protest frustration

[celticdragonfly]

Oh, this is not happy. Various of the people from the DFW area on the protest's email list are now saying oh no, they aren't willing to do the protest on the sidewalk and the area between the sidewalk and the street (which you need to do so that you're on *public* property and the business can't tell you to leave), that's too *dangerous*! What about their kids?

Well, I have a kid who'd be very difficult to get to stay safely out of traffic - and I plan to have him securely strapped into a stroller.

These other women are now talking about well, we'll just go inside and order and nurse, and maybe they'll tell us to leave, and we can make a big fuss about it!

I hate this idea. I do not intend to bring ANY business or spend any money with that restaurant as long as they keep up their current attitudes. And I want to educate the public, not pull some stunt to make a fuss.

Or, they said, we could just meet in some OTHER restaurant! Um, this is a protest, not a lunch date.

Feeling very John Adams-ish, "This is a revolution, damnit, we're going to have to offend somebody!"

Comments

[fabricdragon.livejournal.com]

uh. missed a post or five due to computer woes......
whats up?
where?
what did the restaurant do?

[hopeevey.livejournal.com]

**blinks**

I'm amazed as some people's capacity to just not get it.

So Not a Revolutionary, Me.

[carbonelle.livejournal.com]

You know I have mixed feelings about your cause, but you are right on all counts.

The restaurant has the right to set annoying and unfair standards; and you have the right to refuse to do business with them and to publically inform their clients that they're being wankers.

This is how we avoid messy revolutions.