Ever since Donald Trump's election victory Tuesday night, the media have been abuzz with stories about massive, sometimes violent, anti-Trump protests breaking out in cities all across the country. We've been told that ordinary Americans everywhere are so frightened and angered by the prospect of a Trump presidency—as opposed to a Hillary Clinton presidency—that they're taking to the streets to express their grave concerns for the future of the country.
In
Chicago, for instance, thousands of people held an "emergency protest" outside a Trump hotel, chanting: "No Trump, No KKK, No Fascist USA!"
In
New York, some 5,000 people (including the political oracle
Lady Gaga) demonstrated outside Trump Tower. "Their concerns," said CNN, "ranged from policies, such as Trump's proposed plan to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border, to the polarizing tenor of his campaign that they say stoked xenophobic fears."
In
Oakland, some of the 7,000+ demonstrators damaged police cars, vandalized businesses, hurled Molotov cocktails and rocks at law-enforcement officers, and started at least 40 separate fires.
And in
Los Angeles, more than 1,000 people filled the streets, burned Trump in effigy, and sang John Lennon's
Give Peace a Chance. "Several protesters said they feared that family or friends might be deported once Trump takes office,"
said CNN.
From reading the various mainstream media accounts of these events, one comes away with the distinct impression that they are grassroots actions that began organically among ordinary, concerned, well-meaning citizens.
But alas, if one were to think that, one would be wrong.
Comment: USA: The land of the crude, home of the depraved...and the right to disrespectfully disrespect.