“Hands Off” Rally in Downtown Madison
Saturday, April 5th, 2025 05:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jesse_the_kStepped out for a pro-democracy demonstration this noon at our highly photogenic state Capitol square.
- Donald & Elon — nobody paid us to be here
- The power of the people is greater than the people in power
- Without public health it doesn’t matter how cheap your eggs are
- MUSK = SKUM
- They’re eating the checks, they’re eating the balances
- This is my [protestor’s face appears through hole in cardboard] resisting bitch face
- Hate never made America great
The first slogan referenced Musk trying to buy votes for the Republican-backed Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate who lost big to Susan Crawford. There were also many mental health slurs I’m not repeating. "Tax the rich" was a popular chant.
It was energizing and uplifting to be around many other like-minded folks, many my age. It was claustrophobic as all get-out to be in a crowd where my eye is at butt level, thanks to my wheelchair.
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Date: 2025-04-06 01:02 am (UTC)Nice progressive flag on the pavement near your Capitol!
I love "resisting bitch face"! Interesting that I didn't see any mental health slurs that I remember. I certainly wince at plenty of them online in reference to politics.
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Date: 2025-04-06 08:31 pm (UTC)Glad your crowd focused on policy!
Madison's Lesbian mayor, Satya Rhodes-Conway, takes particular delight in inscribing the pavement that's within her control--the Capitol is technically not in the city.
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Date: 2025-04-07 04:01 am (UTC)