A tribute to Saint Francis
Some far-right “activists” are holding a march tomorrow in San Francisco. The tricksters of San Francisco are responding with dog shit.
Hundreds of San Franciscans plan to prepare Crissy Field, the picturesque beach in the shadow of the Golden Gate Bridge where rightwing protest group Patriot Prayer will gather, with a generous carpeting of excrement.
“I just had this image of alt-right people stomping around in the poop,” Tuffy Tuffington said of the epiphany he had while walking Bob and Chuck, his two Patterdale terriers, and trying to think of the best way to respond to rightwing extremists in the wake of Charlottesville. “It seemed like a little bit of civil disobedience where we didn’t have to engage with them face to face.”
Tuffington, a 45-year-old artist and designer, created a Facebook event page based on the concept, and the dog owners of San Francisco responded in droves. Many have declared their intention to stockpile their shitpiles for days in advance, then deliver them in bags for the site.
On Sunday they’ll go back and clean it up.
The presence of Patriot Prayer, whose “free speech” events in the Pacific north-west have frequently sparked violent street battles, in notoriously liberal San Francisco has city authorities on edge. Elected officials unsuccessfully pressured the National Park Service to deny the group a permit, and the police department is planning to deploy every available officer.
But for many San Franciscans, an unwelcome visit from members of the “alt-right” is an opportunity to fight back in the spirit of the city by the bay – with flower power, drag queens, a little creativity, and an assist from the animal kingdom.
Dog poop power!
This. More of this.
And news cameras recording the Nazis marching all by themselves, through poop.
Yes, awesome! No violence and very apropos.
YAY! An early Easter – Barker’s Eggs for everyone!
Too bad I just found out. I have a dog (and two cats). I don’t suppose you can send poop through the mail, can you?
Looks like the event has been canceled. Too bad; I was looking forward to video.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/25/patriot-prayer-san-francisco-rally-cancelled-dog-poo
Aaaaaaaand I see it’s already been blogged. Sorry for the redundancy.
Oh no worries. Better an extra than missing it.
Of course you can, as long as it’s in an air-tight container. Double-bagged in tied or ziplock polythene bags in a stout cardboard box should suffice.
Sharon Osborne famously used to mail her own turds to people who’d pissed her off. I know, right, a class act.