Who else is not watching the Inauguration?

[Dem4life1970]

I told myself that if I ever wrote a book I would write one about the Trump years and call it "That was some weird sh*t" (quoting, ironically, George W. Bush after he listened to Trump's 2017 "American Carnage" Inaugural address).

I for one see no need on January 20th to listen to a rapist, yes rapist, r-a-p-i-s-t, insurrectionist, authoritarian, grifter, convicted con artist, liar, and generally all around awful human being. He will place his hand on a Trump bible and lie to protect, preserve, and defend the constitution, and then turn around and do everything in his power to destroy the constitution, like he did in his first term.

[Diamond_Dog]

1. I don't have the stomach to watch it.

[ailsagirl]

95. You said it!! Nor do I. n/t

[Walleye]

2. Republicans hate the US Constitution. They've been chipping away at it for years eventually it will

Be gone, at least in spirit

[Ocelot II]

3. I'll probably have something more important to do.

Which is basically everything.

[FalloutShelter]

4. Not me.

[wnylib]

62. Excellent alternative. Thanks for the suggestion.

[Glorfindel]

6. I wouldn't dream of watching that shitshow.

My sock drawer needs rearranging.

[magicarpet]

82. Have the cat litter box scheduled for changing and cleaning that day.

[DENVERPOPS]

85. As someone told me:

I would rather have my colonscopy, and a root canal that day, rather than watch it.....

[The Madcap]

89. I would rather

Eat the cat litter.

[ms liberty]

7. Me. No way.

[Marigold]

8. I'd rather have surgery

I plan to be out of touch for the month of January mentally and a few weeks physically.

[rzemanfl]

127. That's what I could do! Surgery, have to have it anyway....

Thanks for the suggestion.

[jimfields33]

9. I'm not. But I find them extremely boring. I'll see clips like I've done every inauguration.

We still have six weeks. I would imagine this will be a question brought up a lot as we get closer.

[Mike 03]

10. Not a snowball's chance in hell, and

nobody in my family will be either, unless somebody watches it for laughs. I know a couple that scheduled to be at some bed and breakfast spa that day.

[CousinIT]

11. I don't watch funerals on TV. n/t

[PittBlue]

12. I would rather eat glass.

[ProfessorGAC]

13. W Won't Be Wa5ching

To be fair, I only watched Clinton's first & both of Obama's.
The pomp & circumstance is not my thing anyway.
I have zero interest in this one.

[kimbutgar]

14. Might be a good day to clean out some of my closets

And take the reusable stuff and donate them the next day.

[calimary]

107. Hey! That's a good idea!

Or my husband might feel like taking a drive at that time. If he doesn’t suggest it, I just might!

I had enough of the donald during the 2016 campaign.

[Cattledog]

15. F no!

[rampartd]

16. he says the theme will be "unity"

something that i do not want with him or his cult.

[CentralMass]

23. They want the KKK, Proud Boys. Skinheads, Nazis, and bible thumpers all in their big tent

[rampartd]

28. "unite the right" was charlottesville

like days after the last time he swore to "uphold and defend the constitution "

[DENVERPOPS]

87. I wonder if

He will have the Military put on a big parade of tanks, rocket launchers and droves of marching military like China and Russia do?
He requested it last time and they denied him. They told him for one thing, between the metal tank tracs and incredible weight, the entire street would be ruined, and not easily repaired.
I won't hear him again say, "the biggest crowd ever for an inauguration" like he did last time, while they showed comparison shots of the massive crowds at Obama's and the piss poor numbers of his crowd.......

[CentralMass]

94. Having the troop switch to goose stepping when the march whould top it off..

Maybe throw in a coordinated heil Cheetolini as they pass by the Orange one.

[hlthe2b]

17. I did not watch last time and have since only seen write-ups or a few short minutes of video.

I will spend the day outside, regardless of weather with my aging pup--if my luck continues to hold and then come in to watch the NCAA college football National Championship game in Atlanta later in the day. That will be the ONLY thing my tv will be turned onto and thereafter I shut off the ridiculously expensive YouTube TV plan and try to figure out some way to at least watch some OTA network--without a roof antenna, along with streaming services that are already pre-paid.

