Sunday, July 14, 2013

How I Saved My Life Last Night

Being the curious character I am, on news that a march was being formed to protest the verdict in the George Zimmerman case, I headed toward San Francisco's Mission district, last night. I was hoping to get some pictures and perhaps get some doozie quotes as to why an anti-war group called out its members for this march. 

But, on an isolated, dark strip of Market St, I was surrounded by about 10 hoodie wearing young black kids. It was just me and them. One asked, "Who you for?"

I shouted what I thought was the best thing to shout at that point, "Trayvon Martin" and threw my fist into the air. It seemed to be the right answer and action, a couple of them shouted back, "Yeah!" and they moved on.

That was enough for me, I headed back home, up Nob Hill. I've noticed that protesters, especially rowdy ones don't like to climb hills.

9 comments:

  1. You are a compromiser just like Rand Paul, saying what people want to hear. Mises and Rothbard would have said "Zimmerman." Maybe they would have gotten bludgeoned to death by those neocon kids, but hey, ideological purity and stuff.

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    1. Is someone threatening to kill Rand? Can you not tell the difference between saying something to curry favor and saying something under the threat of physical harm?

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  2. Good job defusing the situation.

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  3. Next time, do the same thing, but take a gun with you. Please.

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    1. He's in San Francisco! Carrying a gun will get him beaten down by the cops faster than those hoodie kids woudl take him out if he'd yelled "ZIMMERMAN!"

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    2. Unless you're a REALLY good shot, get one of those not-legal-in-California 15 round magazines

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  4. I don't understand the problem. It is legal to stand on a street, it is legal to ask questions. There is no reason for you to have felt threatened by people following and surrounding you.

    Sarcasm off. How's about we drop the hypocrisy, and apply the same standards across the board? A threat is a threat. Aggression is aggression. As your story shows, one need not be actually attacked to justifiably perceive a threat; likewise one does not need to actually physically attack in order to agress.

    Can't you see that you are being manipulated?

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    1. If Robert responded to the perceived threat by pounding heads against pavement, he would be the aggressor.

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