{"id":471,"date":"2017-10-29T18:03:46","date_gmt":"2017-10-29T23:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gayliberation.net\/blog\/?p=471"},"modified":"2017-10-29T18:03:46","modified_gmt":"2017-10-29T23:03:46","slug":"confronting-the-republicans-in-cleveland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gayliberation.net\/blog\/2017\/10\/29\/confronting-the-republicans-in-cleveland\/","title":{"rendered":"Confronting the Republicans in Cleveland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Originally posted July 22, 2016<\/p>\n<div><strong><em>With the humans outside of the Republican Convention,&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>&nbsp;a photo essay by GLN&#8217;s Andy Thayer&nbsp;<\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/GayLiberationNetwork\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/57c194ba9b4712be34160a911\/images\/ead8f8bf-d6aa-4d85-9678-ba7ffba71934.jpg\" alt=\"Dawn over Ohio\" width=\"440\" align=\"none\" height=\"248\"><\/a><br \/>\nDawn over Ohio on the Megabus.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/GayLiberationNetwork\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/57c194ba9b4712be34160a911\/images\/ca3771bb-1a4e-41a3-9f1d-e584af4c3c0c.jpg\" alt=\"Cleveland skyline from the megabus\" width=\"440\" align=\"none\" height=\"109\"><\/a><br \/>\nIs being the meeting point for&nbsp;a host of bigoted, Republican kooks<em>&nbsp;really<\/em>&nbsp;the way that Cleveland wants to be remembered?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/GayLiberationNetwork\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/57c194ba9b4712be34160a911\/images\/d8929a31-8cd6-49a2-9bc9-52c5d1c3b392.jpg\" width=\"184\" align=\"none\" height=\"250\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/GayLiberationNetwork\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/57c194ba9b4712be34160a911\/images\/02549aab-2c75-4566-8835-1af44a56afed.jpg\" alt=\"4.5 miles of fences\" width=\"269\" align=\"none\" height=\"250\"><\/a><br \/>\nWelcome fences &#8211; 4.5 miles of them!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/GayLiberationNetwork\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/57c194ba9b4712be34160a911\/images\/c915ab6c-65ec-47e3-a64e-29e4b65f7fbc.jpg\" width=\"440\" align=\"none\" height=\"221\"><\/a><br \/>\nMore welcome fences&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/57c194ba9b4712be34160a911\/images\/dc56bf60-8749-45c7-99cb-da90c7209dc0.jpg\" alt=\"United Way donations for RNC signs\" width=\"169\" align=\"none\" height=\"380\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/57c194ba9b4712be34160a911\/images\/f009bb54-afbe-49d3-b4e6-cab922e0cda3.jpg\" alt=\"Secret Service\" width=\"253\" align=\"none\" height=\"380\"><br \/>\nSo charitable contributions to the Cleveland United Way apparently pay for signs welcoming the wealthy Republican creeps. Think about that the next time you make a donation hoping it might help the homeless, disadvantaged kids, etc.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/GayLiberationNetwork\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/57c194ba9b4712be34160a911\/images\/345cbe59-5704-47c1-9d3c-50dc48cb4366.jpg\" alt=\"WELCOME to the Westin!\" width=\"440\" align=\"none\" height=\"358\"><\/a><br \/>\nWELCOME to The Westin!!<\/div>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/GayLiberationNetwork\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/57c194ba9b4712be34160a911\/images\/cea24347-d42f-4a05-b3d4-7c90953773fb.jpg\" alt=\"Engaging the media\" width=\"440\" align=\"none\" height=\"285\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div>A friend of mine engages Mary Ann Ahern, a&nbsp;reporter from NBC Ch. 5. I was honored to introduce Father Jose Landeverde to Ms. Ahern, who proceeded to do an in-depth interview about him and his 300+ mile walking march from Chicago to Cleveland for immigrant rights.<\/div>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/GayLiberationNetwork\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/57c194ba9b4712be34160a911\/images\/59e1fbd8-50df-4a09-bd1e-3e1c029ee795.jpg\" alt=\"Don't fence me in!\" width=\"440\" align=\"none\" height=\"413\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div>Don&#8217;t fence us in!<\/div>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/GayLiberationNetwork\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/57c194ba9b4712be34160a911\/images\/ed0200b8-d4bb-46d2-ba52-c7a48dd99174.jpg\" alt=\"Marchers\" width=\"440\" align=\"none\" height=\"226\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div>On the march<\/div>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/GayLiberationNetwork\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/57c194ba9b4712be34160a911\/images\/20d2fc5f-3bff-4da9-afe8-7bee7ca50266.jpg\" alt=\"This must end!\" width=\"440\" align=\"none\" height=\"280\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div>This MUST end now!<\/div>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/GayLiberationNetwork\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/57c194ba9b4712be34160a911\/images\/b9d8d0fa-a34d-4a3d-ba37-b3cbbcd5e1d7.jpg\" alt=\"Tom Morello concert \/ protest\" width=\"440\" align=\"none\" height=\"247\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div>Tom Morello concert \/ protest<\/div>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/GayLiberationNetwork\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/57c194ba9b4712be34160a911\/images\/e9b91098-ae4d-4803-b7b7-d3ebea3440db.jpg\" width=\"247\" align=\"none\" height=\"355\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/GayLiberationNetwork\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/57c194ba9b4712be34160a911\/images\/f3f0c082-86bd-47fb-8052-bad6fa85b923.jpg\" width=\"190\" align=\"none\" height=\"355\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div>Well, Jesus&#8217;s position on torture was probably informed by his personal experience, unlike Trump&#8217;s.<\/div>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/GayLiberationNetwork\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/57c194ba9b4712be34160a911\/images\/9d9f8aa7-4985-4572-9253-f55e287ad7a6.jpg\" alt=\"Fist\" width=\"440\" align=\"none\" height=\"782\"><\/a>\\<\/div>\n<div>Sign in the background: &#8220;Lizard people for Trump!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>My personal position is that the lizard vote could break either way. After all, it&#8217;s been a&nbsp;<u><em>Democratic<\/em><\/u>&nbsp;mayor and his wealthy cronies who we have had to fight in Chicago regarding racist police murders, closing mental health clinics and schools, giving tax breaks to wealthy insiders\/campaign contributors while affordable housing grows ever more scarce, etc. Plenty of lizards and their enablers in City Hall, Springfield, and associated NGOs and churches. Lizard Republicans are almost entirely confined to the suburbs and downstate.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Originally posted July 22, 2016 With the humans outside of the Republican Convention,&#8221; &nbsp;a photo essay by GLN&#8217;s Andy Thayer&nbsp; &nbsp; Dawn over Ohio on the Megabus. Is being the <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/gayliberation.net\/blog\/2017\/10\/29\/confronting-the-republicans-in-cleveland\/\">Continue Reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,49,26,2],"tags":[14,36,145],"class_list":["post-471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bigotry","category-politicians","category-racism","category-trump","tag-racism","tag-republicans","tag-trump"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gayliberation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gayliberation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gayliberation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gayliberation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gayliberation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=471"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gayliberation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":473,"href":"https:\/\/gayliberation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471\/revisions\/473"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gayliberation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gayliberation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gayliberation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gayliberation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}