I can listen to podcasts or the occasional MSNBC show on TuneIn radio and see the occasional posted videos here.

But, sanity counts right now and I have no intention of supporting those bending the knee to the Fascists.

[yardwork]

18. I hardly ever watch inaugurations and why would I watch this one?!

[Traildogbob]

19. I refuse to

Watch anything Trump until the funeral procession.
That will last a month. I could even tolerate Lee Greenwood for that event.

[sop]

20. Trump's second inaugural address promises to be the greatest speech in the history of public speaking.

Trump's words will be compared to Lincoln's Gettysburg address and MLK's I Have a Dream speech. And the crowd size will dwarf all other inauguration crowds. Believe me.

Sadly, I won't be watching.

[CentralMass]

21. I won't watch it. I mute the tv or change the channel if I even hear his voice

[alittlelark]

22. I'd rather give myself an unneeded appendectomy without anesthesia.

Just sayin’

[Ping Tung]

24. I'm not a masochist.

Demagogue: one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.

H.L. Mencken

[Trailrider1951]

25. I may view it momentarily

so that I can virtually moon the asshole

[LSparkle]

26. Me! I turn away at the image of that thing

If a clip or still comes on my TV I change channels immediately.

“No ratings for you!” a la the Soup Nazi.

[PCIntern]

27. Nope.

Better off watching Spankbang.

[redstatebluegirl]

29. Not a chance!

It will be a Bullwinkle cartoon marathon for me! Plus some alcohol I am sure!

[KPN]

30. Need you ask? nt

[surfered]

31. Not me! Hoping the ratings will a record low and Spicer is brought out of retirement to lie again

[JustAnotherGen]

32. There's an

Inauguration? I thought it was a crowning?

[dchill]

33. Yo.

[634-5789]

34. I stopped watching the news on Nov. 6.

Screw the Orange turd!

[live love laugh]

35. You forgot pedophile and incest offender.

I only want to watch to see the great Joe Biden leave.

But idk if I can stomach it.

[RussellCattle]

36. Honestly, I occasionally re-watch Obama's first inaugural speech just because it makes me so happy. Can't and......

......won't watch Trump for fear of becoming suicidal.

[Jilly_in_VA]

37. Me

It should be a national day of mourning, wherein we turn off the TV and ignore him. The next day we go into action. I mean, WTF, people? Where is the Women's March this time? Where is anything? Do we just sit here and take it?

[littlemissmartypants]

48. It's MLK Day. ...

There may be some celebration close by. ❤️

[Initech]

38. Not me!

If Kamala had won, I would have planned to go to DC. But since Fuckface "won", I will do everything I can to boycott live TV that day!

[Greybnk48]

39. Not for a minute.

Fuck Trump and his Eurotrash racist trollup, Melania.

[johnnyfins]

67. And his South African trollup, Elonia.

[Greybnk48]

133. LOL, Elonia! Good one!

But int the case of Donny And Elonia, Donny is Elonia's trollup.

[ShazzieB]

40. Hell no, I'm not going to watch it.

Absolutely not. I didn't watch his first inauguration, either, and I have never regreted it. I would literally rather get a root canal. I'm not even joking. (I know what I'm talking about, too, having had numerous ones back in the day.) Trump or a root canal? No contest. Bring on the root canal!

[lark]

41. I didn't watch the first shit show, certainly won't watch the fasicsts taking firm charge this time.

Nope, not even one minute this time around.

[Jean Genie]

42. No Way!

Are you kidding me?! Why would I watch that asshole be crowned king of the world - or whatever he imagines himself to be now?

[perdita9]

43. My TV will be off and my wallet will be closed

I don't know if there's any national organizing for this, but I plan on NOT spending a single dime for 3 days. No movie tickets, no takeout, no groceries, no gas. If you want to scare the incoming administration, stop spending money.

[Jrose]

44. Hope that millions of voices and noises of protest

drown out Djt's hypocritical 'oath of office' while he stains a bible with his paw and disgraces the site where his loyal mob broke through windows and shitted in the halls.
First time in 70 years that I'll avoid watching it.

[IzzaNuDay]

45. oh hell no!

if there is a protest in town on January 20, I’m going to that instead. Might be the last time in my life I can do that!

