SKIRMISHER

After religious protesters swooped down on Kutztown University to scare everybody that they would go to hell if they were gay, Jewish or Catholic, one student thought about countering them with his own hastily scribbled protest sign.

I decided not to simply let them upset people, so I went to the bookstore and purchased a posterboard and sharpie marker and made my own sign. It said “Equal Rights for Robots”, a saying I thought no one would be able to take the wrong way. The protesters had been on campus for about two hours at this time, and the whole time the police were protecting them from the students. To my knowledge, the protesters at this time had not been asked to leave. With my sign in hand, I walked out and waved my sign in the air.

I had some small support from students around me, as most saw the attempt at humor to lighten a rough situation. However, within about two or three minutes a police officer came over to me and told me to come with him. I was dropped off at the police area, searched and taken to the local precinct where I was held for an hour and a half. One of the protesters was held there with me, but I do not know why he was arrested.

And for this singular act of bravery, the placard-bearing dude has begun accepting donations. Feel free to send him your two cents, along with the requisite question: “Will you do my Pleo in the ass if I give you a dollar more?”

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