Don’t come crying about “norms and traditions” of attending the inauguration when the asshat getting sworn in broke that tradition himself. Now the norm is to skip it. Congratulations Donald. You did that.
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One, I support anyone who skips the inauguration. Two, not because Don set the precedent. Two wrongs don't make a right. Don't use his awful behavior as a rationale.
Don’t vote for the guy whose entire schtick is thumbing his nose at “norms and traditions” and then complain that our “norms and traditions” aren’t being followed. We have some very stupid people in this country.
I think we should all contact Biden, every Democrat, and former president and demand they not attend the Inauguration!!! THEY SHOULD NOT SUPPORT THIS AUTHORITARIAN ADMINISTRATION!!!
There is nothing normal or traditional about this administration. Treating him and his as "business as usual" has only normalized the worst of our society. We lipsticked the pig but now we are all covered in his shit.
Bill, Hillary, George, Laura, Barry, Jill, and Joe should just skip the event, leave their seven chairs empty. They can blame it on the ice and snow, saying that it appears that Hell has really Frozen Over.
Inauguration the Day that whole bunch enters the "Twilight Zone" and all of us with them. Democracy fails Trump rules the world annihilating his American enemies until "EE" takes him to Mars leaving us to lose the battle to global warming.
Big Trouble ahead...
Can we stop calling it an inauguration which implies some sort of celebration? Thats not whats happening, he is being installed. He will be the head of a regime, not an administration. Words matter.
I wish all the FLOTUSes boycott, even Mel, because he's a rapist who brags that he can "grab 'em by the pussy, and they (have to) let you if you're famous."
All Capitol Police force should boycott too, because he sees them as his enemy and plans to release their attackers from jail. His transition slush fund has many million from which he can hire private security without even having to file financial disclosure for slush fund use.
NO ONE who swears an oath to the constitution should attend. To me they would be nullifying their oath which makes them complicit. My reasoning, the events following the 2020 election and culminating on 1/6/21, the insurrection.
I just wonder if the former Presidents are taking a big risk by going. If Trump really goes full "Fascist", will they be blamed for ignoring the obvious danger in normalizing this criminal? Despite tradition, I would have to be escorted by gunpoint to attend this inauguration. #ruinedlegacies.
The “P” word moved it inside. Too impactful to hair & makeup. It will be interesting who gets to go inside….where MAGA shit and smeared it on the walls. Were our law enforcement officers were attacked.
She at least has the personal conviction to stand up and send a message that a dictator is taking control of America. All the other presidents who attended have just tarnished their legacy. And don't say she will get roasted; the Repubs will twist the story either way for their interests.
I'll be wearing ALL BLACK and skipping it.
As well, I'm busy boycotting ALL Meta platforms 1/16 - 1/26.
Some woman needs to bitch slap that punk fuckerberg.
He’s given the shaft to so many Craig’s List actors, and given how fast news travels, he just might not be able to flesh out his fake crowds. And no one will want to brave frigid temps just to get stiffed.
I really wish more would skip it. Dems need to send the message that they will not cooperate with fascists. Not going would send a powerful message IMO.
Perhaps others were inspired & are following Michelle Obama’s example of sending regrets to attending Monday’s inauguration which has reached the President-elect’s attention. Results: the cover up of severe record low attendance has begun. John Lewis set the standard in 2017
It’s fucking crazy! The very people who cheered when Donald Trump didn’t attend Biden‘s inauguration are the very ones crying about these “norms and traditions”. The stupidest people on earth. Literally.
What is the point of watching a convicted felon/thug take an oath when all he does is continually crap on the Constitution, the Justice System and the US? Just where I've landed.
The tit-for-tat we really want is for Biden to snub the inauguration. But he's unlikely to be so trite and bow to tradition, being the class act he is.
The tradition is for Presidents to attend the inauguration of their successors. Trump's puerile tantrum no-show before was a low to which Joe is unlikely to go.
Sure, that’s the tradition (and Biden is probably going to attend).
But so what? These are not traditional times.
(And it’s not about “tit-for-tat” for Trump’s no-show in 2021. It’s about not joining people like the AfD guy to show your approval of the investiture of a felon.
Thinking of kettles and pots calling one another names
Norms have been beaten into near irrelevance since Trump came slithering down his gold escalator as paid “supporters” were cheering
Trump has crushed norms under the boots of authoritarianism and oligarchy
He’s a one man norm wrecker
It's because of his power... no idea how he has so much... but the man has always had such power over desperate wannabees...
That's exactly who he surrounds himself with
When Merrick Garland used ‘norms’ as an excuse for his failures it changed the definition of the word. In unprecedented times to rely on norms of a previous society is the definition of failure.
Really something, isn’t it? Especially since the breaking of norms and traditions is why he’s not sitting on the Supreme Court where his temperament is better suited.
Agree
" I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others rather than to be false and incur my own abhorrence." - Frederick Douglass
The fact that each one of these former presidents told us how bad trump is/was, the fact that they are attending shows no courage or back bone. With these actions, I have lost a lot of respect. Kissing the ring. SMDH
Democrats never have to attend another republican inauguration because Donald made that the norm. He also made smearing shit on the Rotunda walls the norm, but Democrats aren't lining up to do that.
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Big Trouble ahead...
https://bsky.app/profile/jeffjarvis.bsky.social/post/3lfuk5zfky22b
https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/jan-6-rioter-who-dragged-mike-fanone-into-crowd-sentenced-to-7-5-years-in/article_b8a073a4-562b-11ed-b954-ff7d1947f3ca.html
To say I've lost faith in America is an umderstatement. Really feel like a pawn now.
Norms and traditions! When is inviting a “nazi” to a US inauguration is either?
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As well, I'm busy boycotting ALL Meta platforms 1/16 - 1/26.
Some woman needs to bitch slap that punk fuckerberg.
Screw him.
He treated our Democracy like a doormat on Jan 6.
I for one, will never forget that.
The White House will be nothing more than a Kangaroo Court.
It's the only quality they're consistent at
But so what? These are not traditional times.
(And it’s not about “tit-for-tat” for Trump’s no-show in 2021. It’s about not joining people like the AfD guy to show your approval of the investiture of a felon.
Norms have been beaten into near irrelevance since Trump came slithering down his gold escalator as paid “supporters” were cheering
Trump has crushed norms under the boots of authoritarianism and oligarchy
He’s a one man norm wrecker
That's exactly who he surrounds himself with
He hates who they hate, nothing more.
" I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others rather than to be false and incur my own abhorrence." - Frederick Douglass
Anyone who’s pro-democracy should decline to attend. Attending indicates one’s approval and gives Trump the appearance of legitimacy.
Hopefully it’s the least attended and least watched inauguration like “we’ve never seen before “😂