i was out in tampa. i am stunned by the number of folks there, as st pete is typically more progressive and tends to draw the crowds. the distance makes those protests impossible for me to attend.
this weekend, there weren’t JUST unexpected crowds in tampa. they were everywhere. people didn’t travel to protest in miami or orlando—they got…
i was out in tampa. i am stunned by the number of folks there, as st pete is typically more progressive and tends to draw the crowds. the distance makes those protests impossible for me to attend.
this weekend, there weren’t JUST unexpected crowds in tampa. they were everywhere. people didn’t travel to protest in miami or orlando—they got together in their communities.
naples. the villages. inverness. west palm beach. places filled with the wealthy elite showed up in ways i couldn’t have predicted. there were poor and vulnerable people in the streets along with people of means who often stay home.
let me stress to anyone unfamiliar with florida politics: jacksonville, orlando, st pete, miami. these are the blue enclaves you can expect to protest. they are florida’s equivalent to boston/la/nyc.
the villages, naples, inverness…those are primarily retirement communities for the wealthy. they’re surrounded by red rural areas which host compounds full of white supremacists. they ignored their own fear and privilege and stood up.
beyond florida, indiana showed up in ways i couldn’t have predicted. i grew up a little north of ft wayne which came out. valparaiso is a small college town that stood up.
the ONLY reported violence took place in lafayette-across the river from purdue which is my alma mater. i’m not surprised by that but i am disappointed. what is thrilling is that the people who run the land grant university in indiana took to the streets. a land grant university teaches agriculture as part of its mission. i graduated from the school of forestry within the school of agriculture. these are hard core rednecks and generational farmers. this is the rural republican base.
it’s growing and you know it’s serious when montana gets involved and utah is a sea of rainbow flags.
i was out in tampa. i am stunned by the number of folks there, as st pete is typically more progressive and tends to draw the crowds. the distance makes those protests impossible for me to attend.
this weekend, there weren’t JUST unexpected crowds in tampa. they were everywhere. people didn’t travel to protest in miami or orlando—they got together in their communities.
naples. the villages. inverness. west palm beach. places filled with the wealthy elite showed up in ways i couldn’t have predicted. there were poor and vulnerable people in the streets along with people of means who often stay home.
let me stress to anyone unfamiliar with florida politics: jacksonville, orlando, st pete, miami. these are the blue enclaves you can expect to protest. they are florida’s equivalent to boston/la/nyc.
the villages, naples, inverness…those are primarily retirement communities for the wealthy. they’re surrounded by red rural areas which host compounds full of white supremacists. they ignored their own fear and privilege and stood up.
beyond florida, indiana showed up in ways i couldn’t have predicted. i grew up a little north of ft wayne which came out. valparaiso is a small college town that stood up.
the ONLY reported violence took place in lafayette-across the river from purdue which is my alma mater. i’m not surprised by that but i am disappointed. what is thrilling is that the people who run the land grant university in indiana took to the streets. a land grant university teaches agriculture as part of its mission. i graduated from the school of forestry within the school of agriculture. these are hard core rednecks and generational farmers. this is the rural republican base.
it’s growing and you know it’s serious when montana gets involved and utah is a sea of rainbow flags.