Matt Walsh Rally to end Gender Mutilations. Observations from a supporter…

Matt Walsh Rally to end Gender Mutilations. Observations from a supporter…

Reprint from “Volunteer Voice 28th Edition.”

https://conventionofstates.com/news/volunteer-voice-28th-edition

By Thomas Riordan

Attending the Rally was, to me, a duty. As District Captain, I have a responsibility to honor the requests of COS leadership if I am able. But it goes deeper than that. These kids are being manipulated by people with no real concern for their welfare. They selfishly use these kids to make more money, gain political power or justify their perverted lifestyles. The kids are vulnerable. It is a well-known medical fact that children cannot make rational decisions and need the guidance of their parents. The adults guiding them have no business to so. They will not even live with the repercussions of the influence they are peddling. But the Parents will! And yet, in many cases, the parents are kept in the dark about the treatments and so-called counseling given to the children. I felt I needed to be there.

Before the speeches, I talked to several of the young women and men who were there. I think several would Identify as the opposite gender. They accused me of being fascist and hateful. I told them we were here because we loved them and wanted what was best in their lives. But the decision to do life-altering and irreversible gender-changing treatments should be left to a later age when one has a more developed mental and emotional maturity. There are many who regret the treatments. The kids I talked to did not respond and walked away.

When the event started, those of us with COS shirts were asked to come to the front row. We had to go thru the protesters. I found it odd that the kids let us right through. They did not try to block us at all. But then, when the speeches started, they started screaming. I had to cover my ears.

I was unprepared for the loud nonsensical obscenities that were yelled and amplified with bull horns. A young man seemed to have targeted me to stand behind me and be loud and obnoxious. I spoke to him several times when he accused me of being a fascist. Telling him, I defended this country against fascists gave him another path to insult me. There was no reasoning with him. I had a sign that said, “do no harm,” and gave it to him. He threw it on the ground, which I tried to pick up. Behind him, another young man stepped on it, tearing it. I then pushed him off, not hard but firmly, and brought the torn sign to the front barriers to get away from the two young men. When I returned, I was shadowed by a masked man with a radio who kept pushing into me. Soon after, the Proud Boys and State Police came to make themselves a barrier between the protesters and us.

Other than the young man that threw my sign to the ground, none of the kids would look me in the eye. I did not see a passion or real conviction except for the young man who insulted me. He was hateful.

I have three adult children who are well-adjusted and productive. Two are in their 3rd year of college and have been on the dean’s list every semester. One is a Marine. All were homeschooled except for high school. We wanted them to have that experience.

I told my college kids what happened. They said the kids were probably there to get a good grade or were paid. I said are you kidding. No, they said, some of the professors recruit the kids for protests.

In all, it was a successful event. The message was delivered. No one was hurt, and no property was destroyed.