Rufus
San Jose trip updates: we just landed in sj. Never realized before how ugly the airport Is. Or maybe I did and just forgot. Amanda talked to a security guard about the mural on the wall: is it Diego Rivera? He didn’t know but he said the city wants to tear the whole building down, people are trying to save the mural, though.
This might be a good way to combat the ubiquitous fundamentalist bigots: using their own tactics to upstage and embaress them (Click through the picture for the article).
“This woman was wearing an ankle-length corduroy skirt, which, as we all know, is a fashion nono. So, in order to make her feel uncomfortable, I stood next to her and held a sign that said “Corduroy Skirts Are a Sin”! I don’t think I have ever drawn so much attention in my life. So many people asked to take a picture with me, I got laughs, high fives and there were the few that even cursed off the woman standing behind me. As I drew interest to what was going on with myself and the woman with the hateful sign, I started to draw a crowd that stood with me in support. Before I knew it I had 100+ people holding signs for gay rights asking people to honk their horns to support. I never expected anybody to come stand by me and support and I appreciate it so much that everyone came! It meant so much and it proved to those ignorant people that we aren’t afraid, and we will put up a fight.”
