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Largest Crowd Yet Descends on Wisconsin Capitol
A state Capitol thrown into political chaos swelled for a fifth day with nearly 70,000 protesters, as supporters of Republican efforts to scrap the union rights of state workers challenged pro-labor protesters face-to-face for the first time and GOP leaders insisted again Saturday there was no room for compromise. . .
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It was a pretty awesome day, with no violence despite passionate views on both sides.
ReplyDeleteThe reason why it was larger is because both sides were represented today. You know, conservatives have jobs to do unlike liberals who took the day off.
ReplyDeleteJill has a nice post on her web site: http://jillsixpack.blogspot.com/
Monday will have another big rally and then everyone disappears.
While it's true that both sides were represented yesterday, the pro-Walker demonstrators were vastly outnumbered. They mostly stayed on the Capitol lawn at the King Street entrance, where the stage and microphone for their speakers was set up. They also wrapped up and went home about an hour and a half earlier than scheduled. I did see a handful of "the other side" walking among the bigger union crowd, and at least a couple signs that were deliberately provocative (like "God Hates Dems" and "Obama, Hitler, Stalin"), but no one took the bait. There were some college students with the predictable "Walker is Fascist" signs. One child stood on the sidewalk with his mother, holding a sign that said "Walker is Not Hitler. He is a Bad Governor." I thought that showed some real class, and I'm glad she's teaching him how to protest peacefully, without exaggerated rhetoric.
ReplyDeleteI'm just glad to see Americans fighting for something they believe in. And not in some park, with vague rhetoric and tea bags hanging off their hats.
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