Being the amazing, true-to-life adventures and (very likely) misadventures of a writer who seeks to take his education, activism and seemingly boundless energy to North Minneapolis, (NoMi) to help with a process of turning a rapidly revitalizing neighborhood into something approaching Urban Utopia. I am here to be near my child. From 02/08 to 06/15 this blog pushed free speech to the envelope, so others could take heart and speak unafraid. Email me at hoffjohnw@gmail.com
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
RNC 2008: Inside The "Freedom Of Speech Cage"
Photos By John Hoff, September 1
Here are three pictures I took (from inside the "freedom of speech cage" near XCel Energy Center) of Republican counter-demonstrators. Note the pile of unused signs as high as the counter demonstrator's waist!
Things I heard yelled by the anti-war marchers included, "Nice to meet ALL FIVE OF YOU!" and "I hope you're going to recycle those signs. Oh, wait, you don't believe in global warming, DO YOU?!"
Yeah, I guess they took (as Mick Jagger would sing) their "fair share of abuse" at the de-mon-stray-shuns. I'm sure the counter demonstrators would have liked a bigger group. Well, you can't always get what you want.
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