USAID cuts silent march signs
by Pavellim: Donald Trump
After USAID funding got cut, what turned up was a silent march: mostly elderly white leftists, everyone in black, closer in mood to a funeral for feelings than any kind of politics. The signs carried lines like 'SIGNS OF FASCISM' and 'ATTACKS ON GBT PEOPLE ATTACKS ON HOME'. American University studied the major protests against Trump and the demographics come out lopsided: around 86% white, middle-aged and elderly women making up most of the crowd, organizers averaging 67 years old. So the same people who keep invoking diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) head out to 'save democracy' inside a group that reads as exclusively white. You can label it 'resistance' if you like, but the contradiction isn't hiding anywhere.
Transcript (en)
These boots are made for walking, and that's just what they'll do. One of these days, these boots are gonna walk all over you. Yeah. You keep lying when you ought to be truthin'. And you keep losing when you ought to not bet You keep saying it when you ought to be a-changing Now what's right is right, but you ain't been right yet These boots are made for walking, and that's just what they'll do One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you you
