The delusion is strong with this one. There were several hundred voices heard OUTSIDE. Maybe a lot more than that.
“Don’t bother,†Trump said, as the crowd booed. “It’s only a single voice. And not a very powerful voice.â€
Source: As Trump ranted and rambled in Phoenix, his crowd slowly thinned
For some time now, since the awful night of the US Presidential election, I’ve been spending far too much time om Twitter, trying to process what happened, and trying to resist in some way. In December, Star Wars and Star Trek themed “memes” started going around, and they really resonated with me. As a lifelong science fiction/fantasy aficionada, stuff like this really spoke to me:
And late in December, Carrie Fisher died, and that really hit me hard.Â
Somehow I fell in with a bunch of people running “resistance” Twitter accounts based on Star Trek, Star Wars, Harry Potter Battlestar Galactica, Firefly, Dr Who, and many other fictional universes. I choose to be a lone wolfess-type character from ST: Next Generation called “Ro Laren.” She’s obscure she goes her own way, but she does her best to resist tyranny.
They were somewhat loosely coordinated by this guy, “Captain’s Log,” and today he’s recovering from a huge protest rally and march in Phoenix.
This is me
Standing with @C_Dub_Love
Anonymity be dammed
Time to stand for what I believe in@IndivisibleTeam #PhoenixRally https://t.co/dsbr1CTnFt
— Shawn In Harrisona? (@ShawnInArizona) August 23, 2017
He even got called out by Ezra Levin of the Indivisibile Guide for helping to organize and motivate turnout.
So many have begun resisting on their home turf this year, including Arizona Star Trek fans absolutely crushing it online & in real life. https://t.co/ajT8dwBLlt
— Ezra Levin (@ezralevin) August 23, 2017
So Trump and his Trumpettes can crow and strut and boast all they want, hundreds of people were out there in the heat shouting, chanting, and resisting. It was not a single voice, it was a chorus of many hundred voices.
Much of this was coordinated through Facebook, Twitter, and various Indivisible local groups in Arizona. The wall is going up, but it’s built with people power, and resists the intolerance that Trump is trying so hard to dismiss and normalize.
We are the Wall. We are a chorus of many voices.
And in the case of the recent protests in Boston, we are many thousands, and we have tubas, sousaphones, and trombones.
The crowds have shown up in #Boston
We have the numbers, they don't!
This is a sea of #resistance against hate
And yes, we brought tubas! pic.twitter.com/orr6cSh6AO
— Ted Corcoran (RedTRaccoon) (@RedTRaccoon) August 19, 2017
