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Guest post by: Bluebird!!
Protesting the mosque at Ground Zero – September 11, 2010
Hey guys –
Okay – I’m filing this report a little tipsy and these are basically the EDL (English Defense League) takes New York photos because I was so utterly enchanted with their presence! They were in full effect and even though I didn’t have the nerve to talk to any of them much, I would like to take this opportunity to thank them from the bottom of my heart for coming here and showing solidarity with us. Cool T-shirts and swoon worthy accents aside, it was incredibly moving for me to see that these stalwart friends saw that our beacon was alight and they came, from so far away, to stand with us. We LOVE you!
As if cute Brits weren’t enough, this was an incredible rally. The speakers were impressive an inspiring. Geert Wilders (!) was just as amazing as expected, Congressional candidate from North Carolina Ilario Pantano , who I had never heard of, kicked ass and the video messages from John Bolton(!) and Andrew Breitbart were absolutely on target. The one that really sticks out, however, was Joseph Nassralla. He is a Coptic Christian from Egypt, by way of California, and he really knocked it out of the fucking park. I was in tears. (Not the first time this day, granted, but this was intense.) He was so passionate in his love of America. He kept exhorting us to ‘Wake Up’. He apologized for holding up the photograph of his friend who had been murdered on the steps of their church. He realistically wondered where he could go and be safe if America fell, the moon? He warned us about muslim lies and he told us, chillingly, that in ten years, it will be too late. We, of course, know this but to hear it from this man who really knows it and has seen the horror of it, just overwhelmed me. There were many other speakers, some famous, some not, but they were all good and they all made me proud to be an American.
I stayed until the end and then went to an Irish bar around the corner that was full of firefighters and got drunk. God Bless America!
p.s. My friends who were way in the back said there was heavy infiltration – sorry I don’t have any pictures of that stuff! I don’t know how I keep missing the ‘action’, but I will keep trying to find it! 🙂
p.p.s Thanks again EDL!!!
Tags: Bluebird, EDL, Pamela Geller, Park51, Robert Spencer, September 11
