San Francisco Immigration Rally March ends at the Civic Center across from Teabaggers - story & pics

[Kadie]

Pete Turner tries to stop protesters from crossing the street where a group of Tea Party demonstrators gathered at Civic Center on Saturday in San Francisco.

Photo: Lacy Atkins / The Chronicle



Police patrol Polk Street to prevent people who marched to Civic Center from crossing the street where Tea Party protesters were Saturday in San Francisco.

Photo: Lacy Atkins / The Chronicle



Big S.F. protest of Arizona immigration law
Justin Berton, Chronicle Staff Writer

Saturday, May 1, 2010

(05-01) 16:05 PDT -- Thousands marched through San Francisco's Mission District Saturday to denounce a new Arizona state law as racist and to call for immigration reform.

The march, part of the annual worldwide May Day workers' rights demonstrations, stretched four to five blocks and ended at City Hall, where members of the conservative Tea Party and local Golden Gate Minutemen held a counter-protest.


Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/05/01/BAHD1D86I4.DTL#ixzz0mjUFpWub



Ana V. Gutierrez carries a sign as she marches through the Mission District to Civic Center with thousands of protesters Saturday in San Francisco.

Photo: Lacy Atkins / The Chronicle

[marmar]

1. The Tea Party in San Francisco?

I'm sure they got quite the reception......

[mulsh]

2. Don't kid yourself there are plenty of teabagger types in SF &

the rest of the Bay Area. They don't particularly care about the reception they get at rallies and marches. I think they like being out numbered, it allows them to perpetuate their minority/victim myth.

But take it from a life long lefty liberal resident the liberal vortex in this area is not as large as we residents like to believe. The same is very much true for Berkeley, Oakland, etc. For instance of a group of around 100 people I grew up with in Oakland I'd say close to half are hard core right wing racist assholes.

[old mark]

3. They are very like the "religious" right - they love to feel "persecuted"

for their beliefs while they in fact persecute everyone else for theirs.

mark