Last updated on July 17th, 2023 at 09:31 pm
As the BBC explains, safety pins were worn after the Brexit vote in the UK as a protest against a rise in hate crime.
The election of Donald Trump and the advent of the American Brexit, along with the Republican nominee’s long list of grievances and hatreds for various minorities has made the safety pin relevant in the United States, such as that sported by actor Sir Patrick Stewart, who tweeted this message:
#Safetypin pic.twitter.com/MGFcjx68BP
— Patrick Stewart (@SirPatStew) November 11, 2016
Messages like that retweeted by singer Nancy Sinatra are making the rounds on social media platforms:
I am a safe place. #safetypin pic.twitter.com/xaCvqsGGCT
— Nancy Sinatra (@NancySinatra) November 11, 2016
Messages like these are common, and in the days to come, will no doubt become more so as Americans come to grips with the evil we will soon be facing in our own White House:
#safetypin on, in solidarity with those who Trump hates. I am a safe ally & I believe in a better world than the one I woke up to yesterday. pic.twitter.com/ynuf1Eg4UH
— happify (@happifydesign) November 10, 2016
Donald Trump expressed hatred for the LGBT community, for Mexicans, for Muslims, Asians, and Jews during his campaign, but there are plenty of safety pins to go around, and plenty of tolerance and love backing them up.
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