Trump Supporters Marched in Our Local Parade. I’m Kind of Embarrassed at How My Husband Handled It.
We recently went to a parade in our small-ish and very blue college town, which is located in a red area of a red state. The parade was full of community organizations. There were a few political groups that walked in the parade, including a Free Palestine group and a disturbingly large cadre of people supporting Donald Trump, the Republican candidate for Senate, and the pro-life cause more generally. My husband yelled, “You’re ruining this country!” a few times at the Republicans, while everyone around us fell into a hushed and disturbed silence at their presence. One of the Republicans, a guy wearing a cowboy hat, looked at him with a huge smile on his face, like he was happy he got a reaction. And a guy on the balcony of a nearby frat started yelling, “Trump, Trump, Trump.” Then the group passed by, and everyone stopped yelling.
I was embarrassed, but also sort of proud, and my husband still thinks he did the right thing and would have felt worse if he said nothing. Should one yell such things at these people who are, actually, in my opinion, ruining this country, but who are also walking in a community parade? Is the general expectation that such display should be met with annoyed silence, or should one, as it were, see something and say something?
—They’re Ruining This Country!
https://slate.com/advice/2024/10/trump-supporters-parade-free-speech-yelling.html
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