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[chanter1944]

Otherwise known as, my *gosh* that was a tremendous crowd at Madison's rally yesterday! I am appallingly bad at estimating crowd size, but the capital steps and lawns were nothing short of a sea of people and signs. It was incredibly diverse out there too, in terms of age, race, gender, economic circumstance and ability, which was excellent to see. People kept spotting my Red Cross pins and either asking what they were or recognizing a fellow donor; someone from Saint Paul, MN just achieved her own ten gallon pin, yay!

I can say both that I shouted/chanted/sang myself hoarse during all that, and that I'll be wearing different shoes next time I rally. The current walking shoes are great for getting miles in, but they don't have much cushion for when you're standing in place on concrete steps. Oh well. I did not, as requested jokingly by the sidelined by sickness meimichan, drop the F-bomb during events, but I was keeping an ear out for an opportunity to do so. It just didn't happen. :P

Some of my favorite signs from yesterday:
*The Turd Reich, including Trump, Musk, et al photoshopped into exactly the uniforms you'd expect
*Hands Off My Public Schools, carried by a kid old enough to know exactly what he was doing (as a family including multiple teachers across generations, we thanked him for that one)
*My Parents Fled Europe To Escape This Crap
*Elon's Not A Cheesehead, He's An Asshat
*I'm Not Usually A Sign Guy, But Jeez

My eye is now on May 2, and the pro-immigrant rally being planned for the same location. Heck yes, I'm going.