Upset leftists, still reeling — one full year later — from President Trump’s election (Still your president), gathered in major cities across the nation to scream helplessly at the sky as an expression of their impotent anger at the universe for saddling them with the Republican leader.
What started out as a joke, with a Facebook event titled “Scream helplessly at the sky on the anniversary of the election,” became a real — if bizarre — protest Wednesday night. A cadre of disappointed Democrats, angered feminists, and other assorted individuals without anything better to do on a Wednesday night, showed up at designated meeting locations in New York, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. to — what else —
scream helplessly at the sky.
Who’s going to end this fascist nightmare? We’re going to end this fascism nightmare,” members cheered.
A year after Trump’s historic underdog win over Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, hundreds of anti-Trump protesters gathered in locales such as New York City’s Washington Square Park for an event urging attendees to “scream helplessly at the sky.”
Many attendees, at the end of a countdown, let out varied shouts, shrieks, screeches and yowls while standing in place, putting their heads back and crying out towards the sky.
The leftwing Refuse Fascism group, which is associated with the Revolutionary Communist Party, showed up with signs, drums and a host of chants.
A handful of Trump supporters greeted the end of the New York City scream with chants of “Trump! Trump! Trump!”
Though some of the demonstrators risked losing their voice, they said they haven’t lost their way.
“We are screaming in rage, we are screaming in pain, but we are screaming in unity and solidarity ’cause we have a plan and a way forward,” Eva Sahana, a Refuse Fascism organizer, told
Patch.com.
The screaming events originated in Boston, where anti-Trumpers gathered at the Boston Common to let out a communal cry. The event was titled on Facebook: “Scream helplessly at the sky on the anniversary of the election.”
And there were other forums, too.
WATCH (oh, yes, there’s video):
The so-called “woke-est event of the year” went off without a hitch, and
with what appeared to be a home-made robot. It does not appear that the event attracted the “thousands” promised on the protest’s Facebook page.
Sadly, despite their efforts — and her fervent desire — they did not manage to scream Hillary Clinton into office. They did, however, manage to make themselves look ridiculous, though given that they’d already RSVPed to an event about screaming, that probably wasn’t difficult to do.
About 30 anti-Trump activists in Eugene, Ore. took part in what they called “primal scream therapy” Tuesday, as reported by
KLCC.
Philadelphia had a handful of screamers outside City Hall, a protest which concluded with chants of “
F— Trump.”
A group of Young Republicans showed up to hand out earplugs to anyone passing by, the
Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
“We don’t want to scream helplessly at the sky,” protest organizer Samantha Goldman told Philly.com. “We want to scream like a pack of wolves [to bring down the administration].”
Whether it’s being horrified at what
Trump’s grandchildren dressed as for Halloween, losing their minds over signs that simply say
‘It’s okay to be white,’ or calling the most recent
eclipse racist; The Left keeps on giving us content.
Originally Posted by Torchbearer
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