“The anti-Trump resistance takes shape,” reported the Guardian. Among the components of that resistance noted by the paper is a new group in Oregon, Portland’s Resistance.
“In order to survive President Trump there needs to be a strong resistance,” the group says on its Facebook page. “Our group believes that Portland has an opportunity to become a beacon of light for the rest of the nation.”
Calling themselves the “resistance” seems intended to give ordinary political opposition a patina of courage and moral rectitude. The association, of course, is with resistance to Nazis in World War II. The further suggestion is that resistance members are true patriots fighting an invading force, citizens banding together (over beer and hummus) to stand up against seemingly overwhelming odds. And all that, still two months before Donald Trump becomes President Trump.
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