Protesting "No Kings"
And be sure to click through to Pye Ian's excellent analysis at the end
Epic protests in San Francisco originated a few minutes from my home yesterday. I didn’t attend, not even to document, because I had to work. Added to which, I could not help but have questions about how “organic” and “of the people” this country-wide protest was.
For example, where were all these people when our government locked us down, kept us from our loved ones, told us we had to inject untested chemicals in our bodies, under threat of losing our jobs, ability to travel, or enter public places?
Later that day, after the crowds had moved elsewhere, I was on my way to meet a friend and I saw this cardboard sign a protestor had left behind on a side-street:
Oh yeah, it was fine for a bunch of rights to be taken away in 2020 and 2021. For some reason (OK, it was repetitive, fear-inducing, propaganda), the People forgot about all the many violations to the US Constitution that happened then:
Freedom of Speech
Freedom of Assembly
Freedom of Religion
to name a few. And people were so brainwashed, they shamed anyone who spoke up for those basic rights.
Except for… on a day in June when we were suddenly informed that actually, racism was more dangerous than Covid. All of a sudden, everybody was urged by the government (well, those in Blue States like mine, at least) to go out, gather en masse to protest. Here’s a quick scan of just one end of Dolores Park, and this is just one of many videos I took that day:
To be clear, I am not down with much of what the current administration is up to, but this meme hits home:

Pye’s Analysis
I just shared this analysis by a FB friend, Pye Ian, on
and it resonates with me. So many threads strung together!
I just added this to my article. https://substack.com/@sanefrancisco/note/c-126772251
I saw the funniest post on Xtwitter. A dude in England had a sign that said "no kings." Dude, you are ruled by a literal king! 😂 And your Trooping the Color was the same day. 😂