The July 4 rally and march from Logan Square to the White House to protest 47’s signing of the Big, Beautiful Clusterfuck was a disappointment on several levels. I’ll list a few:
· Too much talk and not enough action. I got tired of waiting for the speeches to end, so I walked to the White House myself. The stated goal was to be there when 47 was scheduled to sign the bill at 4:00; leaving Logan Circle at 3:30 was never going to get it done.
· The chant, “Trump Must Go Now,” is nonsensical. There is no legal mechanism for removing him other than impeachment, and we all know that’s not going to happen with this Congress. I suppose the argument could be made this was to energize the crowd, but this crowd had already decided to skip their normal Fourth of July festivities to come downtown. As the Sundance Kid said to Butch Cassidy, “They’re against the wall! Skip on down.”
· More than one speaker mentioned “peaceful civil disobedience” as one of the options. It’s getting late. When is that going to start? Several ideas come to mind, not the least of which is getting a few hundred people to block entrances to ICE headquarters, DHS headquarters, DOJ headquarters, FBI headquarters, the Capitol, and, on October 6, the Supreme Court. Let’s block some traffic. Surround red state houses. It’s past time to start inconveniencing people on the other side.
“Civil disobedience” does not require permits. In fact, the term “civil disobedience” specifically excludes permits, as a permit, by definition, bestows permission and “disobedience” means doing something without permission.
The 47 administration has no problem abusing or breaking the law or violating long-standing civil practices and is not going to take us seriously if we insist on coloring inside the lines. They’re laughing at us. It’s past time to show them this shit isn’t funny. That can be done in a non-violent manner, but not if we insist on asking their permission to do i
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