Eight Hours in and the Sky hasn't Fallen
By DW Davis
@DWDavis (25797)
United States
January 20, 2017 7:12pm CST
We here in the US are 8 hours into the Trump Presidency and so far everything seems to be going well. Other than some anarchist types who believed the proper way to protest Trump's inauguration today was to burn cars and smash store windows it appears things went off peacefully in DC today.
Tomorrow may be another story. As I understand it, there is going to be a women's march on Washington to protest everything and anything about the Exalted Orange One. I heard on the radio today that these women are going to pinkwash Washington. Part of their uniform will be pink knit hats. Supposedly, before the event even takes place, the comedians are poised to roast the protestors for the pink hats.
Considering the leaders of the march are calling the pink hats, well, I will let you visit the website to see.
Do you think thousand of women dressed in these hats will be taken seriously?
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@snowy22315 (208789)
• United States
21 Jan 17
Sadly, it will make no difference, what will be will be.
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@snowy22315 (208789)
• United States
22 Jan 17
@DWDavis "The exalted orange one" good one!
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
21 Jan 17
I hope the protests go peacefully and effectively
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
21 Jan 17
@DWDavis I think they will help get Trump impeached - it isn't just mistakes he is making - his actions could be regarded as criminal
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@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
21 Jan 17
@arthurchappell I don't think impeachment is in the cards, at least not while the Republicans control Congress. Impeachment has to be initiated in the House of Representatives and even if they vote to impeach, as they did with President Clinton, the Senate has to vote to remove the sitting President from office, which the Senate did not do with Clinton. This balance may change after the 2018 mid-term election, depending on how things go between now and then. The party not in the White House usually gains seats during a mid-term election.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
21 Jan 17
I see nothing wrong what what these women are going to do today. We all have the right to speak our minds...If I was younger I'd be there with them....but I don't wear hats.
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@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
21 Jan 17
I applaud them for marching to bring attention to their cause, but question their decision to use these particular hats to send a message. Already, the hats have brought ridicule on the marchers. I can only imagine what some of the comedians are saying about the protestors.
@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
21 Jan 17
@AbbyGreenhill He said the word, in what he thought was a private, off the record conversation, ten years ago. Lots of people have said the word. Rap stars say the word all the time, using its most pejorative and anatomical meaning, including at the concert Michelle Obama attended with her daughters. No one seemed to find that offensive.
The protestors are wearing a pink hat on their head to represent the part of their body Trump referred to. If they'd thought it through, they would have realized it might not have been the most effective way of getting their point across.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
21 Jan 17
@DWDavis Trump said the word was that okay?
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
21 Jan 17
To me this is just a waste of time. Accept the president as everyone did with Obama.
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@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
21 Jan 17
@AbbyGreenhill You don't strike me as the whining and crying type. I have the impression you are a stand up and be heard type.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
21 Jan 17
We are stuck with him but we don't have to accept him .... I do my 'wining and crying' in the privacy of my home....
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@crossbones27 (52905)
• Mojave, California
21 Jan 17
Well, many of us did not think Trump would be taken serious for President.
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@crossbones27 (52905)
• Mojave, California
21 Jan 17
@DWDavis Indeed and I am one who cannot take Trump seriously on the aspect that he is good for the country. I will take him seriously on how much damage he can do to this country for years to come.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
21 Jan 17
I think everyone has a right to march and I did march in Washington myself but I don't agree with anything they stand for so it is irrelevant to me.
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@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
21 Jan 17
I think the pink hats are going to backfire on them as it gives their opponents and the late night comedians something with which to ridicule the movement. I understand the symbolism of the pink and the cat's ears, however, I think the hats will only dilute the message and distract everyone from the issues the protestors are trying to get heard.
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@HebrewGreekStudies (1646)
• Canada
15 Feb 17
As a Canadian I was wondering what your perspective on the New President would be, I will check out some of your posts on this now.
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@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
21 Jan 17
Because of the actions of the anarchists yesterday during the inauguration, and the rioting that groups like Black Lives Matter incited, protestors are all being tarred by the same brush as lawless looters and vandals. It might not be fair, but there it is.
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@Gita17112016 (3611)
• Trinidad And Tobago
21 Jan 17
Hats, x's in petition, red jerseys...if people stand together in large groups, someone will notice. Changes has come about in this way by highlighting a cause. Hope things remain peaceful.
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@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
21 Jan 17
This protest has been noticed. The problem for those pushing the cause is they have set themselves up for ridicule with those hats. I know the point they were trying to make with the hat, both by its color and name. I fear the hats have distracted from, rather than brought attention to, their cause.
@allknowing (153544)
• India
21 Jan 17
It is foolish to already now take to the streets when nothing has been started. How can he ever follow his own dictat "Buy American and hire American" His wife had enough time to go for an American fashion designer but she did not 
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