Comments on: marching on

By: Fighting Entitlement « Charlotte’s Web

Fighting Entitlement « Charlotte’s Web — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:29:35 +0000

[...] her aside as she was marching and grasped her breasts. You can read her post here, and that of the friend she was marching [...]

By: Jen

Jen — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:18:58 +0000

@cath – yeah, amity handled it with more equanimity than i did, but she’s fine. she managed to get a swing at his arm before he disappeared.

@charlotte – you’ve hit the nail on the head.

By: Thomas Foolery

Thomas Foolery — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:25:52 +0000

really struggling here

By: Cath Elliott

Cath Elliott — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:55:12 +0000

I’m so sorry to hear about this jen: is Amity okay?

I was also on the march last night, and at one point some guy lunged forward and informed me that we should have been marching to “end violence against people, not just women.” I was pretty much rendered speechless by this, although I did manage a quick “fuck off”, which probably wasn’t particularly helpful, but it’s all I had to offer at that moment.

But yes, we can’t let the behaviour of a few idiots stop us. Hope to see you there this time next year.

By: Charlotte

Charlotte — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:26:37 +0000

I’m sorry to hear that, both for Amity and for you. I’m lost for words, actually, that someone can be so disrespectful and so petrified of losing his position of privilege and so threatened that he has to act like that. It’s enraging.