[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

In my head I know it's childish and disrespectful but in my heart it's also hilarious and I guess it's a bit of karma to a disrespectful man

..yeah it is a little bit funny I have to say...but I’m not really on board with it though...not because I have any respect for the Donald or his visit at all..but more because through his political career he has thrived on any negative attention...he has played the media game of ‘any attention is good attention’ so well because he is now president...so this would be something that gives him exactly what he craves..’protests’ against him have really not hindered him at all...it would be better I think to do nothing, no reaction if you like, to his visit...for those protesters to give him the message that he’s not even worthy of their protesting time...protest about other things that are important..but Donald...hmmm no, who the heck is Donald anyway...what would he hate more than anything else, to be ignored by the protesters I would say...no welcomes, no protests...just nothing....

[bots]

Originally Posted by Ammi

..yeah it is a little bit funny I have to say...but I’m not really on board with it though...not because I have any respect for the Donald or his visit at all..but more because through his political career he has thrived on any negative attention...he has played the media game of ‘any attention is good attention’ so well because he is now president...so this would be something that gives him exactly what he craves..’protests’ against him have really not hindered him at all...it would be better I think to do nothing, no reaction if you like, to his visit...for those protesters to give him the message that he’s not even worthy of their protesting time...protest about other things that are important..but Donald...hmmm no, who the heck is Donald anyway...what would he hate more than anything else, to be ignored by the protesters I would say...no welcomes, no protests...just nothing....

Spot on Ammi

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Ammi

..yeah it is a little bit funny I have to say...but I’m not really on board with it though...not because I have any respect for the Donald or his visit at all..but more because through his political career he has thrived on any negative attention...he has played the media game of ‘any attention is good attention’ so well because he is now president...so this would be something that gives him exactly what he craves..’protests’ against him have really not hindered him at all...it would be better I think to do nothing, no reaction if you like, to his visit...for those protesters to give him the message that he’s not even worthy of their protesting time...protest about other things that are important..but Donald...hmmm no, who the heck is Donald anyway...what would he hate more than anything else, to be ignored by the protesters I would say...no welcomes, no protests...just nothing....

I disagree, it would be seen as either acceptance or worse allegiance to the march of the bigot.
That or defeat... This country has a proud herritage of protestation we make ourselves heard when we need to from the suffragettes to the Jarrow marchers to the CND marches to the poll tax riots.

Nothing was ever accomplished by saying and doing nothing.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

I disagree, it would be seen as either acceptance or worse allegiance to the march of the bigot.
That or defeat... This country has a proud herritage of protestation we make ourselves heard when we need to from the suffragettes to the Jarrow marchers to the CND marches to the poll tax riots.

Nothing was ever accomplished by saying and doing nothing.

..yeah well there is that as well, Kizzy...that it would be a kind of ‘acceptance’ to do nothing and ignore his visit, type thing...that is a very good point...I guess for me it was more the type of protest being more like ‘Trump behaviour’ so to rise above how he typically behaves...?...but maybe another way of looking at that as well is to give him the message in language or ways he understands with his own behaviour...which would be something like this, the balloon...it is peaceful and it is a protest so yeah, why not...