I'm glad that you made it to the FReep Saturday, and I hope we get the chance to stand guard again some day.
count on it!
It's about some of our signs being dumped in the trash...
However, (and I don't want to throw cold water but we have to fix this) as we were going down the escalator to the Navy Memorial Metro I saw several FR protest signs that had simply been dumped on the side of the escalator passage. I an a fellow counter protestor (a flag-carrying marine whos name I don't know) policed up the signs and put them in a can at the bottom of the escalator.
I don't know who put them there but even the smallest infraction or disrespect on our side will be used by the media to balance the outrageous behavior of the protesters. We need to keep our skirts perfectly clean, or our message will be lost in the 'moral equivalence' noise.
Well, that explains what happened to some of the signs I made. :-( I tried to tell everyone who took one of my signs to return them to me when they were leaving. I "lost" 8 signs with sticks attached. It's not a big deal, but I try to save money (and trees) by recycling supplies. I guess we were so busy, and folks were coming and going, and sharing signs that the message didn't pass along with the signs. Oh well. I'll try to be more attentive next time.
Thanks for letting me know what happened to the signs. I had thought that people took them home. I wish I had seen them by the trash... I would have rescued them. Some FReepers never throw anything out. :-)