Not something you see everyday
Sep. 30th, 2012 04:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
snowywolfowlWhen I went grocery shopping today I walked past a very large number of anti-abortion protesters, all of whom had signs, who were supported by a few pickup trucks carrying anti-abortion signs driving up and down the street. Since this isn't something one normal encounters on a usual Walmart visit I decided to do the only appropriate thing and deliberately walk down the sidewalk they were standing beside to see what would happen.
As expected, other than a mixture of car honks and middle finger salutes from passing drivers, nothing of note happened. Well, I did have to move over about 9 inches to avoid hitting an octogenarian with my grocery bag on the way back, and one man in his forties politely smiled at me, but neither of these qualify as obstructing traffic or confrontating passerbys in my rational, politically centrist mind. Likewise none of the signs had any messages or images that could be considered obscene or likely to inspire violence. While I have some fundamental differences of opinion with the anti-abortion crowd I cannot dispute that their protest was a textbook case of how to express your opinion in a noticeable yet civil way, and for that I must tip my hat to them.
As expected, other than a mixture of car honks and middle finger salutes from passing drivers, nothing of note happened. Well, I did have to move over about 9 inches to avoid hitting an octogenarian with my grocery bag on the way back, and one man in his forties politely smiled at me, but neither of these qualify as obstructing traffic or confrontating passerbys in my rational, politically centrist mind. Likewise none of the signs had any messages or images that could be considered obscene or likely to inspire violence. While I have some fundamental differences of opinion with the anti-abortion crowd I cannot dispute that their protest was a textbook case of how to express your opinion in a noticeable yet civil way, and for that I must tip my hat to them.
