Scott Walker Recall Petitioners Stunned by Waukesha Walker Supporter
Richard and I were out here today and stopped by to sign the petition. The petitioners were friendly and we trusted them to be legitimate. I’d like to say it was uneventful, but really how could it have been?
There were multiple angry shouts from drivers and passersby but one woman actually slowed down her Jeep as she was pulling into the parking lot to scream out of her window telling us how “useless” our (not sure if she was addressing all of us or just the petitioners) efforts and what “wastes” we were. It actually worried me that she was almost rear-ended by the car behind her because of her need to verbally accost us, this was only compounded when I saw her park and haul out her two small children.
I understand that everyone has the freedom of speech in this country, but why would you want to use it in this way? Why would you put yourself and your family in harm’s way just to shout some hateful words? I am doing nothing more than standing on a public sidewalk and the rest of my actions are really none of your business. You had your chance for a say when you voted for (I assume) and elected Scott Walker governor, I now have my chance to pull him out of an office I never thought him capable of holding, and this is what democracy looks like.
All in all I really wish I didn’t have to spare a single thought to all this bullshit, at least for the next couple days, but I know that’s too much to hope for. Let’s just remember that we’re all human, and to show some common decency and respect for one another. Now during the “holiday season” and every other single day of the year.
