I just got back from a Labor Day protest [View all]

It was a good time, did some marching, exercise. I started some, ‘Free, free Palestine,’ and ‘Let’s Go Gavin’ chants, also helped escalate a ‘Hey, hey. Ho, ho, Donald Trump has got to go’ chant.

We were peaceful, only held up traffic to cross the street, protested by a county courthouse, several hundreds showed up. We could make signs for free. I wrote, on one sign, ‘Workers are the backbone of America, not billionaires.’ Another said, ‘Pro America, Anti Trump’.

Feedback from cars was mostly positive. Many waved, gave thumbs up or did the peace sign. We got a handful of middle fingers. I heard one shout, ‘Donald Trump is my savior! Trump 2024!’

When I hear someone say, ‘Donald Trump is my savior,’ what I hear is, ‘I am pathetic.’

I mean, I *could* be a MAGAt, but that would require me to forego any principles, to suspend any and all semblances to reality, to stand for absolutely nothing except fealty to a wannabe tyrant, which sounds like a miserable way to live.

What I found most unsettling is the majority of the people who honked, gave peace signs and thumbs up gestures looked to be Boomers, the majority of the middle fingers looked like young, Gen Z types. As somebody who’s a millennial, getting close to his mid-30s, I worry about the generation behind me.

I completely ignored any and all finger gestures, refusing to give them what they wanted. And I would encourage all of you to do the same when you’re out protesting - they don’t matter, so don’t treat them like they do.

And for your signs, I think it’s best to have positive signs or mixed tone signs, not to paint yourself in a bad light when protesting out in public - don’t draw negative attention to yourself.

But I believe that was my first protest, and believe it or not, I didn’t receive a single red cent for my Labor Day protesting, no Soros check or anything.