When I headed to the rally, I expected to encounter a vicious crowd, similar to those I witnessed in the wake of the passage of Proposition 8 last fall. To that end, I was on the lookout for some of the more extreme signs. I did get a few of pictures of such placards.
But, let me caution those of you who might want to smear the entire rally by a few of its most extreme participants. Such extreme banners may have constituted a majority of hand-made signs, but they represented only a fraction of the signs being waved, most of the people holding signs waved ones like these:
I ran into my friend Kerry with whom I had rallied at the Santa Monica Tea Party. Like those rallies, this one (and this was one of many across the nation), was a genuine grassroots gathering. But, I dare say the pro-gay marriage rallies will get better coverage in the MSM than did the anti-tax and spend rallies last month.
As Kerry and I walked together down Santa Monica Boulevard, she offered an interesting thought, “What’s the next generation going to do when there’s nothing to get into the streets about?” It does seem that some of the participants wanted to create a new generation of protest.
What would a gay rally be without socialists?
And of course, there were those smearing the Court, proponents of traditional marriage or anyone who just plain disagrees with them as haters:
Nice to see the Kommies were taking a break from their shovel-ready jobs.
Interesting that the mass produced signs were more neutral than the home made signs. Could it be that lessons were learned from the prop 8 campaign?
And anyone want to take bets on gillie smearing the entire thing by the home made signs like he did the (one) sign at the court?
That’s the fickle thing … there will always be something some could take to the streets about. That’s also assuming the pendulum won’t swing again.
I am afraid being grateful for what we have and content regardless of circumstance don’t come naturally. Those goals usually abide an arm length and a half away for most.
This is why I am getting increasingly louder about how public policy and the culture war (both important topics to discuss) are completely false contexts for the overall quality of life.
#3: “… there will always be something some could take to the streets about.”
That’s absolutely true, Randy, because for decades the Left has been committed to brainwashing Americans into believing that victimization equals heroism and that the best way to have a voice in society is to claim that American society doesn’t value one’s particular minority group ENOUGH. As for the anti-Prop. 8 protesters, they are thrilled to have the opportunity to take to the streets and scream about how oppressed they are. Same sex marriage was the prize, but the opportunity to act out their Stonewall/Milk romanticized fantasies in the streets is the consolation prize.
Agreed with Sean. Watching the news and such last night, I didn’t see one person I recognized; it was all a) screaming unwashed leftist college students and b) whacked-out queens who, despite being completely “disabled”, are able to walk up and down the street carrying signs and screaming at the top of their lungs.
ND XXX, seems the rally in SF was less tame than the one here in LA.
This surprises you, GPW? (knowing wink at ILC)
Funny – I seem to recall seeing a much more diverse crowd at the Tea Parties across the USA.
(Waiting for libtrolls to explode in 3…2…1…)
Regards,
Peter H.
This is why I am getting increasingly louder about how public policy and the culture war (both important topics to discuss) are completely false contexts for the overall quality of life.
From my “Native American View” in Southern California, I get what Randy is saying about “contexts for the overall quality of life.” Someone stubs their toe in the west and we want to improve the quality of health care because the band-aid that was used didnt meet environmental standards for being “green.” The other item that comes to mind regarding “being green” relates to CFL’s and their production in China – who happens to build coal fired electrical plants like mad. We dont boycott them as producers, we just use their product. Huh??? It seems to me their coal fired electrical plants outweigh all the CFL’s we could purchase in the next ten years. But, the people in the West “feel good” about fighting global warming.
And the liberals are always DIVIDING people into classifications Soviet style, and there’s always new Kulaks in need of liquidation.
To each according to his hyphen.