The infamous video was not of a parade. Parades are community activities where streets are blocked off and notice is given to all so people can join together and watch. Think the St Patricks day parade down at Spanish Springs. The streets are blocked off hours in advance. There are community officers directing traffic around the closures. If you happen to be heading to Spanish Springs that day and didn’t know about the parade you would be directed around the closed streets.
What happened at Sumter was a protest. It was intended to disrupt traffic. That is part of our free speech rights. Just as the lady yelling obscenities at those in carts, and the guy in the cart yell unacceptable things back, both are covered under free speech.
What put it on the world stage was not that something illegal was done. Just something that was extremely unacceptable was done, and then was catapulted into social media. People here in the Villages, and everywhere, say just as obnoxious things every day. They aren’t usually on video, and when it comes to the Villages, they are very seldom tweeted out to the world by a world wide celebrity.
People in the Villages also do extremely kind and forward thinking things everyday. Those also are seldom captured on video. If they were, and we had a very popular influencer spreading these great acts on the social media, we would have a much better reputation.
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