Heidi Li Feldman
Here’s an idea that’s gaining some momentum. This Inauguration Day, refuse. Don’t watch it, don’t watch the news, don’t shop, don’t travel. Read, spend time with friends and family, rest. #InaugurationStrike
Dec 20, 2024 at 4:54amIvory for iOS
Show threadAndrocatDec 20, 2024

@heidilifeldman I am sure you can do better.

How about an actual General Strike, for example?

E.g. All of January, nobody works who isn't an enemy of democracy.

Show threadLive from the moonDec 20, 2024
@heidilifeldman we need a revolution
Show threadPG1958WILLNOTCOMPLY 🇺🇸🇷🇴🇺🇦🇵🇸Dec 20, 2024
@heidilifeldman I'm in! 👍
Show threadEdelruth, PBS Passport HolderDec 20, 2024

@pg1958 @heidilifeldman

I thought this was great, then remembered that this is a democratically elected individual, so 'protesting' his inauguration is anti-democratic, no?

I can recall telling GOP family members who raged over Obama's election that democracy is hard, because as many as just-under half the people may be disappointed about the outcome, and I had had to live with all their shiity but winning picks in the past and now it was their turn.

Democracy is hard.

Show threadPG1958WILLNOTCOMPLY 🇺🇸🇷🇴🇺🇦🇵🇸Dec 20, 2024
@Edelruth @heidilifeldman I believe peaceful protest is an integral part of a healthy democracy.
Show threadEdelruth, PBS Passport HolderDec 20, 2024

@pg1958 @heidilifeldman

I hear you. In this case you are missing my point.
Inauguration of an elected individual is actually something we should Not protest. Because. We stand for nothing if we are refusing to accept the result of a legitimate election. We become Jan 6 protesters.

Have no fear, he will give us plenty to protest later.

Show threadPG1958WILLNOTCOMPLY 🇺🇸🇷🇴🇺🇦🇵🇸Dec 20, 2024
@Edelruth @heidilifeldman Im not aware of anyone not accepting the results, certainly not me.
I'll leave you with this, I have serious doubts that protesting will be tolerated by this regime.
Show threadKinene⭐🐻Dec 20, 2024

@Edelruth @pg1958 @heidilifeldman There is a difference between insurrection and resistance.

Resistance is refusing to participate, to drag one's heels, to quietly muck up the works, to pick up one's toys and go home.

Resist.

Show threadMisuse CaseDec 20, 2024
@Edelruth @pg1958 @heidilifeldman There are protests at every inauguration even if it’s just a few cranks.
Show threadHeidi Li FeldmanDec 20, 2024
@pg1958 💯 @Edelruth
Show threadHeidi Li FeldmanDec 20, 2024
@Edelruth This is a democratically elected felon who has already acted treasonously and committed himself to presiding as an authoritarian. No theory of democracy requires those committed to it to acknowledge or recognize such an elected official. @pg1958
Show threadtend2wobbleDec 20, 2024
@heidilifeldman AND! January 20, 2025. #WeHaveADream MLK ALL DAY
Show threadmartin_fffDec 20, 2024
@heidilifeldman #generalstrike ?
Show threadSolidHeronDec 20, 2024
@heidilifeldman seems like we should boycott any corporations on top of us barraging them with demands
Show threadKarl AuerbachDec 20, 2024
@heidilifeldman More than that, if you are near DC, get before dawn, drive to your nearest Metro station, park in the lot, buy a ticket, and ride, ride, ride .. fill the Metro so few can get to the inauguration. Or park a car in a downtown DC lot so that there are no available spaces for maga-trucks to park.
Show threadActiversityDec 20, 2024

@heidilifeldman

How about a Christmas strike?

https://activersity.org/opinion/christmas-strike

Christmas Strike – Activersity

Show threadˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊Dec 20, 2024
@heidilifeldman My kids and I will be celebrating MLK Jr. Day!
Show threadToddZ ⓋDec 20, 2024

@heidilifeldman

...No impact.

There are lots of days that lots of us don't buy gas, shop, or travel. Nobody notices then, and nobody will notice on Jan 20.

Show threadxs4me2Dec 20, 2024

@heidilifeldman

Let him stand there alone, like last time…

Show threadAlgoCompSynth by znmeb 🇺🇦Dec 20, 2024
@heidilifeldman That's been my plan for a while now. TBH, I'm pretty much going to stop watching network /cable news too. This government shutdown brouhaha has soured me on even MSNBC.
Show threadDoctor HistorianessDec 20, 2024
@heidilifeldman I’m actually having surgery that day so that was my plan already by default :)
Show threadzetabetaDec 20, 2024

@heidilifeldman
i sort of agree.

but i need to remind that many americans voted for kamala and democrats.

