Welcome back…pull up a chair, box or whatever and sit a spell. The rain is gone for awhile and the sun in all its glory is out!  I have had some time the past few days to Ponder  on this phenomenon of mass protests across the nation these past few weeks. Seems there all kinds of groups that are easily offended and if paid enough they will take to the streets in great numbers. One thing I have noticed is the remarkable absence of spontaneous protests. Some of these folks that act as agents for securing protesters are well organized and well funded. They operate under an array of names…and that is what this ponder is about. Consider this or rather ponder this! I have a name for them…. Antidisestablishmentarianismers…  Its root word would be Antidisestablishmentarianism. It is estimated to be the 6th longest word in the Oxford dictionary. However, the word is not recorded in Merriam-Webster’s dictionary of American English. Ok, what is that, or in the words of Pogo… “what is them”? Well you asked. 

Antidisestablishmentarianism is a political position that originated in 19th century Britain. The position opposed proposals at that time to remove the Anglican Church’s status as the established church of England, Ireland, and Wales, but not in Scotland, which had and still has its own separate national church.

One last thing about this word… It has morphemes…

A morpheme is the smallest part of a word that retains an individual significance. For example, the word ‘antidisestablishmentarianism’ can be broken down into the following morphemes: anti/dis/establish/ment/ari/an/ism (7 morphemes).

I will invoke “writers privilege” here and add to its meaning to also be a political position that opposes any attempt that seeks to balance the budget or limit the wasteful spending of various agencies. We are all tired of  these people… Antidisestablishmentarianismers. PONDER THIS! Just like the word from which it comes…there is very little practical use for it or for such people. They are paid to use slogans,  chants and disruptive behavior for things they have no solutions for. They have just recently resorted to violence because their vocabulary of of words to justify their position is limited, as is their knowledge of the definition of some of the words on their signs. 

Oh, I have to say this to Whoopi Goldberg…78 million Americans voted for Donald Trump…we are just as much or more so representative of America as you and your minions.

Jk