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We went downtown for the Boston part of today's nationwide "hands off" protests. We arrived as people were walking from the Common toward Government Center, so we joined them there.
There were a lot of different signs, most of which looked home-made, a mix of general things like "Nobody elected Elon" and signs talking about a specific thing. Adrian made three signs: a simple "NO," "Peace, Love Freedom and a Hard-boiled egg"and one that said "Which Side Are They On?" [2] Some people were carrying or waving flags, mostly Pride (I saw both rainbow flags and Progress Pride flags) and American and Ukrainian flags.
There was enough organizing energy to do things like arrange for speakers and to use the big plaza near City Hall, and a somewhat chaotic mixture of chants and singing as we marched, including one verse of "We Shall Overcome." We left fairly early, while Sen. Markey was speaking; we were too far back to make out a lot of what he was saying."
I started running low on energy while Markey was speaking, so we left while other people were still arriving, but we were there long enough to be seen and help make the crowd larger. I timed it right, meaning I didn't run out of energy before we got home.
Yesterday I was guessing I wouldn't be able to go, because of either joint or GI issues, but I took pills before we left and crossed my fingers, and it worked.
I did most of this masked. I took my mask off when we got out of the T at Park Street, then put it back on because it ws dense crowd and not much breeze. I was pleasantly surprised to see some other people masking at the rally.
When I said I was tired of almost all my outings being medical, I was thinking about museums or seeing friends, but this is what needs doing.
[1] "Reasonably priced love" wouldn't work in this context.
[2] The union song that's based on asks "Which Side Are You On?"
There were a lot of different signs, most of which looked home-made, a mix of general things like "Nobody elected Elon" and signs talking about a specific thing. Adrian made three signs: a simple "NO," "Peace, Love Freedom and a Hard-boiled egg"and one that said "Which Side Are They On?" [2] Some people were carrying or waving flags, mostly Pride (I saw both rainbow flags and Progress Pride flags) and American and Ukrainian flags.
There was enough organizing energy to do things like arrange for speakers and to use the big plaza near City Hall, and a somewhat chaotic mixture of chants and singing as we marched, including one verse of "We Shall Overcome." We left fairly early, while Sen. Markey was speaking; we were too far back to make out a lot of what he was saying."
I started running low on energy while Markey was speaking, so we left while other people were still arriving, but we were there long enough to be seen and help make the crowd larger. I timed it right, meaning I didn't run out of energy before we got home.
Yesterday I was guessing I wouldn't be able to go, because of either joint or GI issues, but I took pills before we left and crossed my fingers, and it worked.
I did most of this masked. I took my mask off when we got out of the T at Park Street, then put it back on because it ws dense crowd and not much breeze. I was pleasantly surprised to see some other people masking at the rally.
When I said I was tired of almost all my outings being medical, I was thinking about museums or seeing friends, but this is what needs doing.
[1] "Reasonably priced love" wouldn't work in this context.
[2] The union song that's based on asks "Which Side Are You On?"
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