You Can't Stomp on Us!

[Poboy]

Dear xxxx,
The three of us, as leaders of different organizations, don't normally write you together, but something has happened that affects all of us as progressives and all women in this country.

Monday night outside a senatorial debate in Kentucky, 23-year-old Lauren Valle was trying to get a picture with Rand Paul and her satirical sign when she was thrown to the ground by a group of men and, while she was pinned to the ground, one of the men intentionally stomped on her head. Video caught the whole thing. Lauren was left with a concussion.1

While what happened to Lauren has happened to too many political protesters recently, what came next is an affront—and feels chillingly familiar—to us, as women. The Paul campaign worker who stomped on Lauren's head demanded she apologize, saying "she instigated it!"2

The Tea Party has shown it wants to return us to a time when overt racism is considered acceptable civil discourse. And if women get hurt, well they must have done something to deserve it. This stops here and now.

Join us in telling Rand Paul and the Tea Party: "If you stomp on me, 1,000 more will take my place" by uploading a picture of yourself holding a sign saying "You can't stomp on me." Click here to upload your picture or just add your name:


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Make your "You can't stomp on me" sign

You can make your own sign from scratch, or you can download ours.

Take a picture of yourself holding the sign

If you make your own sign use a dark marker so that the sign is legible and make sure your face is visible. Here are a few examples:



LINK-
http://pol.moveon.org/cantstomp/index.html

[DearAbby]

1. K&R

[unkachuck]

2. K&R...n/t

[ZombieHorde]

3. Recommended. Those men were vile. nt

[mahina]

4. Don't Tread on Me?

[Poboy]

5. See, holding a sign that said that would be genius. Well played. -nt.

[Poboy]

6. ttt

[Poboy]

7. One more time.

[guitar man]

8. Here's Mine

I liked this pic of me best so I just added the text :)