Sometimes you get word that the local Westboro Baptist imitators are going to be out harassing people at the Pride Festival...
Sometimes you just have to go fuck with them...
Sometimes the preacher recognizes you and interrupts his sermon to direct his henchmen to watch you...
Sometimes southern rock calls and wants its outfits back...
Sometimes they try and grab people for doing the same thing they're doing...
Sometimes you get shoved by a preacher for interfering with that...
Sometimes you don't enjoy getting a taste of your own medicine...
Sometimes you really don't enjoy it...
Sometimes you just wonder about people...
Sometimes it's immensely gratifying to sing "Hey hey, goodbye!" and wish a happy pride to hateful assholes as they bugout...
Nice job fucking with those twats. Glad to see they left.
Are you familiar with Megan Phelps-Roper? The gal who grew up in the WBC and managed to escape. She's got a wild story.
They were so butthurt when we showed up, it was fucking beautiful. At the clinic we have a no engagement policy so we'd never actually got to say anything to or interact with them before, we made up for it there 😎
A little bit, I've read some about her and Nathan Phelps, I'll have to give that a watch.
It is totally worth your time. What an insane story she's got.
So fucking beautiful :) !PIZZA
This part of the country is pretty weird. They don't do all the protests and billboards and political flags and weird stickers on GMC's where I'm from.
Welcome to the bible belt! A guy I used to escort with at the local abortion clinic works for UC-Berkeley and we had trouble believing how different his description of out there was from what goes on in these parts. I don't get it, used to it was mostly sports shit but now the political stuff puts that to shame.
Yes. That. Pura's from North Bay, Berkeley is East Bay, this bridge is how close they are. That's what I'm used to Colonel.
When I went back to Ca a couple weeks ago I had to image search those blue lives matter flags. Here they're on every truck. There, no one knows what blue means.
I'm glad you do what you do.
Damn, just a hop, skip, and a jump from there. Yeah, I wish it were necessary to do an image search here but I don't see that being the case anytime soon. I hadn't really noticed quite how much of that there was until last year but now it's hard not to see it.
Thanks man, I really appreciate that.
We're you able zoom in on that sticker?
I tried but I still have no clue wtf it is.
Photoshop couldn't have placed the street sign better.
I agree, smurfs matter too. Wait maybe I misunderstood the blue lives matter campaign...?
Anyway where there be people, there be crazy people.
Reckon we will ever learn to agree to disagree.
It's just different culture. I'm over it now dude and I'm starting to lose my cool. The longer I stay here, it's just a matter of time until my mouth sets the stage for something worse.
I don't know wtf is really happening if I'm being honest. How old are you dude? I think you're older than me. I just as in a few weeks ago turned 46. Never in my life have I felt like I'm a walking comparison as I do in Tennessee. I believe it's the culture, not my age.
I swear all the old white guys size me up, I'm viewed as competition, it's fucking gross. And they think they can talk to me like they talk to other white people. I'm having a real difficult time here
Fuck, another long one?! I can't make this stuff up.
I returned a lottery ticket the other day for a free ticket. The white girl, about 20 years old who stunk like a cigarette and has tattoos on her neck said (in her redneck fuckin uneducated southern drawl) "you know you can have the dollar value of the free ticket and don't have to get another ticket."
*'I did not know that. Thanks. We never play this game anyway but she likes scratching them. I'll just take another ticket please, thank you."
She said, "well it depends where you go, Indians and Middle Eaterners are dirty."
Yeah dude.. she said that to me, a complete stranger. I don't like anything about these people; their attitude, their cuisine, their anything, nothing at all the ignorant fux.
Were they actually at a pride festival?
Yeah, the festival was in a park next to an old railroad bridge that had been converted into a walking bridge. They were on the ramp up to the bridge directly above pride taking turns carrying on with loudspeakers. The guy in the photo that they grabbing was a vendor directly below them who'd gotten tired of it and was trying to play music on his own speaker to drown it out when they went after him.
You have a real knack for street photography, social unrest, protest type stuff!!
Thank you! It's interesting, when I first started to get serious about photography I thought I wanted to do nature photography, get away from people and just shoot. I still like doing that but there's something about shooting in the street that is even more appealing. Could just be the adrenaline though 😎
Jethro is the Colonel.
Sometimes you outdo yourself.
Loving the shots as always man. Keep up the good fight
You seen @Stevenson7? He and Jethro are my go-to photographers. Magicians.
Ill check @stevenson7 out now, thanks for the tip off. If he's as good as Jethro well worth a look.
Those two are just different. Let me know if you run into like them. You'll see what I mean. They turn shit you and I wouldn't consider picturing into mantle pieces. Maybe it's just me.
Steven's special too, that guy gives everyone he photographs instant model status. 👍🏿
Nah it's not just you, I see exactly what you mean. Not the same, but both do the kinda stuff with the everyday I'd just pass up and miss.
I'll keep my eyes peeled and say if I come across anything in the same veins. 👍
This simple tradeoff convo between you guys, @dandays and @rubido has really done a number on me. It's purely elating. Thank you.
I haven't being shooting recently, mostly because of my current resident, but I can't wait to lift up that camera again.
Thank you guys 🥺😊
I'm aware of this. Do your thing, stay away from your family like you said, they'll make you crazy. See you when I see you.
Don't like to admit it too often but when he's right he's right, don't tell him I said that tho. It complicates things 😁
If I was to pay you one hive dollar for Everytime you've done this, I'd be rekt. 🥺❤️
Don't trip. I do all this for free. 👊🏼
Thank ya kindly! I'll do my best!
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