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For the second time in four months, peaceful protestors assembled on Oct. 18 along Periwinkle Way on Sanibel as part of a national movement in opposition to the Trump administration and MAGA agenda.<\/p>\n

More than 2,000 \u201cNo Kings\u201d protests were planned nationwide, with many of the demonstrators donning red, white and blue and waving the American flag.<\/p>\n

\u201cWaving the flag is part of the resistance,\u201d second-generation island resident Frank Nera said. \u201cI am immensely proud of this flag. I want to claim it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMAGA co-opted the flag and the \u2018Don\u2019t Tread on Me\u2019 slogan, which is another extremely patriotic American symbol,\u201d he added. \u201cI am here today to help bring back what the term patriot really means.\u201d<\/p>\n

A former history professor at Florida State University, Nera was joined by his father, Frank Nera Sr.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrump levels criticism at people who protest,\u201d Nera Sr. said. \u201cThis type of peaceful dissent is as American as you can be.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need more of these rallies, not less,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Father and son agreed that they were pleased with the turnout.<\/p>\n

By 10:45 a.m. \u2014 45 minutes after the protest began \u2014 the line of demonstrators standing on Periwinkle was several people deep, stretching west from Purdy Street past Mitzi Lane.<\/p>\n

They waved homemade signs declaring \u201cNo Kings.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHonk if you love democracy,\u201d Deb Glasheen shouted, her voice growing hoarse.<\/p>\n

As the sun stretched higher into the middle of the morning, she and Gretchen Danbaugh stood with their shoulders touching.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat else can I possibly do to show my disgust with this authoritarian president? I can show up and demonstrate,\u201d Danbaugh said. \u201cBecause our American freedoms truly are threatened.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ronald Green sat in a lawn chair among the feet of the demonstrators. A board member for the Progressive Club of the Islands, he helped to organize the protest and the first \u201cNo Kings\u201d in June.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe island is free to do what we feel,\u201d Green said. \u201cWe welcome all kinds of people and politics.\u201d<\/p>\n

The participating protestors reported that they oppose President Donald Trump\u2019s treatment of immigrants and his use of military in American cities. When a large delivery truck passed by the crowd, the driver honked loudly and the demonstrators cheered and lifted up their signs higher.<\/p>\n

As they continued to gather, Glasheen moved from the middle of the group to the front.<\/p>\n

\u201cHonk if you love democracy,\u201d she shouted, voice still crackling with her mantra.<\/p>\n


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