by Scott Lohman
Today across the country people gathered to show protest signs, show their presence and in some locations hear speakers. I went to a park in Robbinsdale Minnesota. Between 500 and 700 people gathered there. There were people with signs standing at the corners of an intersection encouraging drivers to honk. The main gathering was around a platform for speakers. For this location that included a drag queen reading of “And Tango Makes Three” about the gay penguins who raised a chick. The book is being removed from many libraries as apparently gay penguins are an inappropriate topic.
The Twin Cites had a number of “No Kings” protests with attendance well beyond the one I went to. And there was no violence at all. And this despite this being what Minnesota Congressman Tom Emmer said would be the “terrorist wing” of liberal politics. Resistance to authoritarianism starts with showing up.
Notes Along The Way 