Since the election and inauguration of Donald Trump, there have been a number of protests in Tallahassee concerning different executive orders and policy changes he has planned and enacted. This includes his ideas for the southern border wall, his ban on immigration from a number of majority muslim coutries, the new healthcare plan proposal, the public statements he has made degrading women/minorities/transgender people/people that deal with weight issues, statements on and by cabinet appointees/ etc.
People come out for protests so often that some have turned to signs that can stand true at any protest. Others spend some extra money on poster paper and markers and have something specific to every issue. These are photos specifically from a protest that was organized right after his executive order that suspended entry of all refugees -- those who want to resettle in the United States -- for 120 days and barred refugees from Syria indefinitely. The ban also prohibited nearly all citizens from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen from entering the United States for 90 days.
This was ultimately deemed unconstitutional in court, as was his second attempt at the travel ban a little while later.
A very common rhetorical tactic in the creation of protest signs is to have it respond to a well-known statement or argument of the opposing side. While there was no initial intention for this exhibit to feature these types of protest signs specifically, it is what happened. Perhaps this just reinforces something about the genre of protests and protests signs altogether- protests are in response to a perceived social injustice.
Credits
Shaimaa Khanam