By now we have either seen or heard the news about the protests that have formed around the nation (17 different cities was the latest report I read) in reaction to Donald Trump’s winning the presidency. The number of reported protesters has varied from the hundreds to the thousands. The numbers vary from news agencies in part because it is not a science to estimate such numbers, as well as depending on what narrative is being promoted…massive uprisings of the people versus small disgruntled civil disturbers.

The reaction from regular people concerning the protests is nearly as varied as the media outlets. I see and hear the comments; ranging from “Where were this people prior to the election? If they would have done all this before there wouldn’t be this problem.” To “He won already, they need to get over it? To “I can’t stand these protesters…they are F****** up my plans with these street closures.” READ MORE