As people rightly prepare to unite on the streets around Trump’s visit to the UK in July (Report, 27 April), please can NGOs and social movements coordinate the most joyful, inclusive and visionary side of our democracy – rather than ape the bitter and demonising protest vote that has been the hallmark not just of US politics in recent years, but sadly the UK’s as well? Less carnivorous, more carnival? #lovetrumpshate.

Simon Bateson

Creative director, Take One Action, Edinburgh

• We know that Donald Trump loves crowds. So the most effective protest against him and his 13 July visit is surely for everyone to stay away. Or, instead, to stand absolutely silently, with backs turned against him. (I believe this stance is often used by US protesters to convey opposition, so the attitude would have meaning and, even for him, be hard to misrepresent.)

Susannah Everington

Bridport, Dorset

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