National Nothing Day finally arrived, and the media was not disappointed. They got their big story all right. But they only reported a part of what really happened. That’s why I’m here; to make sure the truth gets out.
I arrived with my signs and bullhorn a little before 7 a.m. There was already a small crowd gathered outside City Hall.
“This is gonna be huge!” I thought to myself with a grin. We wasted no time getting the protest organized. It was really something to hear all of those people chanting, “Inoffensive is offensive!” and “You can’t please everyone, especially me!”
In the distance, I heard sirens. Putting the bullhorn to my lips I shouted, “Here they come everyone! This is about to get ugly!”
Here’s where the real truth comes out: amidst the hail of rubber bullets and clouds of tear gas, I never, not once, lost sight of our vision. A holiday without controversy is no holiday at all. We were fighting for the right to protest even where there is nothing to protest about.
I lost much in the riot that day, but I’m not sorry. You have to sacrifice for what you truly believe in.
Heidi Schulz, from Columbia, MD, is a 32 year only stay at home mom who thinks National Nothing Day is a great idea, as long as it doesn't offend anyone. Schulz writes that, "I never complain except when there is nothing to complain about."
© 2008 Heidi Schulz. Original for CCF (Schulz grants CCF first electronic rights for one month; CCF may archive the material indefinitely and include it in an eBook anthology).
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