What happened when I took a “White Women Elected Trump” sign to the Women’s March

Vox ^ | January 24, 2017 | Ali Tharrington

[2ndDivisionVet]

Back in November, I was not convinced I wanted to attend the Women’s March on Washington. I voted for Hillary Clinton, but I had complex feelings about what my motivations for going to the march would be, especially as it was then being organized by white women. Several of the black feminists I follow on Twitter expressed concern about whether the march would include and amplify black, brown, trans, indigenous, disabled, and queer women’s voices.

Cut to last week. A colleague sent me a profile of the march’s organizers, and I was heartened by what I saw. They were black, they were brown, they were in hijab. In the article, I read they hoped the march would go beyond the symbolic. They hoped that through “real, courageous conversations” and “really uncomfortable discussions,” we could start to arrive at a semblance of unity. That sounded like a march I wanted to attend.

As I searched a sold-out Michaels in Silver Spring, Maryland, for poster board, I thought about the message for my protest sign. Something simple and factual that would challenge both my own comfort and the comfort of other white women at the march....

[smartymarty]

Dang good post there.

[Godebert]

The bald eagle with the machine gun is a nice touch.

[stevem]

Several of the black feminists I follow on Twitter expressed concern about whether the march would include and amplify black, brown, trans, indigenous, disabled, and queer women’s voices.

If anyone still wonders why Barnum and Bailey: Greatest Show on Earth closed for god...how could they compete against this?

[Chainmail]

Wow! Where do I get one of those T-shirts?

[BradyLS]

You beat me to it. The eagle boosts that shirt to 11.

[RipSawyer]

Here is a word from their leader https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WovYnLL9Yow

[Lazamataz]

I'd hit it.

[Godebert]

I just noticed the gold plated tank tracks.

[RipSawyer]

I pray that you never visit me, all these trees on my property that have knotholes would be in danger.

[Daniel Ramsey]

Got it on ebay, prices vary from $10 to $20.
My xl was $14, free shipping.

[TalBlack]

On Saturday morning, armed with snacks,...”

What is it with women and snacks?

[Lazamataz]

You got sexy trees???!?

I’m SOOO there.

[Daniel Ramsey]

And the champagne bottle and cash is funny.

Might as well live life in style i say, because it REALLY pisses off turd world nation followers.

[Lazamataz]

What is it with women and snacks?

Women ARE snacks.

[N. Theknow]

Got wood?

[HereInTheHeartland]

The Babylon Bee pretty much answered this question:

http://babylonbee.com/news/march-defends-womens-right-choose-conformity-one-political-viewpoint/

[BradyLS]

It’s the hoop earrings, isn’t it?

[mountn man]

2ndDivisionVet wrote:
"Did I somehow force you to click on to this thread? I guess I don’t know my own psychic strength."

2DV in the army

[aomagrat]

Several of the black feminists I follow on Twitter expressed concern about whether the march would include and amplify black, brown, trans, indigenous, disabled, and queer women’s voices.

And that's why Trump won. The demoncrats were concerned about everyone but whites.

[mountn man]

Why did they put Stephen Baldwin’s face on Donald Trump?