[Old Crank]

46. Not going to happen here

Not invested in trying to figure out how to see it in Munich.
Plus I just don't care.

[HereForTheParty]

47. Please surrender $15 million

[littlemissmartypants]

49. There's an inauguration? Ho hum. 🥸

[Picaro]

50. No way I'll watch it

Not even if you paid me.

[bif]

51. I've never watched one, so why start now?

[Hekate]

52. Meh. Whatever for? I'll read about it in the funny papers the next day.

[StarryNite]

53. Hell no.

[Granny Blue]

54. Washing my hair again and again and.....

I won’t even watch online clips. Can’t argue with the nausea! Over at Raw Story, they’re reporting that upper crust CEO are flabberghasted. They can’t talk tRump out of tarriffs and crashing the economy! Oh, well…You paid your money, now take your chances!

[Dem2theMax]

55. I would rather spend the day 'preparing' for a colonoscopy.

Plus, I don't watch coronations.

[SallyHemmings]

56. Oh my goodness no

I will not give him the ratings.

I'm taking my oldest two grandsons to the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad museum in Church Creek, MD.

[badhair77]

57. No, no and no.

Won’t even turn on the news for a day or two before and after.

I pray God saves us from this monster soon but then the creepoids that surround him will still be there with JD. Disgusting and dangerous all around. I think at Xmas we’ll drink to “life without trump” and hold on to hope.

[groundloop]

58. HELL NO!!!! I'll be on a cruise ship with my feet propped up on the balcony drinking heavily.

[SheltieLover]

59. I would never intentionally watch that pos do anything

[Paper Roses]

60. I have to vacuum that day. when done, a good book. n/t

[wnylib]

61. I'd rather do something more pleasant, like having a root canal.

[Miami Blue]

66. 🫡🤣😂

[Miami Blue]

63. I'm boycotting TraitorTrump's inauguration and everything related to him

Because my military family says hell no 👎🏻to looking at the traitor herpes mug, let alone endorsing his tyrannical inauguration. Early this afternoon we decided to turn off the TV after MSNBC's Alex Witt had the nerves to start up her show declaring openly that she had a ton of news regarding the cartoonish orange Clown 🤡and Wannabe oppressor/ bully named Fidel Castro Donald J. TraitorTrump
🖕🏻

[LetMyPeopleVote]

64. I will be ignoring this event

[Cha]

65. Oh Hell NO!

[Paladin]

68. No way, no how. (nt)

[moondust]

69. Bigotfest? No chance.

[kerouac2]

70. Would love to see a news scroll

That night that says he had the lowest audience in history.

I sure ain't watching it.

[Onthefly]

71. No. I will find something very pleasing to do, instead.

[pamdb]

72. no way

If I had a black flag, I'd be tempted to hang it out front.

[Abstractartist]

73. I will not

I will not watch anything involving trump for this next 4 years. I have given up network news, cable news …. CNN, MSNBC, NEVER EVER FOX anything. I have deleted Twitter and will continue with Bluesky.

If a breaking news update come on, I will watch until it says anything about trump, then turn off…. Unless it says he’s dead, or resigns. I won’t miss the media coverage, and will look at the mid term elections, as I am hoping the democrats make him a lame duck spooge.

[LilElf70]

74. I have absolutely no need

to view or hear this POS, ever again. It's a total waste of time.

[PortTack]

75. No way! I hope ALL dems in congress and senate don't go!

[chouchou]

76. Write me a check for 5 digits and cents and I'll watch it....probably.

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

77. Not watching, but then again, I've never watched an Inauguration

I've always had other things to do and I don't see that changing this time around.

[Thunderbeast]

78. Good friends coming into town from Colorado.

We are all going to hole up at the Oregon coast with good books, good food, fine bourbon, and a bit of sativa. No TV. Pledge to avoid any internet news.

Our fantasy is to stay for four years, but three days is, sadly, our practical limit.

Grief and worry will kill you. Anger is powerful, and Trump is an expert at leveraging anger for his corrupt personal gain.

Speak the truth. Resist the urge to respond to every insult with open rage.

Be kind to yourself, but work to educate and legislate where you can. Use inauguration day to calmly plan your personal resistance.

