# Actual protest signs from protesters **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 21, 2020, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-protest-signs-from-protesters/852243 "2020-04-21T02:56:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-protest-signs-from-protesters/852243/1 "2020-04-21T02:56:00Z")
Un-fucking-believable ! [https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.buzzfeed.com/amphtml/mjs538/signs-from-covid-19-reopen-protests-across](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.buzzfeed.com/amphtml/mjs538/signs-from-covid-19-reopen-protests-across) ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-protest-signs-from-protesters/852243/2 "2020-04-21T02:59:18Z")
This explains in part how the Dumpster got so many votes. OTOH, I just saw a tweet (sorry, no link handy) of a picture, taken from a rooftop, of the actual size of a crowd at one of those rallies. There were probably 30 or 40 people standing on some courthouse steps, and I wouldn’t be surprised if security outnumbered the protesters. ---
**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-protest-signs-from-protesters/852243/3 "2020-04-21T03:01:04Z")
Are you sure that wasn’t a Biden rally? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-protest-signs-from-protesters/852243/4 "2020-04-21T03:02:31Z")
> [@Mangosteen](#): > > Are you sure that wasn’t a Biden rally? Some of the signs express support for Trump. No Biden signs in sight. Besides, Biden supporters can spell and think logically. ---
**Author:** ![rsat3acr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@rsat3acr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsat3acr)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-protest-signs-from-protesters/852243/5 "2020-04-21T03:11:04Z")
I like the “my body, my choice” sign. Wonder if they feel the same way about abortion? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-protest-signs-from-protesters/852243/6 "2020-04-21T04:44:36Z")
> [@Mangosteen](#): > > Are you sure that wasn’t a Biden rally? Well, considering they’re Trump followers and he’s sending them out to contract a fatal disease, I guess it’ll end up helping Biden. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-protest-signs-from-protesters/852243/7 "2020-04-21T05:44:07Z")
I have to admit, the “It’s COVID-19, not COVID-1984” one was pretty clever. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-protest-signs-from-protesters/852243/8 "2020-04-21T06:09:07Z")
Fixed link: > **[33 Signs From "Reopen" Protests Across The U.S. That Are 100% Real](https://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/signs-from-covid-19-reopen-protests-across)** > > "We demand haircuts." And, just like the Tea Party before it, this has plenty of the hallmarks of astroturf: > **[Who’s Behind the “Reopen” Domain Surge? – Krebs on Security](https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/04/whos-behind-the-reopen-domain-surge/)** > > The past few weeks have seen a large number of new domain registrations beginning with the word "reopen" and ending with U.S. city or state names. The largest number of them were created just hours after President Trump sent a… ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-protest-signs-from-protesters/852243/9 "2020-04-21T06:26:10Z")
Srsly? Just fuck. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-protest-signs-from-protesters/852243/10 "2020-04-21T07:05:54Z")
You sure some of them aren’t tongue in cheek? ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-protest-signs-from-protesters/852243/11 "2020-04-21T07:31:02Z")
> [@rsat3acr](#): > > I like the “my body, my choice” sign. Wonder if they feel the same way about abortion? It seems entirely plausible that they do. About [1 in 5](https://news.gallup.com/poll/246278/abortion-trends-party.aspx) Republicans identify as pro-choice. It is also a demonstration that probably skews more towards the libertarian wing of the GOP and a woman holding the sign. It would be surprising to me if that relatively small demonstration did not include some pro-life Republicans. They are everywhere even if usually drowned out in normal discourse. The party positions are pretty starkly divided on abortion. Their voters are not nearly as divided. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-protest-signs-from-protesters/852243/12 "2020-04-21T08:48:21Z")
Some of the signs _seem_ valid, in theory. But a very wise person once told me, “If a theory doesn’t hold up in practice, it’s a bad theory.” ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-protest-signs-from-protesters/852243/13 "2020-04-21T08:55:01Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Some of the signs express support for Trump. No Biden signs in sight. Besides, Biden supporters can spell and think logically. And don’t take their marching orders directly from Donald Trump’s prolapsed anus. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-protest-signs-from-protesters/852243/14 "2020-04-21T10:08:00Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > Un-fucking-believable ! > > [33 Signs From "Reopen" Protests Across The U.S. That Are 100% Real](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.buzzfeed.com/amphtml/mjs538/signs-from-covid-19-reopen-protests-across) That first one, “don’t cancel MY golf season” is Trump’s, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-protest-signs-from-protesters/852243/15 "2020-04-21T12:20:26Z")
”Let My People GO-LF!” Yeah, these people are definitely Trump voters. The tone-deaf appropriation of slogans of the civil rights movement, obeisance to their would-be demagogue while complaining about the oppression of being asked to self-isolate to stop an epidemic, the anti-science rhetoric of holding a sign saying “COVID-19 IS A LIE!” while wearing a full bunny suit, mask, and eye protection, and just the general insanity of congregating during an epidemic. This is like someone mashed up _Contagion_ with _Idiocracy_, and maybe a little _Monty Python_influence, too. Are there any silly walks in evidence? I do have to admit, I wish I had chosen “Bill Gates of Hell” as my user name. Is it too late to switch? Stranger ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-protest-signs-from-protesters/852243/16 "2020-04-21T12:33:01Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > I do have to admit, I wish I had chosen “Bill Gates of Hell” as my user name. Is it too late to switch? > > Stranger It’s never too late. Though you’ll always be **Stranger** to us. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-protest-signs-from-protesters/852243/17 "2020-04-21T12:42:03Z")
It’s really unfair of those photographers to make it look like white supremacist rallies. I mean, I’m sure there were plenty of people of color at those events, and the photographers just chose to exclude them from the frames, so that every single person photographed was white. There’s no chance this was all a bunch of angry white reactionaries organizing themselves into a semiviolent lather. And it’s just coincidence that these rallies started taking off after it became clear that the deaths from COVID-19 were disproportionately among people of color. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-protest-signs-from-protesters/852243/18 "2020-04-21T12:55:33Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > I have to admit, the “It’s COVID-19, not COVID-1984” one was pretty clever. It also suggests that they understand— or at least, accidentally stumbled across— the fact that the “19” in COVID-19 represents a year, which puts them ahead of luminaries like Rush Limbaugh, Kellyanne Conway and our esteemed president. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-protest-signs-from-protesters/852243/19 "2020-04-21T13:09:42Z")
There’s no vaccine (or cure) for stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-protest-signs-from-protesters/852243/20 "2020-04-21T13:24:42Z")
I fully expect that none of these people will get the vaccine when it comes to market. Also, I expect them all to be pro-choice going forward. Speaking of anti-vaxxers, there’s an interesting meme floating around that says ‘you want a world with no vaccines, this is what a world looks like without one vaccine’. Here’s a better idea. Ask the media to stop showing them and don’t give them any attention. No memes about them, no buzzfeed articles with pictures of how dumb they are etc. I know fox will still show them, but the other stations can ignore them. If they don’t have any attention, they’ll go home. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-protest-signs-from-protesters/852243.md?page=2)