I'm so happy that I decided to drive up to Dallas for this event. It was by far the most successful protest/counter protest event I have been a part of. It was so obvious how dejected the opposition was because we were there, and most of all, because we outnumbered them so badly. This is the first time I have seen us be able to do that! I sure hope it is a sign of things to come!
There was one thing that really saddened me. Some woman wearing a black kerchief-mask to cover her face had a little girl around the age of 2 with her. The child had on a red t-shirt with the American flag printed on it. The mother had taken a black marker and made a large A (for America) in the middle of the flag. Then, there was a circle drawn around the A and a slash drawn through it. How can any American be so cruel as to trash their own country to their own children?
I also want to add a line about how fine Jeff Head was. He engaged some of the protesters in some very thoughtful dialogue, and I thought it was evident from the the facial expressions of the protesters that he gave them some things to think about that they had never considered before. I wish I had been smart enough to run my video camera and record this entire conversation. I honestly think that Jeff was responsible for turning around at least some of this uninformed group of young people that we faced today.
Thanks to all the many people who worked so hard to coordinate this effort and put together the myriad of supplies, props, costumes, etc that it took to pull it off.
Ping Jeff.
This sounds like the "anarchy a" symbol.
I was. I have the tape.