[Delmette2.0]

79. I will not be watching

Not even the evening news reruns.

[uncledad]

80. I didn't watch the first one

And I sure as hell am not going to watch this one. I didn't watch Biden's I've never watched an inauguration a presidential debate or a state of the union address either. Wasting my time listening to a politician go on and on for hours just aint my bag. I don't watch any news with diaper don's face on it either. I'm going to do my best to ignore that ignorant asshole for the next four years just like did in his first term, I highly recommend it!

[iemanja]

81. I don't understand the need for the question

Why would anyone here watch it?

[Elessar Zappa]

103. Some people are masochists.

We have people here who watch Fox News everyday.

[CTyankee]

83. I think I'll go fry some ice.

[MiHale]

84. Don't feel like pitching bricks at my tv...I'd have to buy a new one and...

tariffs…ya know.

So, NO!

[IronLionZion]

86. I'll be out of the country during that time

and not 100% sure they'll allow me to come back to the US.

[Sugarcoated]

88. Nope, not my president

I would never, ever accept a man who incited a violent insurrection to overthrow the United States of America as a president of my country, let alone a rapist, a traitor and a fucking murderer
FDT 🖕🏻

[johnnyplankton]

90. All of us? (at DU)

[kevink077]

91. I have toilets to clean

Or something like that.. that day

[usaf-vet]

92. Well in my mind it would be like having a root canal without lidocaine while the dentist lies to you.

[Meowmee]

93. I didn't watch the last one and I'm not watching this one, of course

In fact, I have watched very few inaugurations over the years, I don’t remember which ones now.

[DBoon]

96. I'm not

I've already seen Triumph of the Will.

That was enough cinematic glorification of fascism for me.

[state of stupid]

97. I have better things to do

I do not know about anyone else here, but I have been against the asshole for a very long time. I had
heard about Donald and dear old dad long ago with the housing issues in New York but since that
was an out of state issue I just thought they were jerks and did not think much about it afterwards.
When he divorced Ivana was when he really got on my radar, and I formed a firm opinion about him
which was he was that he is a self-centered son of bitch who I would not want to be anywhere close
to. I have been tuning him out or turning off as quickly as possible ever since so in answer to the
question NO I will not be watching, instead if possible I will lay on the lawn and watch the grass
grow, if not that I will go play in traffic, if not that I will gargle with rusty razor blades and down some
cyanide to cure the upset stomach and the sore throat I am pretty sure I will have that day.

[rationalcalgarian]

98. To quote Hawkeye Pierce...

“The instrument has yet to be invented that could measure the magnitude of my indifference.”

[sinkingfeeling]

99. Not one second.

[Ojerly]

100. OH DARN!!

I believe that I'm scheduled to watch paint dry that day.

[XanaDUer2]

101. Me

[walkingman]

102. Nope

[EastBayGuy]

104. Will not watch unless there's breaking news about a huge swarm of drones

scaring the wits out of the crowd

[Iggo]

105. I never really do.

I try to catch the few minutes of actual swearing in. Sometimes I catch it. Sometimes I miss it.

But the rest is bullshit.

[doc03]

106. No way, he will make a speech even worse than the last time. nt

[D23MIURG23]

108. I will endeavor to avoid listening to Trump speak as much as possible for the rest of my life.

In my humble (yet correct) opinion he was the reason mute buttons were invented.

[keithbvadu2]

109. Biden will do what Trump was not man enough to do:::: attend his successor's inauguration.

[wendyb-NC]

110. Neither am I

The whole thing is one of the most absurd predicaments for our country .

[Henry203]

111. No one I know will be watching.

Two extended families. Also all 17 of my cousins.

[SharonClark]

112. It's MLK Day

I’m volunteering at the food bank.

[Happy Hoosier]

113. Yeah.. not watching!

I’m a bit surprised by the folks here who are.

[Faux pas]

114. Me Too

but I will be wondering about the crowd size

[Blue_Tires]

115. I've only ever watched two inaugurations in my life

1989 for Bush Sr. because I was in 6th grade and my teacher wheeled in the TV to make all of us watch it

2009 for Obama, obvious reasons 😅

[kerry-is-my-prez]

116. I'm going to watch the protests then turn it off. I may

have to check in here if the protests get moved to an undisclosed place.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

117. Maybe I'll tape it in case something embarrassing or bad happens.

If not, then I just delete it.

