Well, that was interesting. Just returned, slightly dehydrated and a little tired, from the counter-demonstration on the Capitol Campus. First, nobody got hurt or arrested, so far as I know, so GOOD JOB EVERBODY!

There was a good turn-out of folks, and everybody more-or-less kept cool about the protest. Being there was enough to show them that they aren't welcome here, and there were a lot of Olympians there.

A grand total of 11 Nazis showed up. Pretty pathetic. They really need to make some new friends and get out more. This "nazi thing" really isn't working out too well.

I'm guessing here, but I's say there were between 150-200 counter-demonstrators present. Way more if you count dogs.

WSP out in force to protect the poor, helpless nazis from the big, bad group of hippies.

I chose to play the fool, as they say, by being a clown. We had some giant flags, and we worked out some chants. I brought some kazoos and the Hogan's Heros theme song so we could practice a bit. (Thank you, Pat (POLDF) for organizing that so well.) I think the clowning helped to lighten things up somewhat, and keep the whole thing in perspective.

For me, the most effective thing that I witnessed was the dancing. I wish that there had been more music and less talking. It is no use talking to the nazis, and no real new information to share with the protestors, so why not spin some tunes and do a little funky clown action. I mean, dancing is the antithesis to hate and anger. REMEMBER FOR NEXT TIME: bring a loud sound system to get people moving.

I'm sure we'll be breaking it down more at the BroHo tonight. See y'all there.