“It's so devastating to see your city, the city that you love, the city that you live in and fight for and participate in, choose so heartily this extremist group.”
Regardless, says local organizer Samantha Rise, “We're having a much better time, a louder party, and way less money spent!”Though the conference brought an influx of outsider arrivals as well as national media, Rise, a member of a broad coalition of organizations based in Philly coordinating the protests, explains, “We've actually been here meeting here every week for the past few weeks in preparation for this.
, who's organized with that group as well as others – and the local Young Communist League chapter, as well as “over 50 organizations that have signed onto that and a lot of individuals that represent tens of thousands.
Rise says police presence in response to the protests has been sustained and intense, though the crowd was peaceful and contained many “elders and children.”While the crowd energy has stayed “joyous and sweet,” says Rise, “It's wild because you see these ‘Moms for Liberty’ — they're behind this massive barricade, they've got a wall of cops, they've got their own private security. When they have that insulation,when they smile and wave and make fun of us or blow kisses.
Rise says that when the conference attendees did try to antagonize, the protesters turned their backs. "When they wanted us to be antagonistic or to meet them where they were. You don't deserve our attention, and your cause barely warrants a glance from us,” they say.
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