Something Else We Can Do

Credit to E. Jean Carroll's Substack for this simple idea.  Joyce Vance restacked it and wrote about it and that's where I found it.

During World War II,  Norwegians wore paper clips on their clothing to signify their resistance to the Nazis.  E. Jean is suggesting that Americans now do the same.  

In her own words:  Why the paper clip mutiny? The president can't sue the paper clip. Can't ban it. Can't deport it. Can't arrest it. Can't defund it.

I came home and made sure I had a clip for every occasion:

It's simple.  It's less provocative than a t-shirt.  It makes a statement with less chance of engendering violence against my person.

And it will feel good.  

It's one more arrow in my quiver of resistance, alongside the phone calls and the postcards and the protests and the signs.  We can get this done.  I have to believe that or I couldn't get out of bed in the morning.   

And then there is Mayor Pete (will I still call him that when he's President??) telling Instagram that:

Donald Trump is way less 

popular than he wants you to 

believe.

And you are significantly more 

powerful  than he wants you to 

think.

 

 So, open your junk drawer, find a paperclip, and join me.