Show thread🜏 Techate 🜏Dec 20, 2024
@heidilifeldman , my daily schedule already...😅
Show threadcynical melomaniac Dec 20, 2024

@heidilifeldman Well, if you want to strike, please, PLEASE, please, for all the pleases in the world, vote to get the trump loonies out on the ground level, instead of this ostrich behavior of armchair striking.

GET OFF YOUR ARSES AND VOTE DAMMIT.

Show threadPamela Barroway – Biz EditorDec 20, 2024
@heidilifeldman That’s MLK Mitzvah Day at my synagogue. So I’ll be doing good works with others that actually make a difference. Then I’ll take my mother out to lunch, I think.
Show thread(((JaneinNJ)))Dec 20, 2024
@PamelaBarroway @heidilifeldman I will be in Europe on a long planned trip. Had the election gone differently, I would have planned to stream the inauguration. Now, I will be otherwise occupied — even if it’s just reading a book!
Show threadPamela Barroway – Biz EditorDec 20, 2024
@JaneinNJ @heidilifeldman 💯 I usually block news sites and social media with an app (hilariously called “Freedom”) and I’m gonna use that on steroids on the 20th.
Show thread(((JaneinNJ)))Dec 20, 2024
@PamelaBarroway @heidilifeldman Brilliant!
Show threadPamela Barroway – Biz EditorDec 20, 2024
@JaneinNJ @heidilifeldman It’s self-preservation and pettiness, lol.
Show thread(((JaneinNJ)))Dec 20, 2024
@PamelaBarroway @heidilifeldman Motto for the next 4 (and hopefully only 4) years.
Show threadPamela Barroway – Biz EditorDec 20, 2024
@JaneinNJ @heidilifeldman Here’s hoping!🤞
Show threadCondalmo.Dec 20, 2024
@heidilifeldman With respect: pointless. Theater. Only appreciable economic impact is on those who can't afford to lose pay.
Show threadJDDec 20, 2024
@condalmo @heidilifeldman correct. People are struggling enough and need multiple jobs to scrape by, how can they afford to strike? I like the idea and it looks good on paper, but realistically how do we accomplish this without many more falling into poverty?
Show threadTrez13Dec 20, 2024
@heidilifeldman I understand this and yes, I agree that not watching the inauguration is a form of protest (nothing hurts him more than people not paying attention to him). However, it is also MLK Day, a Day of Service. Focusing on that, contributing to positive change instead of inaction, is another form of protest.
Show threadgregg rDec 20, 2024
@heidilifeldman Hamilton Nolan says much the same thing: "We all make clear that the country does not run for a dictator."
Show threadJonChevreau 🇨🇦Dec 20, 2024
@heidilifeldman wasn’t planning to watch the coronation in any case
Show threadRiaResistsDec 20, 2024
@heidilifeldman I’m buying whatever I can now. Fuck DJT & his bullshit economy.
Digging in my heels. Not budging.
Show threadArmy GirlDec 20, 2024
@heidilifeldman already planned that.
Show threadGeorge 🍦🚲 🥾 ✌️🌎 🌌Dec 20, 2024
@heidilifeldman I only want to see what Bernie is wearing this year.
Show threadHeidi Li FeldmanDec 20, 2024
@gecole If Bernie and any other members of Congress who warned about Trump’s fascism has even a shred of honesty and principle, they too would stay far away from this Inauguration.
Show threadJames WellsDec 20, 2024

@heidilifeldman
I understand what you are asking of them, but I have to wonder why.

Not tryin to be difficult here, but Bernie attending is one of the strongest demonstrations for the support of Democracy he could make. He would be re-committing himself to the idea of peaceful transfer of power...

IMNSHO the only way he could make it stronger is to attend and then turn his back on Chump while Chump is taking the oath of office.

@gecole

Show threadbouriquetDec 20, 2024
@heidilifeldman Anywhere else, they would call that a national strike.
Show threadStargeezer SmithDec 20, 2024
@heidilifeldman
That's pretty much my plan.
Show threadWalter Dunham Ll.B.Dec 20, 2024
@heidilifeldman
Wow! That's one dirty rageddy-looking America, right there!
Show threadT Y BeaulieuDec 21, 2024
@heidilifeldman
find your local Martin Luther King Day events
Give honor where it is due
Show threadShadow HeartDec 21, 2024
@heidilifeldman better yet a full nationwide general strike. Not performative.
Show threadDavid ZaslavskyDec 21, 2024
@heidilifeldman this is what I always do anyway 😛
Show threadDane 🌎🖖✌️☮️⚛️☸️🕉️Dec 21, 2024
@heidilifeldman How about an actual national strike?

Park the trucks.
Ground the planes.
Don't unload the cargo ships.

Bring the whole damn thing to a halt for a month instead of a day.