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Look what's happening to Trump's fence around the White House (Original Post) Generic Other Jun 2020 OP
That was inevitable. And it's awesome. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2020 #1
I wonder bdamomma Jun 2020 #21
That's the one that jumped out at me! PatSeg Jun 2020 #27
Radical change in the 'optic' empedocles Jun 2020 #2
A few more Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2020 #3
That's brilliant! The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2020 #6
Cheeto Tyrannos is great! nt Shermann Jun 2020 #16
I kind of bdamomma Jun 2020 #22
Switch it to "PLEASE taunt the Orangutan." Grokenstein Jun 2020 #30
exactly bdamomma Jun 2020 #32
It is a zoo with one very dangerous animal inside IronLionZion Jun 2020 #45
An excellent place to hang messaging signs ismnotwasm Jun 2020 #4
I shoulda known!!! I'm so stoooopid!! Leghorn21 Jun 2020 #5
I absolutely love this! StarryNite Jun 2020 #7
Love it! soothsayer Jun 2020 #8
Wonderful wonderful wonderful Hekate Jun 2020 #9
I went to the twitter thread to Retweet.. the Video shows Cha Jun 2020 #11
But, of Course! Retweeted.. TY! Cha Jun 2020 #10
hey all you pollsters who think it will be close in november- mopinko Jun 2020 #12
Nice of him to give us a place to hang signs.... Maeve Jun 2020 #13
Reminds me of Berlin Wall graffiti tinrobot Jun 2020 #14
You're right - the Berlin Wall graffiti. nt AnotherMother4Peace Jun 2020 #18
THATS CORRECT!!!! LOL SO GREAT!!! winstars Jun 2020 #44
Yes, exactly. madaboutharry Jun 2020 #55
Great way to use T's fence bobbieinok Jun 2020 #15
Nope. It is OUR FENCE. Just like it is OUR HOUSE. OURS!!! We paid for every bit of OUR HOUSe, niyad Jun 2020 #59
You're right! bobbieinok Jun 2020 #60
Perfect response would have been hanging hundreds of pacifiers and baby bottles. cstanleytech Jun 2020 #17
It's America's Wailing Wall! shelshaw Jun 2020 #19
It.can be a memorial wall, like the wnylib Jun 2020 #56
it's really............so fitting Skittles Jun 2020 #20
Fenced IN not Fenced Out. nt. BlueIdaho Jun 2020 #23
Yeah, well, what did they expect? Wounded Bear Jun 2020 #24
As posted by Ladybug on that twitter thread - they just didn't think ahead! gristy Jun 2020 #25
This needs to be preserved at the Smithsonian jpak Jun 2020 #26
Yes, indeed. The construction of this wall and its conversion to art is a seminal event. gristy Jun 2020 #28
GMTA. Somebody needs to photograph the whole thing - The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2020 #31
+1,000 chia Jun 2020 #54
needs more Obama portraits :-) IcyPeas Jun 2020 #29
If That Happens... ProfessorGAC Jun 2020 #50
if biden elected i hope he takes down most of the fence but leaves some of it AllaN01Bear Jun 2020 #33
That section could be the Trump Memorial Library. Grokenstein Jun 2020 #37
Either that or move the whole thing. . . DinahMoeHum Jun 2020 #46
I think Biden should invite the people marlakay Jun 2020 #71
With any luck -- or karma --... Fritz Walter Jun 2020 #34
"...he'll order federal LEOs to guard his wall of cowardice." Totally Tunsie Jun 2020 #41
And then he'll have a moat dug to fill with alligators. Lonestarblue Jun 2020 #52
Awesome! Awesome!! Awesome!!! Fla Dem Jun 2020 #35
Trump's Only Art Installation SmartVoter22 Jun 2020 #36
The fences RockCreek Jun 2020 #38
I wanna see every square inch of that fence filled with BLM memorials & signs Blue Owl Jun 2020 #39
I am SO PROUD of these protesters!!! bluestarone Jun 2020 #40
What a(n unavoidable) view! live love laugh Jun 2020 #42
Exactly what I was hoping this would be. Perfect! nt crickets Jun 2020 #43
The creativity of the Commons FTW !! n/t Pluvious Jun 2020 #47
God I love this so much! LymphocyteLover Jun 2020 #48
Recommended. H2O Man Jun 2020 #49
Gotta love these people zenlady Jun 2020 #51
Where are the vicious dogs Trump promised? keithbvadu2 Jun 2020 #53
Trump's beautiful new wall. pink Jun 2020 #57
I presume there are clever folks zip tying signs on the other side that he sees ALL day Arazi Jun 2020 #58
Oh, I hope so. I'd make sure that "BUNKER BABY" was in gigantic letters visible from the Oval Office backscatter712 Jun 2020 #63
This makes me so happy! Together we are mighty! nolabear Jun 2020 #61
The signs should be pointing inward, toward the White House. SergeStorms Jun 2020 #62
Brilliant! i don't think there are any laws to stop this? samsingh Jun 2020 #64
The Berlin Wall! Freedom Wall! Free Speech Wall! In full view for all to see. Nitram Jun 2020 #65
... Lucinda Jun 2020 #66
The National Park Service may have to collect and curate everything. bluedigger Jun 2020 #67
How gracious of Trumpy to put up that great signboard where we can all post... MrModerate Jun 2020 #68
Can't wait.....President BIDEN, tear DOWN that wall!! Bengus81 Jun 2020 #69
Reminds me of Locks of Love attached to bridges in Paris and other places around the world. Grammy23 Jun 2020 #70

