Posted on 04/29/2020 2:31:44 PM PDT by Libloather
A seething woman wearing USA gear is leaning out of a pickup truck in Denver, Colorado. She points at her sign - “Land of the Free” - while around her, vehicles blare their horns. Facing the metal mass are a pair of health care workers clad in teal scrubs. They’re serene, blocking the crosswalk with crossed arms.
In San Francisco, a line of cars creeps through downtown, sleeping bags and tents lashed on their roofs. The drivers blare their horns, signs posted on their windows demand “#HotelRoomsNotHospitalBeds” and “Test us now! We need to know!” On the sidewalk, advocates wearing bandanas cheer; photographers leap into the street to capture the traffic.
The two genres of protest could not have been more different in intent. One was convened on April 13 by San Francisco housing advocates to pressure the city to house its large homeless population in vacant hotels before cases of Covid-19 spread within the city’s shelters. The other happened a week later, one of several “Operation Gridlock” events organized by right-wing organizations to advocate for an early end to statewide shelter-in-place orders - an act that public health experts say risks detonating a powder keg of contagion.
The kinds of vehicles seemed to tell one story about the divergent desires of the protesters - the Gridlock gatherings tended to feature long lines of trucks and SUVs; in San Francisco, the crowd drove more modest Hyundais and Toyota sedans. The signs and the expressions of the protesters and counter-protesters told another. But both were navigating the same novel question faced by passionate people across the globe: How to organize attention-grabbing acts of public resistance at a time when gathering in the streets can be perilous.
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A pair of crisis actors.
We failed the test.
The elites now have proof we shall do nothing to fight for our rights.
“pair of health care workers “
Proven frauds. antifa thugs.
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