Philadelphia represented!!!!!
I attended the George Floyd March in Philly...it was very stirring, Happy, sad, angry and magical all at once is the only way to describe it. Two friends of mine invited me to come down, and felt I wanted to. Although, I hung back from the major march on the street because not everyone was wearing mask, so I hung back to the sidelines. My measley video.
It was nice. Every race,sex,age, and lifestyle joined in,We've all seen by now the sensational news parts that the reporters show, whether it was the looting or just being overly confrontational and trying to escalate the protests, But we all know that news is a business which purports to tell us what's going on, yet racks up their ratings only showing the sensational parts. But I'll bet most of the protests were like this one. And I feel it's sensational enough that this many folks want to end rampant police brutality, and have equal rights for all, that they're hitting the streets to get it and done peacfully. Sure bad things happen during these riots, like stealing and looting, but that shouldn't be the headline, the cause should be, and Philly did good. What a difference from the destruction last weekend in Philly, and in other good news, the Mike Rizzo statue of the past bigoited mayor has been removed!!!!! We followed along the march route from the Art Museum to City Hall. This guy was kind enough to let me take and share his picture. Love his message.
Just to show you the size of the crowd and how many cared. This was shared to me by Mac and Meeka. Thanks guys!
I wondered if you may be down in the masses. I think that crowd even far outnumbered last year 50th Stonewall Pride Festivities. I and another member of the orchestra played our cello and violin on a corner for all the protestors passing by in memory all lives lost. It was a good day.
ReplyDeleteAren't you two dolls! What a simply beautiful thing to do. Bravo!
DeleteThat is so cool Josh!
DeleteYOU GO JOSH!
DeleteThat is pretty amazing to hear. I would have loved to have heard some of your music.
DeleteI love the sign! Be safe Maddie.
ReplyDeleteGOD DAMN! that crowd was HUGE! thank you for marching for me, maddie. and for #BLACKLIVESMATTER! I wish I could march, but you know my limited mobility issues. so I will donate $$ to the cause instead.
ReplyDeleteMore people than at Trump's inauguration!
DeleteThat will be his next beef Im sure.
DeleteWell done Maddie.
ReplyDeleteWOW! That is quite amazing and very moving to see all people coming together. Let's hope it last and it sinks in this time.
ReplyDeleteAs I said before you have our condolences from New Zealand on the lack of leadership, or for that matter, a lack of a leader at all.
Great that you (safely) attended! Crowds have been huge at these protest marches all over the world.
ReplyDeleteGods love you Mistress. We saw some of the coverage and were blown away by the number of people that attended. WOW! We also par took of a lunch out for the first time at a outdoor café, but we ended up asking for it to go. Way to many people coming in and no mask wearing. Very disappointing. Needless to say we won't be patronizing them anymore if they can't be responsible.
ReplyDeleteSo great to see such a crowd!
ReplyDeleteHere! Here! That guys sign is very funny, and it also make a point. I almost drove to Philly myself for the March but I thought traffic might be a mess.
ReplyDeleteGreat post and words! That guy with the sign gave me a laugh with that. My kind of guy and nice legs! It was so important to be apart of. We drove up to San Fran for the march there, for the walk over the Golden Gate. Could have almost brought tears. Time to get the message out, we aren't taking this unequal rights anymore or the treatment of our fellow people. Time to end this period.
ReplyDeleteWow, that's Amazing, gave me Chills and a sense Change could actually happen with all this Passion and Public Support being so evident! I'm glad it was a good Experience for you. Our Oldest Daughter's Family and several of our Adult Grandchildren live in Pittsburgh and our Youngest Adult Granddaughter there is Activist oriented and part of the LGBTQ Community.
ReplyDeleteI myself made the fatal error of believing these were riots and only riots, to the point where I said to someone, why are they burning their own neighborhoods down? I'm ashamed I said it and should have known better. So often these start out as peaceful demonstrations and only turn into riots when the police show up. Really, has there ever been a riot that can't be traced back to the police? Look at Stonewall.
ReplyDeleteThere are two types in these riots. The ones who are honest and peacefully seeking change and the opportunist. But I'm sure some of the was also done just because of pure hurt and angry, for being ignored and walked over constantly.
DeleteIt's that old African proverb saying."This is what happens when the child who is not embraced by the village. They will burn it down to feel it's warmth." People can only take so much pain and hurt.
That is amazing. Glad Philly got it right. And love Mr. Big Booty's poster. Proud of you for going out and participating, too. It's important. This is the time for this finally. It is sad that it takes someone's life to wake us all up... but we woke now. And we are speaking now. I applaud you, my dear.
ReplyDeleteIf we don't get change soon on many levels, this country will be done. And another four years if he is elected, the country will be history. It will then be a revolution, mark my words.
DeleteMay we have lines like that at the polling place on November 3rd, Flush the Turd on November 3rd!
ReplyDeleteGlad you were able to stay
ReplyDeletesafe and march. We've even
had demonstrations in this
red part of WA.
xoxo :-)
I appreciate the Sign.... He is correct.. .
ReplyDeleteThat sign gave me a good chuckle with a excellent message.
DeleteIt was a day that made me proud for sure. I'm exhausted today. My big black ads ain't used to that kind of walking...but I had too. Too important not to.
ReplyDeleteYes, there were a LOT of people in Philly protesting yesterday and I was thrilled to see it online. I'm also glad you stayed a safe distance. I fear there's going to be a spike in COVID-19 cases in a few weeks due to all of these protests. Stay safe.
ReplyDeleteBetween protests and re-openings….we better grid out loins. Spikes are already going higher then they were originally in the first round.
DeleteGood for you for being a part of this! Your courage and desire for justice inspire us.
ReplyDeletePowerful protests all over Europe, too. Can’t believe this is necessary in 2020 but so proud of those making their voices heard.
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