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,735 posts)
1. That was inevitable. And it's awesome.
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 03:21 PM
Jun 2020

It's an art installation! "More people than your inauguration"! Bet he's crapping his Underoos.

bdamomma

(63,877 posts)
22. I kind of
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 04:00 PM
Jun 2020

disagree with the last line regarding not to feed the animal, keep on feeding him junk food may be he will have a medical emergency.

Hekate

(90,714 posts)
9. Wonderful wonderful wonderful
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 03:39 PM
Jun 2020

Wish I could get the vid to play, but no need. This is the answer we need.

Cha

(297,323 posts)
11. I went to the twitter thread to Retweet.. the Video shows
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 03:45 PM
Jun 2020

"the wall" chock full of messages like BLM that goes on and ON!

mopinko

(70,135 posts)
12. hey all you pollsters who think it will be close in november-
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 03:47 PM
Jun 2020

hang up the phone, and look out the window.

niyad

(113,364 posts)
59. Nope. It is OUR FENCE. Just like it is OUR HOUSE. OURS!!! We paid for every bit of OUR HOUSe,
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 07:01 PM
Jun 2020

just like we paid for every inch of OUR FENCE. Of course we can use it as a canvas, a bulletin board, a wailing wall. And all of it a poke in the eye to the frightened, stubby-fingered vulgarian, vainglorious, wannabe dictator cowering within.

wnylib

(21,494 posts)
56. It.can be a memorial wall, like the
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 06:44 PM
Jun 2020

Vietnam Wall. Should list the names of people who have died due to America's racism. George Floyd, Treyvon Martin, Tamir Rice, Ahmaud Arbery, James Byrd, Denise McNair, Addie Mae Collins, Carole Robertson, Cynthia Wesley, Martin Luther King, Jr. Include the names of people who did not become nationally known. Also include the names of people who have died in ICE concentration centers, and the Native American women who "disappear" and are never searched for, let alone found, by law enforcement. The people lynched in the 30's and since. The unknown African and Native American slaves who died of maltreatment and attempts to escape.

There should be a monument to all these people, but one more permanent than paper and cardboard signs on a fence.

gristy

(10,667 posts)
28. Yes, indeed. The construction of this wall and its conversion to art is a seminal event.
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 04:10 PM
Jun 2020

seminal
[ˈsemənl]
ADJECTIVE
(of a work, event, moment, or figure) strongly influencing later developments.




The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,735 posts)
31. GMTA. Somebody needs to photograph the whole thing -
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 04:21 PM
Jun 2020

probably multiple times, since it will be continually added to - and make some kind of display from it for public viewing. There's probably enough content already to fill one of those big glossy coffee table books, which I would buy if they ever make one. It's so fucking epic! I wish I could be there to see it and contribute to it.

