Oh SNAP!: Protesters Take On Anti-Choice Billboards in Chicago

April 5th, 2011 by Andrea

This sign says, “In 21 minutes this sign should be gone.” Another sign from the protesters said, “Abort Racism.” Chicago Tribune’s Megan Twohey writes that one blew away.  Unfortunately.

Photo/image credits:  Life Always; Stacey Muhammed/Colorlines; Heather Charles/Chicago Tribune

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  • ch555x

    This could apply to just about any social ill currently plaguing the country (education, domestic abuse, nutrition, etc.).

  • Anonymous

    My initial reaction is rage, but I will pull on the reins and refocus so I sound 1/2 way rational.

    I believe that these billboards are endemic to the collective thought of the bullying public. When a disenfranchised group of people in society who are just beginning to realize the dignity that belongs to them are faced with this kind of constant bullying by another group, there is something a foot my dear Watson!

    What we have to be is discerning, look beyond the issues and the bullying to the underlying message being sent to cause us to behave a certain way. Then and only then will we be able to counter these messages with something meaningful and powerful. Something that will change the course of history.

    Just like a bully is motivated by ideas of inferiority, which we now all know to be true, we have to remove the cover to see where the root of their issues are to tackle them properly.

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