I'd hoped that I wouldn't be the only frog-themed person at today's No Kings rally (we were at the corner of Hillhurst and Vermont) - and indeed I wasn't. We were quite a little pond-full. Mind you, I was stopped quite a few times by people saying: so - ummm - can I ask - what is it with the Frogs? Well, I explain, up in Portland, which Trump has called a war zone, full of terrorist rioters, people are demonstrating outside the ICE facility and elsewhere in inflatable frog suits (or inflatable other creatures, like unicorns and chickens - both also visible in our demo today). I didn't get into the whole logic of reclaiming Pepe the Frog, but I might have done.
Of course, there were other notable bits of art work;
and an absolutely adorable fascist-eating Dinosaur (and is that a Handmaid sitting on the curb?);
and an excellent appropriation of the Dodgers.
It was also very hot - and extremely good spirited: one might as well fight the regime with fun, as well as all the anger that fuels us from day to day.
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