Day By Day© by Chris Muir.

March 03, 2006

Support Denmark Rally

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Welcome Michelle Malkin readers!

I went to the rally at the Danish embassy in NYC during my lunch hour. I took plenty of photos, but am not able to post them until I get home tonight. Until then, a few impressions:

Only a few folks were there when I arrived, and I was worried that not many people would show. As it turned out, we probably had about 100 people. (I'm not good at estimating crowds, though, so the number may actually be higher or lower.) There were some great signs, great hats and face makeup, and a bunch of great people out for a great cause.

Media? Fuhgeddaboutit. There were some freelance reporters, but no bigshots that I know of. No cameras from CNN, ABC, CBS or NBC. Not even FOX was there. Around 12:45 (with 15 minutes to go) some students from the Columbia School of Journalism came with a camera and interviewed Michael Weiss of Snarksmith, the organizer of the rally. They also interviewed a few other people. The widow of a journalist kidnapped and killed in Basra was there as well (her name escapes me; I'll figure it out...should have brought a notepad!), and she was grateful to see all the people there. (Lisa Vincent, widow of Stephen Vincent, shown below addressing the crowd...thanks to Katie for providing me with her name.)

The Man from GOP and the City was there for a short time (he's originally from the South and got cold, poor guy, and left shortly after he arrived). About 15 minutes into the rally, we were told by a cop to move from the front of the embassy to the Dag Hammarskjold Plaza park across the street. We weren't sure why, but the crowd moved peacefully.

Pamela of Atlas Shrugs speaks to the crowd

There were a lot of diverse people there with diverse opinions about religion and politics. A lot of people spoke out about why they were there. We all agreed on one thing: that a free society cannot have one special interest group dictate what can and cannot be said and/or published. One interesting quote came from a black woman. I don't have exactly what she said, but basically it was that thousands of people died so that she could be where she is today, and she was not about to miss a rally of such importance. That got a big round of applause!

The MSM didn't come out of this looking too rosy. There was plenty of criticism of them not printing the cartoons because they were being "sensitive," when really they are afraid. Why can't they be honest about it? If the NY Times and other big outlets would simply admit they were afraid of the violent outbursts, then we might not be so hard on them. But for them to act sanctimoniously when they are really just a bunch of wimps is very misleading.

Michael Weiss, organizer of the rally

Weiss being interviewed by CSJ students

It was cold but fun. I'm glad I was able to be a part of it. Check back tonight (after 8 pm Eastern) and I will have my photos up.

More coverage: Atlas Shrugs, The Resplendent Mango