Meg Speak

I was on my way home from class when my mom called and told me she had set up a political rally for McCain and wanted to know if I would join her. My political affiliation was pretty much down the middle, so even though I didn’t support one political party over the other, I would support my mom. She told me recently that she was depressed and felt like she had nothing going on in her life, so I told her that I would stand behind any hobby she chose. She chose politics, so I kept my word.
I headed straight over and realized that supporting her meant holding a giant McCain/Palin sign in the rain. Whatever, it gave us time to hang out and catch up. I also didn’t anticipate that 100 Yes on Prop 8 supporters would show up, and that half as many No on Prop 8 supporters would arrive. Again, this was fine. That is, until one man, who was holding a No sign, started pushing my mom. WTF? I stepped in and talked to him and he told us that we are terrible people and blah blah blah. I informed him that I had voted no on prop 8 and instead of realizing that I had nothing against him, and that we were on the same side on that issue, he called us cunts and hit us with the sign.
Are you kidding?? As if being out in the rain, where it is cold and dark, wearing jeans and a sweater wasn’t bad enough, some asshole decided to harrass us. Is it a hate crime when gay men bash straight white women? The whole thing pissed me off as my mom and I had been standing there chatting with eachother about our weekends when this guy picked a fight with us.
I hate politics.