(This is Mrs. Hatrack, posting on Hatrack's account.)
I'm in favor of signs that try to reach the middle-ground folks who might be finally "seeing the light" that Trump is betraying everything America is supposed to stand for -- the folks who might actually be persuadable.
Signs that aren't necessarily clever, but that remind us of our country's foundations and core principles, which are being betrayed by the Current Occupant and his administration.
There have been a lot of really clever signs (which I have thoroughly enjoyed) at previous protests, but sometimes I've felt like a lot of the clever signs are the choir amusing the choir.
At the Hands Off protest, one of my favorite signs was one that simply said "Our Veterans Deserve Better." It wasn't clever, but it said something important and fundamental that most Americans could agree on and possibly be prompted to think about. It was also a sign that can't be easily pooh-poohed as being from "crazy leftists," etc. I also liked the ones where people referred to their grandfather having fought against fascism during WWII and being upset about it coming to this country (those signs said it far more eloquently and succinctly than I am doing). Who doesn't respect the tremendous sacrifices of the Greatest Generation?
Along those lines, especially since the Current Occupant and his enablers are trying to frame the No Kings protest as some sort of subversion, I like these two quotes, from Republican presidents (and their party affiliation deserves to be highlighted on the sign):
"May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion."
President Dwight D. Eisenhower - Republican
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
President Theodore Roosevelt - Republican
Let's keep showing that WE are the patriots, by speaking up and reminding the country of the many ways DJT is betraying everything the country was founded on. (But a few more clever signs than these have their place as well!)
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