Grokenstein

(5,725 posts)
37. That section could be the Trump Memorial Library.
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 04:30 PM
Jun 2020

I was going to post that cartoon depicting Trump and his cronies as babies screaming "Not fair!" in a playpen, but I had to wade through page after page in Google Images of right-wank cartoons featuring college students in playpen "safe spaces" and protesters locked away in playpen "free speech zones" and still didn't find it.

I wonder if those cartoonists grasp the irony now (but I doubt it).

DinahMoeHum

(21,794 posts)
46. Either that or move the whole thing. . .
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 05:05 PM
Jun 2020

to a portion of the ellipse. . .arranged so that people can go see it (like murals and such)

Save it all for posterity. . .or the Smithsonian.




#newrostrong

marlakay

(11,476 posts)
71. I think Biden should invite the people
Mon Jun 8, 2020, 01:45 PM
Jun 2020

Who put up the posters to help take the fence down. Have a speech about unity at same time.

Fritz Walter

(4,291 posts)
34. With any luck -- or karma --...
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 04:22 PM
Jun 2020

...these will give *this coward* apoplexy!
Should that not happen, I predict that he will order some beleaguered civil servant to remove these signs.

I also predict that they will reappear almost immediately. And in greater numbers.

Should that happen (and he survives yet another brazen attack upon his psyche), I’ll be you half a peach he’ll order federal LEOs to guard his wall of cowardice.

Let’s watch, shall we?

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
41. "...he'll order federal LEOs to guard his wall of cowardice."
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 04:43 PM
Jun 2020

Then, of course, he'll need a plexiglass wall to protect the LEOs, and then Jersey barriers to protect the plexiglass, and then hot coals to protect the Jersey barriers, and then...

Lonestarblue

(10,017 posts)
52. And then he'll have a moat dug to fill with alligators.
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 05:26 PM
Jun 2020

I absolutely love what the protesters have done. I hope Trump blows a gasket and disappears into his bunker until January 2021.

Someone should tell Trump that he can get angry—but we can get even. We’re the voters.

SmartVoter22

(639 posts)
36. Trump's Only Art Installation
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 04:29 PM
Jun 2020

A place to display protest art, creative signs and other hand-made human statements.
I hope somebody phtographs them all to archive them.

RockCreek

(739 posts)
38. The fences
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 04:32 PM
Jun 2020

Even before the latest fence was added, the additional barticades around the whitehouse in the past 2 decades made me very uncomfortable.
With the addition of this art, I think I will be comfortable again.

pink

(497 posts)
57. Trump's beautiful new wall.
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 06:51 PM
Jun 2020

It should be embarrassing for him when world leaders come in for the G7 meeting. I know they are staying at Camp David, but surely the state of the White House wont go unnoticed. He may go so far as calling the armed forces back in to guard his beautiful new wall.

SergeStorms

(19,204 posts)
62. The signs should be pointing inward, toward the White House.
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 07:42 PM
Jun 2020

Let Trump and his henchmen look at those signs all day, every day, until he tears his stupid "security blanket" down.

Nitram

(22,822 posts)
65. The Berlin Wall! Freedom Wall! Free Speech Wall! In full view for all to see.
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 11:32 PM
Jun 2020

I love it when Trump steps on his own tie.

bluedigger

(17,086 posts)
67. The National Park Service may have to collect and curate everything.
Mon Jun 8, 2020, 12:26 AM
Jun 2020

They do that for everything left at the Vietnam Memorial. If so, they're going to need a another warehouse before November 3rd. 👍

 

MrModerate

(9,753 posts)
68. How gracious of Trumpy to put up that great signboard where we can all post...
Mon Jun 8, 2020, 06:29 AM
Jun 2020

Our utter contempt for him.

Ya know, I'm beginning to believe that this guy just doesn't think things through very much.

Grammy23

(5,810 posts)
70. Reminds me of Locks of Love attached to bridges in Paris and other places around the world.
Mon Jun 8, 2020, 09:33 AM
Jun 2020


They’ve tried to stop people from leaving them but with marginal success. This will continue at the White House fence (Wall) unless they bring in armed guards who shoot to kill. Something has risen up in the protesters and they won’t be easily turned away. I’d love to be a fly in the Oval Office to hear tRump rage on trying to get someone to do something to make it go away.
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