It wasn't a huge protest, maybe 75 people...

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MiHale (12,731) posts


It wasn't a huge protest, maybe 75 people...


It was cold but we’re Michiganders…what a little cold? Organizers didn’t want any injuries due to the weather so it was only a little over an hour long. West Branch, Michigan. Indivisible quick protest.
No pictures…mittens stopped that. I do have an idea to share though.

We were in the middle of making our signs and an idea struck…no signs. Using a little northern experience we painted some old oversized t-shirts I use for working in the field. Over our coats it was another layer of warmth and an easy way to get out the message.



https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220985857

Boring

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The symbolism of it being so cold and wintery in their protest against 'ICE'...

Didn't Al Gore give a speech about global warming as it was snowing around him?

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The symbolism of it being so cold and wintery in their protest against 'ICE'...

Didn't Al Gore give a speech about global warming as it was snowing around him?

Well Al also said that it was going to be much warmer in 10-12 years from his speech and it's not way beyond that time.

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Since West Branch, MI is a town of <2500 in the middle of a very rural area, I doubt the townspeople have seen many immigrants, illegal or legal. So the "maybe 75" (or maybe 40 or 50) were

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The symbolism of it being so cold and wintery in their protest against 'ICE'...

Didn't Al Gore give a speech about global warming as it was snowing around him?

While in the front yard of one of his two ocean front mansions.

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While in the front yard of one of his two ocean front mansions.

I know he had/has a place in SF. Does he have digs on Long Island or Martha's Vineyard or Hilton Head?