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Lefta Dissenter

(6,622 posts)
Sat Jul 5, 2014, 11:33 PM Jul 2014

Hobby Lobby Protest in Madison (Monona) today

We had a good turnout today for our protest of Hobby Lobby. We spent most of the time out on the corner at the entrance to the mall (public property), but then had a short march up to the front of the store. We stayed there for 10 or 15 minutes or so, and then as we were marching back to the street corner, the cop finally cruised by. There was a lot of support from passersby, but also the expected smattering of head-shakers, bird-flippers and hecklers. A couple of shoppers dangled their Hobby Lobby bags out of their car windows to prove their support for mysogyny.


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Hobby Lobby Protest in Madison (Monona) today (Original Post) Lefta Dissenter Jul 2014 OP
Thank you for doing something. Hoppy Jul 2014 #1
Seeing the grinning chimps dangling their HL bags edgineered Jul 2014 #2
ZOMG. eom littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 #10
I think the entire phrase is Jackpine Radical Jul 2014 #22
I believe that to be correct sir. nt edgineered Jul 2014 #24
Thank you !!!! SamKnause Jul 2014 #3
Thank you, Lefta Dissenter! sheshe2 Jul 2014 #4
Thank you! pamela Jul 2014 #5
Photo credit Lefta Dissenter Jul 2014 #6
Most excellent! BrotherIvan Jul 2014 #7
Great work!!! C Moon Jul 2014 #8
IKR!! littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 #11
+1 C Moon Jul 2014 #14
Excellent, thank you for doing liberalhistorian Jul 2014 #9
Reaction... ReRe Jul 2014 #15
Will get arrested for littering or something! --remember their are cameras riversedge Jul 2014 #20
Not if you think it through. ReRe Jul 2014 #21
Big KICK AND RECOMMENDED. littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 #12
LOVE LOVE LOVE littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 #13
K&R ReRe Jul 2014 #16
Awesome! Kath1 Jul 2014 #17
Way to go Cheeseheads! Scuba Jul 2014 #18
Facebook pics here.. riversedge Jul 2014 #19
Wish I had known mzteris Jul 2014 #23

edgineered

(2,101 posts)
2. Seeing the grinning chimps dangling their HL bags
Sat Jul 5, 2014, 11:42 PM
Jul 2014

sure must have been good for a laugh.

An old joke asks what the last thing a redneck says before an accident is. "Hey! Watch this!"

liberalhistorian

(20,816 posts)
9. Excellent, thank you for doing
Sun Jul 6, 2014, 01:26 AM
Jul 2014

this and I hope to see many more protests like this throughout the country. Unfortunately, one of the few HL's in my state, and the nearest one to me, is in a blood-red, deep red city in a deep red state and I'd be lucky to get maybe ten people together for it. And the reactions would probably be far uglier and more violent, sad to say.

ReRe

(10,597 posts)
15. Reaction...
Sun Jul 6, 2014, 02:52 AM
Jul 2014

... at least tomatoes and raw eggs. Heck, maybe guns! Hey, but here's something you all could do: Get a big box of rubbers and distribute them all over the store where customers will find them. WEAR PLASTIC GLOVES so your prints won't be detected. If you've got 10 volunteers to help you, the job would be over in no time.

riversedge

(70,191 posts)
20. Will get arrested for littering or something! --remember their are cameras
Sun Jul 6, 2014, 08:49 AM
Jul 2014

everywhere. Be careful

ReRe

(10,597 posts)
16. K&R
Sun Jul 6, 2014, 03:03 AM
Jul 2014

Well you tell everyone thank you and that it did our hearts good to see you guys out there kicking HL's butt! That's what democracy looks like!

mzteris

(16,232 posts)
23. Wish I had known
Sun Jul 6, 2014, 11:09 AM
Jul 2014

about this.

Maybe it was posted on here (don't come on everyday). Is there some sort of Liberal Woman FB page in Madison or something like that? I know a lot of women who would have shown up!

As for the Hobby Lobby bag shakers - just wave your coat hanger. Let them explain THAT to their daughters.

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