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Possibly my most popular sign to date
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Blogger is willing to allow me to upload photos, maybe, as long as I don't try to do too many at once. We'll see how it goes. It was a
perfect day for
taking a walk across town with 70,000 of my closest friends, all of us in a good mood and glorying in the non-violent exercise of our first amendment rights. Naturally there were some people who were very slow to understand what democracy looked like, no matter
how many times they were told that "THIS is what democracy looks like." I tell you, I was beginning to despair. Similarly, people seemed slow to learn whose streets these were ("OUR streets"), but we were all in agreement that things like ICE and T**** had to go. Now.
As usual the company and the signs were the highlights of the experience. I'm always a bit doubtful about what these demonstrations accomplish, but I feel it's better to be out there than not. And while I'm still waiting for a chant I can really get behind (see above: "what does democracy look like / whose streets"), the cleverness of the signs is always inspiring. For instance:
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This one was at the bus stop post-march. I loved it!
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And this one I admired before the march even got started.
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Clever *and* well-reasoned
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This is why we're out here, isn't it?
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His pants are wearing thin, too.
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There were a number of iterations of this one.
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(Prop 1 raises the limit on local property taxes.)
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I don't get why "earrings!" is repeated, but I like Liberty's expression here.
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Clever "Shitler." I'm not so sure about the back-of-the-box sign behind it, however.
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One of my absolute favorites: clever *and* well-executed
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This clever word-play was also used by more than one marcher.
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If only the Republicans had any human decency or true patriotism . . .
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*This* is really so on point--and why we have to keep showing up.
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Of course, saving democracy builds up an appetite, not to mention a thirst. We finally checked out the new restaurant down the hill, La Chingona, on the way home:
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Excellent salsa and margaritas!
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Well done! Perfect sign. I can't handle being in crowds, but there were TWO protests here in the Tri-Cities -- a march down Columbia Center Blvd in the morning with a crowd around 5,000, and a protest gathering at John Dam Plaza in Richland in the afternoon (crowd size unknown). A good turnout for a red county!
ReplyDeleteYou *could* try being at the tail-end of a crowd, but I do, truly, understand not being willing to subject yourself to them. I'm not kidding when I say that I have issues with the inanity of most of the chants during marches. One of my brothers (I'm told) feels that demonstrations in places like Seattle don't matter--that it's only when the red counties/states turn out for a protest that anyone listens --but Scott argues that it's the big blue cities (though not IBM) that give red spots the impetus (I guess) to turn out. I donno; it's all complicated.
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