"My wife (who is 5 months pregnant) and I joined about 50 other Protest Warriors on Saturday in D.C. to infiltrate the anti-war rally sponsored by A.N.S.W.E.R., and they were apparently expecting us. As soon as we began making our way into the crowd, we had one person after another attempting to block our progress, telling us that we weren’t allowed to be there, and within minutes, several rally "marshals" in yellow vests began trying to rope us off into a little "pen." We continuously asked them why they weren’t being tolerant of our free speech rights, but the best responses they could come up with was a "f--- you!"
Typical anti-war dialogue
We attempted to engage them in a healthy debate, but they wouldn’t have any of it, and it wasn’t long before they began trying to shove many of us out of the rally by force. I expected some resistance, and so I remained calm and just stood my ground, not wanting the face-off to escalate into anything violent. But when a couple of the "marshals" began shoving my pregnant wife around, I came VERY close to physically attacking them in her defense.
I would have come a lot more then very close.
But I settled for stepping in front of them and letting them know, in no uncertain terms, that she is pregnant, and if they didn’t stop man-handling her, I would defend her with extreme force. In response to that, they would step back (but only for a minute or two), and say that in order for her not to be physically assaulted, I would have to get her out of there.
This, boys and girls is known as extortion.
This scene was repeated several times, and each time the same people became a little more rough with my wife, who, to her credit, didn’t back down from their assault and stood her ground, questioning their purported "tolerance" and "peacefulness" with every one of their shoves.
Good for her!
Eventually, one of the "marshals," who my wife believes was under the influence of drugs, physically charged into me and attempted to rip up the two-sided sign I was carrying. After tearing down one side of my sign, this "peace-lover" returned and practically climbed on top of me to rip off the other side. My only resistance to his physical attacks was to point out his infringement of my free-speech rights, and to try to shield my sign from his prying fingers. Unfortunately, he succeeded in destroying my property, with the aid of several other "marshals," some of whom were still trying to rope us off. Even some of the anti-war rally attenders tried to intervene, telling the "marshals" that we were allowed to be there, and that they shouldn’t try to silence us or make us leave."