Write my protest sign, please!

January 4, 2018 2:34 PM

Hello, pithy writers of AskMe. Please write my protest signs for the January 20th march. (I asked this question last year, but am looking for updated ideas.)

There were so many great signs at the last protest (mine then said FIGHT LIKE A GIRL! and STAY NASTY!), and I need 5-6 sign ideas for the upcoming march (for me and my family). Help me out?

I'm really just looking for anything cutting, funny, insightful, etc. Not looking for "F--K TRUMP" or any explicit vulgarities, no matter how much I actually feel murderous in my heart. The shorter, the better.

posted by BlahLaLa to Society & Culture (15 answers total)

"Carry yourself with the confidence of a mediocre white man." Being myself a white cis man, I had it on an arrow poster pointing at myself. It seemed to have a lot of fans.
posted by solotoro at 2:52 PM on January 4, 2018 [10 favorites]

One side of mine last year said MIDTERMS ARE COMING and I think that still works real well.
posted by Lyn Never at 3:08 PM on January 4, 2018 [9 favorites]

One of my signs last year said "This poster is my Jewish-controlled media"
posted by prewar lemonade at 3:11 PM on January 4, 2018 [6 favorites]

I have a nostalgic yearning for the phrase "People Power".
posted by puddledork at 3:16 PM on January 4, 2018 [3 favorites]

Remove
Evil
Scumbag
Incompetents:
Save
Terra
posted by ErisLordFreedom at 3:40 PM on January 4, 2018 [1 favorite]

I smoke pot
And I Vote!
posted by Midnight Skulker at 3:55 PM on January 4, 2018 [3 favorites]

I do like MIDTERMS ARE COMING.

Pithy generic statements can be good, something like WE THE MAJORITY

I'm a big fan of Corbyn's Labour slogan: FOR THE MANY, NOT THE FEW

More topical and pissed off, but less catchy: MY TAX HIKE PAID FOR THE BILLIONAIRES' TAX DODGE
posted by duffell at 4:16 PM on January 4, 2018 [9 favorites]

The best sign I saw over the summer was "This episode of Black Mirror sucks."
posted by xyzzy at 4:46 PM on January 4, 2018 [13 favorites]

My all-purpose, suits any demonstration, sign says "This IS patriotism".
posted by DrGail at 5:42 PM on January 4, 2018 [5 favorites]

"Protesting while it's still legal".
posted by wwax at 7:22 PM on January 4, 2018 [1 favorite]

No new ideas myself, but my absolute favorite from early 2017 protests in Portland was an 80+y/o woman tenderly holding a small handmade sign between her hands that just said:

Ruth
take your vitamins
posted by churl at 7:34 PM on January 4, 2018 [4 favorites]

I'm probably going with a collage of awesome women captioned "The Patriarchy Won't Smash Itself."
posted by Threeve at 7:42 PM on January 4, 2018 [7 favorites]

I'm reusing my "WE THE PUSSY" sign from last year, as I'm still quite proud of my glitterwork. I can't find the site I downloaded the image from, put pm me if y'all want to pdfs.
posted by Drosera at 8:10 AM on January 5, 2018 [2 favorites]

I called this one out as pithy genius last year. Alas , even more relevant now....
posted by freya_lamb at 5:54 PM on January 9, 2018

I had a sign making party, to prepare for this and/or the MLK day march. Here's a few people came up with.

"Help me find Trump's horcruxes"
"A multiracial America is a beautiful America"
"Don't ban America's future"

For my sign I drew a picture of Tommie Smith and John Carlos at the 1968 Olympics and silhouettes of football players kneeling in my old high schools colors (the team including the coaches, and also the cheerleaders, all chose to kneel together for the national anthem).

We also had a Black Lives Matter sign, because that stays true. From a Muslim ban protest we also have: "Immigrants are not enemies" and "I welcome everybody". It can be interesting to see what your kids come up with.

Whatever you write on your sign, remember to write it on both sides (or have one slogan per side). Nothing more boring than marching along behind a sea of blank signs.
posted by Margalo Epps at 2:29 PM on January 16, 2018