Today's Protest
What you see is more or less exactly what it was like at the protest today.
And even though you haven't earned it, I am going to share some photos from the day with you.
Der Bingle (see the SkeptiCamp logo in the corner?)
Die Animala (German, not a command.)
V, Bing, Animala
A Flickr Stream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/youthradio/sets/72157624007371832/show/
Lastly, Westboro Baptist tagged by vandals.
HJ
UPDATE: CBS Atlanta coverage
Seed Newsvine
6 comments:
The videos are remarkable. They actually leave me feeling hopeful as a citizen of Atlanta. I guess the presence of diversity (other than Little 5 Points, at least) just isn't so apparent to me as when something like this brings it out into the open. Then again, Atlanta is something of an oasis in a desert of redneck ignorance that is the south.
Without a doubt, the real story was the counter-protest. It almost didn't matter that the WBC was there. Good for us!
HJ
Nice work on the protest. Sorry I wasn't in a position to help, but then who would wish for WBC to be closer to their town?
PS: you are both exactly as I pictured you, but I thought Animala was taller...
No I didn't. Great sign.
Ah, but you are in a position to help! You can donate a couple of buck to AID Atlanta, which screens the community for HIV (very important) or Jerusalem House, which gives shelter to people who suffer from HIV/AIDS.
Make sure that you indicate that credit for the donation is directed to:
Fred Phelps
Westboro Baptist Church
3701 SW 12th St.
Topeka, KS 66604
Heehee.
HJ
So that's what you look like. Funny, for some reason I always pictured you looking a bit like Hemant Mehta. Might have been the surname.
Actually, I'm what you humans call a shapeshifter.
HJ
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