Charlottesville Vigil

Second vigil of the year, this time in honor of Heather Heyer and the other victims of Charlottesville.

There were a few people (early 20s and people of colour from what I could see) dressed all in black and masking their faces while carrying Antifa flags. Also the organizers used some explicitly communist language.

Beyond that though I found it quite sedate, and definitely non-violent in tone as well as action. Lots of messages of inclusiveness… except the one explicit exclusion of anyone who had any support for Trump and the white supremacists. Personally, I was OK with this.

I remarked that Calgary doesn’t seem to know how to do (dramatic) protests… and I’m not sure whether that’s a good or bad thing.

I also caught myself scoping out every white male for any sign that they might be there as a counter-protestor or fifth columnist… and then realizing that people were almost certainly doing the same thing to me. So it goes.