I don't know what the fuss was about, really. It was just a very bright piece of yellow poster board that said "Hey Peaceniks: WHAT COLOR is this sign?" But for some reason it really seemed to fry a few people's pork chops.
Very early on, some guy got a look at my sign and spat at me, before scampering off. He missed me by about two feet. I was at the southern end of our group at that point, and nobody saw him do it. Radicals raise such lovely sons, don't they? Spitting at women. He wouldn't have dared to do that to the men.
About midway through, another guy got in my face and said my sign was "disgraceful" and seemed to be saying that I had no right to voice that particular opinion because it was a slap in the face to the people across the street who were only exercising their First Amendment rights (well, wasn't that what *I* was doing?).
Ladies, chivalry is still alive and well in Freeperville--I barely had time to say "I really don't carewhat you think of my sign" to the bozo, before Race and Dutchy and the guys were shouting him down and calling HIM a disgrace.
Thanks, guys!
There was also some sort of disturbance at the 15th street end, which I was too far away to see in its entirety, but the police finally dragged the man away. Perhaps someone else who stood nearer to the corner could describe what happened. But except for those incidents (over a three-hour freep), it was pretty peaceful, and NEVER got violent.
1) Approach ignorant, liberal person talking about peace and saying there should be "no retaliation"
2) Have a brief conversation with them and ask if military force is appropriate.
3) When he says, "No." ask him, "Why not?"
4) When he says, "Because that would just cause more innocent deaths, which would be awful, and we should not cause more violence."
5) Punch him in the face . . . hard.
6) When he gets up to punch you, point out to him that it would be a mistake (and contrary to his values) to punch you because he would be causing more violence.
7) When he agrees with you that he has pledged not to commit violence, punch him in the face again . . . only harder this time.
8) Repeat steps 2 through 7 until he understands that sometimes it is necessary to punch back.
LOL! The truth hurts. Thank you so much for showing the misguided the true meaning of patriotism. (^: