It’s been over a decade since I’ve been involved in a protest, but we live in strange times indeed. Our rights and freedom have been taken away from us on the pretext of a disease that ‘might’ kill us.
Fun fact -I’m 55yrs old, and have a 0.0128% chance of dying from covid, If you consider that I am in good health, that percentage is practically zero.
I’ve had a few sleepless nights about going, because they have been arresting organisers lately. (protests are illegal under NZ covid laws, but judges have been acknowledging our right to protest)
I gave the kids the option of coming along and they were quite excited by the idea. They understand whats going on quite well. We got there several hours early because my youngest was so keen to get there.
We were having a picnic in a park, which just happened to have thousands of other people there with the same idea, which is legal within the covid rules here.
The kids spent some time making some signs before the event really got started with some very inspirational speakers.
Some of the speakers were quite religious and spoke very candidly about the effects they see on the community around them. Another speaker was an Early Childhood Teacher who is about to lose her job, unless she gets a mandatory vaccination.
We then went for a protest march thru the local city center. It was quite a buzz walking with so many people of all different ages and races who had the same views as we did.
We certainly weren’t walking alone anymore, which is how its felt for the last few months.
It was also quite ironic that I was chanting “FREEDOM” on the march by the way, because I was campaigning in the last election for a ‘freedom’ party that sold out.
In short it’s the best thing I’ve done for months, and it feels like I’ve cleansed my soul.
Uncoffined 
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