Yesterday the demonstrations against arms in the US were a big success! I didn't see images of the marches but I heard that there were at least 800 000 people protesting in the streets! I guess you were among them on Market Street (or another place) Tina and Nicole, and we all hope that something will be done in order to avoid some new school shootings again (but of course with a president supported by the NRA, it's just a feeble hope alas!)
I responded:
Yes, wasn't it wonderful to see--and hear! I went directly from a meeting of OWL, where we learned more about and discussed local election issues (June ballot) to the Civic Center, where well-established people like the acting mayor Mark Farrell, Senator Diane Feinstein, and the former acting mayor London Breed spoke and then each introduced a high school student or a person who had been a high school student at the time of a shooting. They all spoke passionately and well. Someone who had been in the Columbine shooting talked about how she spoke out then, and after the Virginia Tech shooting, she made a donation, but after the Sandy Hook shooting realized that she wanted to do more--like being sure she had divested in anything supporting the NRA. She urged us to do that.
It was Jonathan's birthday, so on the other side of my sign, I had one for him. Also, the woman who conceived of the pussy cat hats for the Women's March promoted the idea of the evil eye--both to ward off evil and to keep a close eye on our politicians!
Some really old slogans were recycled: It used to be "Hey, hey, LBJ, how many kids did you kill today" in reference to President Johnson and Vietnam. Yesterday it was "Hey, Hey, NRA. How many kids have you killed today."
Another recycled one was "Arms are for hugging."
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