You're a "baby killer" is what they've been programmed to think. It's impossible to make an inoffensive sign to them. Hell, they couldn't read it anyway. Your passion and courage are amazing. Stay safe bsm. You are needed on this wall.

elleng

(136,924 posts)
6. I don't know.
Sun Jul 10, 2022, 01:49 AM
Jul 2022

"Violence does not spring from a vacuum. It's born out of other men's violence. It gets nurtured and it grows in a soil of prejudice and of hate and of bigotry."

~Rod Serling

AS I KNEW HIM: My Dad Rod Serling

berniesandersmittens

(11,728 posts)
8. Rod was your dad?!
Sun Jul 10, 2022, 02:04 AM
Jul 2022

I am so not cool enough for you to be my friend.

If you re ever in Arkansas, hit me up for coffee and conversation. I need something short and to the point. Between the religious zealots and the klan, I've been fighting hate for what seems like my whole life.


I'm so scared of going to jail tomorrow. I'm hope my sisters will be safe. I'm in enemy territory and it is scary.

elleng

(136,924 posts)
9. Not MY dad, Anne Serling's dad.
Sun Jul 10, 2022, 02:11 AM
Jul 2022

You and your courage are surely cool enough to be my friend!

I won't likely be in Arkansas, unless Wes Clark invites me.

berniesandersmittens

(11,728 posts)
10. I really wish we lived close enough for coffee
Sun Jul 10, 2022, 02:18 AM
Jul 2022

Wes Clark is a smart, caring, and logistically savy man. I may be in love with him lol

elleng

(136,924 posts)
11. I've loved him since the first time I saw him on TV,
Sun Jul 10, 2022, 02:25 AM
Jul 2022

at which time he became, and still is, my #1 favorite public person. (I'm not, however, IN love with him!!!)

Response to berniesandersmittens (Original post)

pnwmom

(109,642 posts)
16. My red-state apolitical but pro-choice relative really responded when I said
Sun Jul 10, 2022, 03:37 AM
Jul 2022

that I was a one-issue voter now.

She said, "That's what I'm going to be too. From now on!"

It does simplify things. And it doesn't hurt Dems since virtually all Dems are prochoice, and almost no R's.

Timeflyer

(2,732 posts)
18. How about these?
Thu Jul 14, 2022, 09:46 AM
Jul 2022

Vote out GOP forced birthers.
(This one's long, but was effective July 4 following yet another mass shooting) "If women took up arms to defend their reproductive rights, the GOP would ban assault weapons yesterday."
To you and all who protest, brava, stay safe, be strong, continue to raise hell!

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