The Signs are Gone: A Small Personal Piece of Hope That Trump Has Lost
posted by: JMillman
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The image you see here belongs is a part of the house across the street from me and is the giant middle finger that I’ve woken up to every day since the middle of February. In spite of everything that had transpired from his campaign to his election to that mid-February day including all the endless lies, the racism, the xenophobia, kids in cages, “very fine people,” the corruption, the criminal conduct, everything that is way too long to even name, the people who live there put that first sign up right before the coronavirus was a real threat to our nation and before Joe Biden became our presumptive nominee. It wasn’t long after that sign was later joined by a second Trump sign with an American flag sandwiched in the middle. Red Christmas lights and individual spotlights would later act as ornaments to the signs that were practically begging the neighborhood to “LOOK AT US.” It was a display that had the same tone and tenor of an ALL CAPS Trump Twitter rant at whatever or whoever hurt his delicate and deranged fee-fees at that point in time.
For a little context on why it has been so jarring to see that sign, the street I live on is wide and a lot of people and their families use it to go for a walk, jog, or bike ride. I live in a mostly blue state but with plenty of shades of purple. We’re also a very friendly neighborhood as well. There are a lot of families from a number of backgrounds, many of whom are 1st or 2nd generation immigrants to the country. When we’re outside there’s always a smile and a friendly hello. What we lack are gratuitous displays of political causes, leanings or affiliations. Except for this one house directly in my daily view.
That ended yesterday.
As I went outside for a moment in the afternoon, I noticed that the signs weren’t there anymore. The signs, the flag, the lights, all of it had been taken down. In the wake of everything that has been happening, this felt like a small victory that I desperately needed. I remain skeptical that they will remain down but in the 24 hours after I first noticed to writing this, nothing is back up on that fence.
The signs are gone.
From February until yesterday this house and the family that lives in it continued the very visible, unwavering and unabashed public support for Trump. 100,000 dead Americans didn’t change that. Millions unemployed and an economy ruined didn’t change that. The murder of George Floyd and the protests that followed didn’t change that.
But I do believe that Trump’s photo-op at St. John’s Church may have finally done it.
I don’t really know my neighbors across the street. We’ve never formally met or been introduced. My only interaction with them was extremely uncomfortable and unwelcoming. They don’t socialize with much of the neighborhood either. They tend to engage only with themselves or the same group of people who I don’t believe are from our town.
But here’s what I do know about them. They are deeply deeply religious. They are strict church on Sundays, grace before every meal, private schooling for their kids, full on nativity scene and ‘Keep Christ in Christmas’ religious. That and their public displays of Republican support during election seasons have been prevalent for as long as I’ve lived here.
On Monday, Donald Trump ordered the teargassing of protesters in Lafayette Park in order to make a giant spectacle of his ability to hold a bible like he had just found the last bottle of vodka for that night’s rager right in front of St. John’s Church. On Tuesday the backlash from religious leaders was swift and thunderous. On Wednesday, my neighbor’s Trump signs disappeared and haven’t returned since.
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HUGE I tell ya!!!!
I would have “done things” to those signs. Just sayin! Hehe
