"You Can't Ignore ME NOW"

[ahmo]

 

[taniaaust1]

LOL no you especially cant like that. That's one way to get publicity. I just had to look up where that was taken, its London.

 

[Skippa]

Hehehe, finally the kind of advocacy I get get behind.

 

[Mrs Sowester]

She must have been cold.

 

[slysaint]

She must have been cold.

You should have been on hand with one of your curtains.

 

[Mrs Sowester]

You should have been on hand with one of your curtains.

I've had to give up on the curtains for the time being until this flare-up passes she could have borrowed half a roll of thermal, blackout curtain lining and finished the ensemble off nicely with a crystal beaded trim...

 

[AndyPandy]

Legend

 

[rebar]

To win the media game you have to play it. I admire her courage!

 

[mermaid]

The thing I puzzled over was how she managed not to topple over with the blindfold on, as if I shut my eyes and stand up, I think I would keel over.

 

[Sidereal]

The thing I puzzled over was how she managed not to topple over with the blindfold on, as if I shut my eyes and stand up, I think I would keel over.

Not everyone with ME has a positive Romberg sign. When I was severe I used to fall over if I closed my eyes while standing but not currently.

 

[mermaid]

Not everyone with ME has a positive Romberg sign. When I was severe I used to fall over if I closed my eyes while standing but not currently.

Yes, I suppose I would wobble a lot but not fall over. Doing the blindfold thing made it doubly brave I felt as it increased the vulnerability of not knowing what others were doing around you.

 

[Mrs Sowester]

And hold her placard up @mermaid. She has impressive determination and must be having considerable PEM for that.
I'm not sure I'd have got the same reaction she did; I put on two stone and couldn't shave anywhere when I became housebound 6years ago and my wobbly bits haven't seen the sun in a very long time. I'd have ended up sitting in my wheelchair not knowing what to hide with my placard...

 

[Sidereal]

Impressive advocacy indeed.

 

[Roy S]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/781119494282473473

 

[daisybell]

Good on her indeed. I think I read that she had been told by a doctor that her ME was because she had body-image issues...
I'm not that brave!

 

[jesse's mom]

she was very brave... in the US she would also be arrested. isn't that horrible?
the land of the free my rear end

 

[nanonug]

in the US she would also be arrested. isn't that horrible

She could very well have been arrested but the "pesky" 1st Amendment would kick in and I bet she would eventually "win" from a legal standpoint. For example: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/2...tsa-search-is-protected-first-amendment.shtml

EDIT: But then this happened:
https://consumerist.com/2017/05/18/...security-is-not-protected-by-first-amendment/

To be continued, I guess...

 

[jesse's mom]

"Police arrested John and charged him in county court with indecent exposure. In 2015, a Multnomah County, OR, judge acquitted him, saying his protest — however naked — was still a protest and thus protected by the First Amendment.

In that judge’s eyes, public nudity violates the law only when people are engaged in sexual intercourse or if they got undressed “with the intent of arousing the sexual desire” of others."

yes, arrested then dismissed.
then she would have been invisible to the #millionsmissing demonstration.
therefore missing...