Pro-democracy or just anti-Trump?
David DeWitt’s Sept. 11 letter claims that “it’s hard to imagine” that our weekly vigils in favor of democracy could “encourage dialog . . . with passing motorists.” Actually, honks, waves, hand gestures and shouted comments in response to our signs do constitute brief dialogs, and pedestrians and drivers waiting at lights often offer longer responses. The dialog we hope to encourage, however, often occurs at different times and places. Mr. DeWitt’s own letter to the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript editor and responses to his letter are perfect examples of such continuing dialog.
Mr. DeWitt writes that the opposition he heard to President Trump’s policies show him that our action is a partisan attempt to help Democrats stay “energized, win back the House in 2026 and set up another impeachment of President Trump,” which would “nullify what a majority of Americans voted for in 2024. That is not democracy.” Actually, voters in an election overturning the results of a previous election is democracy. Otherwise, all U.S. presidents would, like our first president, not be members of any political party, or would still be members of the Federalist Party like our second president.
I cannot speak for the others whom Mr. DeWitt interviewed, but my strong opposition to the decisions and actions of President Trump and MAGA is based primarily on many being contrary to my plain reading of the Constitution, as well as on their cruelty and foolishness. I am not an attorney, but I am pretty sure “Trump was” not “right about everything.” Some passing motorists look closely at my homemade “♥️ [heart symbol] our Constitution” sign and then hold up a middle finger (dialog?). I oppose President Trump’s actions and policies that are opposed to our constitutional democracy.