[petronius]

118. I won't be, but then I've never watched one. (nt)

[Ferrets are Cool]

119. I would rather chew razor blades.

[elliesmandt]

120. The Emperor's New Clothes

I'm not watching either. It will be a reenactment of Hans Christian Anderson's "The Emperor's New Clothes" except there won't be anyone to point out that the Emperor is naked.

[kairos12]

121. Nope, butI will watch the real thing by reviewing

"Triumph of the Will."

[RustyWheels]

122. Not me !!

Can't stand the sight of TSF on the TV... turn the channel or turn it off when his face appears.

[WinstonSmith4740]

123. Didn't watch the last one...

Sure as hell won't watch this one. I want to be inspired by an inaugural speech, not infuriated.

[Clouds Passing]

124. UhUh

[niyad]

125. I am going to be at my college for thhe MLK breakfast and march first,

and then going home and going through my seed catalogues and getting my orders out.

[Emile]

126. Someone would have to pay me to watch it.

Cash only!

[ecstatic]

129. How much? It would have to be at least 5 figures

but even then, I'm not sure because it would be psychological torture for me with potential long-term consequences and/or PTSD. I'm not sure any price is worth that.

[Emile]

131. I'm not sure, it wouldn't be cheap and I would

need a few thc gummies.

[ecstatic]

128. That goes without saying.

The thought of watching never crossed my mind. Lol.

[idahoblue]

130. We usually go to DC to attend the inauguration.

We missed 2021 because of J6. I will never forgive the orange pusball for that. I know from the 2017 inauguration that there will be no joy in DC this coming year. So we will not be going.

[Judi Lynn]

132. Outta curiosity, I saw the first dance at his first one. Jesus! He opened his berder hole,

tilted his meaty, orange head back, and squawked, "I did it my way" along with the poor, poor band. OMG!

The dance starts at 5 minutes into the video. Be strong:

He kept smooshing his greasy, moist, berder-stained maw against Melania's helpless face, nuzzling her, when he wasn't "singing" HIS song or gibbering continuously at her and smirking.

She looked very uncomfortable. Natural, of course! Anyone would be.

Still in shock!

Then his retinue of related ridge-running grifting fambly members slithered out, looking proud of themselves. MAGA royalty!

No one would ever want to see that twice.

[SpankMe]

134. Def won't watch. I don't even read the news any more

I'm sick of his name, his voice, his face. It's everywhere. We're past saturation with this 'dear leader'.

I hope that when his hand touches the bible, he bursts into flames.

[Klondike Kat]

135. Nope!

I'll be content to follow the proceedings on-line. I especially look forward to the point where he lies his arse off while speaking the words of the Oath of Office. Perhaps his pants will burst into flame.

[ysta]

136. Protest It

What if a nationwide run on toilet paper, paper towels, and eggs were engineered for inauguration day?

Make people worry the tariffs are going to cause massive shortages in these things.

It would remind everyone of what happened during Covid and their ineptitude during crisis.

How to get Twitter bots to pick it up, especially in red areas?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

142. Welcome to DU

[4catsmom]

137. it will be less attended

than the first one, IMO, but he'll find someone to say it was the biggest crowd ever

[Bird Lady]

138. I'll wait for the enviable whine or lie about crowd size.

I intend to pay no attention to his ravings unless I am forced to. The sound of his voice makes me want to run down the street screaming and pulling out my hair.

[louis-t]

139. I will not.

I will not.

[J_William_Ryan]

140. I'll be making every effort to avoid it.

I’ll be home for MLK day – household news blackout.

[AverageOldGuy]

141. No one in this family

Wife and I NO.
Daughter NO.
Son, daughter in law, two teenaged grandsons NO.
Brother, his wife, their two children and four grandchildren NO.
Sister in law and nephew NO
Another sister in law and niece NO

[La Coliniere]

143. We will not watch that travesty or any news on that day.

Will be watching streaming movies if we turn on the tube at all. I will not bare witness to this fucking madness.

[onethatcares]

144. me

n/t