Today, I noticed something a bit odd at work: punctuating the oppressive drone of the busses was a fair amount of cheering. Was there a football game, and if so, why did it sound like it was coming from across the street? Curiousity overcame my inertia, and I went down to investigate:
Could this be? A bona fide protest!
Sure, my college campus, like any college campus worth its salt, has its share of protests every now and then. I can’t help but long for the days, before my time of course, when the student body would set the campus on fire; you know, a REAL protest. This wasn’t quite approaching fire levels yet, but I haven’t seen this many students clustered together at an event not involving free food and booze. There were even more people before I decided to run back to my office and grab the camera.
Ben Allen (?), bearer of fire and brimstone.
What was the locus of this particular horde? After asking around a bit, I ascertained that it was this dude in the black leather cap. His shirt reads “No Homos in Heaven!” in proud yellow Burger King font. Apparently he had shown up and thought to spread the word to us heathenish college students: gays AND Jews are going to hell! (how charming and original). As you can see, the quick thinking students surrounding him immediately established a counter-protest of mockery. My favorite is the sheet of paper held by the gentleman in the sweatshirt, proudly bearing an image of the movie poster for Brokeback Mountain, with the caption: “All You Need Is Love.”
His photographer, in matching garb.
This upstanding chap in the red and black hat yelled a lot.
A cop just hanging out, enjoying the scenery.
Some military-type folks, also hanging around for no apparent reason other than to gawk.
Some more signs.
Hope is emo.
I love this one, because it’s true! (Why have there been no ‘Brownback Mountain’ jokes yet? Somebody please fix this)
I love things like this, especially seeing the diversity imminent in the crowd gathering around to mock this guy. No matter what race, creed, sexuality, gender, or social status (frat boy or WOW nerd), everyone is welcome to roast an asshole. And that’s what this country is all about!
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Hope is emo.
You’ve totally made my day.
If you start a Brownback Mountain facebook group, I’d totally join it.
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