Doug thinks that if I’m truly opposed to Donald J. Trump, I would join protesters at today’s event at Airport High School. My response echoes that of Mr. Darcy when urged to dance: “At such an assembly as this it would be insupportable.” Mr. Darcy didn’t do country dances, and I don’t do street protests. They are to me at the very least insupportable, if not indeed anathema.
But at least I can feel some small kinship with the protesters, after reading this release from the state Democratic Party:
Columbia’s #FamouslyHot Trump Protest, 4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., Airport High School, 1315 Boston Ave, West Columbia, SC 29170. Indivisible Midlands has a protest permit that runs from 4:00 – 8:00 PM and they will be standing along the sidewalks on Boston Ave starting from the corner of Boston Ave and Greenwood Drive (between the high school and middle school) and stretching towards Airport High. Parking: Protest attendees will be allowed to park **directly across the street** in the parking lots of the SC Vocational Rehab buildings starting at 4:00 PM. The lots are large enough to fit buses if groups choose to organize them. As of writing this, Boston Ave will remain open to traffic flow, so you’ll be able to get to the lots easily. Our event plans are to demonstrate outside–even once the McMaster/Trump event begins at 6:00 PM.If you choose to leave our permitted area to venture elsewhere or choose to go inside the rally where the president will be speaking if you have tickets, Indivisible Midlands is not responsible for your safety and cannot be held liable for what occurs outside the bounds of our permit. The McMaster/Trump event won’t let you take signs or much of anything inside, so you’ll need to stow any of those in your vehicles before venturing in. Again, we aren’t necessarily encouraging or discouraging anyone from going to see the president speak if they wish–the event is open to the public if you reserved ticket online. We just have no plans as an organization to do so and any disruptions that may occur once inside should not be attributed to us as such. …
As you may or may not know, ADCO is the agency that came up with Columbia’s “Famously Hot” identity.
I suspect it will seem particularly apt at about 4 p.m. today in the vicinity of Airport High School. Yet another reason to leave the whole mess to other people. I assure you that at that hour, I will be congratulating myself on not being there…
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The President of the United States is coming to Columbia and all you can mention is the protest rally.
“Famously Hot”… so is Hell. Dumbest slogan so far, worse than Cola City.
“Indivisible Midlands is not responsible for your safety and cannot be held liable for what occurs outside the bounds of our permit.”
We can only hope…
What did Famously Hot beat out… “Sweat Your Ass Off”, “Home of the Screaming Baby Necklace Guy”, “Buy your Board With a Chicken Painted on it for $5”, “Where Football is Played in a Industrial Park”…
“90 miles from everywhere”
“The President of the United States is coming to Columbia and all you can mention is the protest rally…”
What on Earth would you LIKE to see? “Golly gee willikers, I am just thrilled beyond words that the Orange One is coming to my hometown?”
Anyway, I mentioned it earlier:
Here’s hoping the thing is over with quickly, without any untoward incidents, so we can put it behind us…