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Ask HN: Best way to oppose Trump?

#1

Post by pduan »

It's been only 8 days since Trump was sworn in as president and every passing day I find myself more and more disgusted and appalled by his racist and idiotic actions.

As a common citizen, what are the highest impact things I can do to oppose his actions?

Edit: Sorry about bringing up politics here but this is something that I feel cannot be ignored any longer. The reason I ask here is because I feel like there are some of the smartest people in the world who read HN and would love to get everyone's opinions.

Re: Ask HN: Best way to oppose Trump?

#5

Post by grzm »

pduan wrote: post #4
basicplus2 wrote: post #2

Vote

What an useless and asshole-ish response. I did vote and that ship sailed Nov. 8th. I'm obviously looking for ways to fight this now .

Sincerely, you're asking for ideas, and there are other opportunities to vote besides the past presidential elections. If you don't find that suggestion helpful or think it was offered in bad faith, just ignore it. Getting heated or snippy isn't going to do much to encourage others to submit ideas.

Edit to add: And being able to not react reflexively to every perceived slight is itself a good suggestion as it's going to make you more effective in dealing with a lot of the polarization that's out there.

Re: Ask HN: Best way to oppose Trump?

#6

Post by pduan »

grzm wrote: post #5
pduan wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What an useless and asshole-ish response. I did vote and that ship sailed Nov. 8th. I'm obviously looking for ways to fight this now .

Sincerely, you're asking for ideas, and there are other opportunities to vote besides the past presidential elections. If you don't find that suggestion helpful or think it was offered in bad faith, just ignore it. Getting heated or snippy isn't going to do much to encourage others to submit ideas. Edit to add: And being able to not react reflexively to every perceived slight is itself a good suggestion as it's going…

It's not being snippy or heated. I would love to know what else I can do between now and 2018 and 2020.

Voting is the bare minimum we can do and I don't really need to post a HN thread to figure that out.

Re: Ask HN: Best way to oppose Trump?

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Post by simonbarker87 »

pduan wrote: post #4
basicplus2 wrote: post #2

Vote

What an useless and asshole-ish response. I did vote and that ship sailed Nov. 8th. I'm obviously looking for ways to fight this now .

While the previous poster is being a little flippant I don't think he's being totally unhelpful. If you want to send the message you are unhappy with Trump then on top of any protesting you do also make sure you get people to vote, when they can, against his policies. There are mid terms in less than two years so make sure the Republicans who support him take a hammering at the polls.

Re: Ask HN: Best way to oppose Trump?

#8

Post by douche »

Be a not-terrible human being and roll with the punches. Realize that your agenda might not appeal to all of the other people in your nation. Try to understand the people who do not share your worldview and why that is.

Re: Ask HN: Best way to oppose Trump?

#9

Post by grep2 »

Vote with your feet: Germany for example has a strong democratic culture, vibrant economy, (nearly) free education system, functioning public healthcare and - best of all - people speak German. To be fair, just with English you'll also get already pretty far.

Drop me a line in case you're interested, I'd be happy to help where I can. Same holds for companies.

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