I think, perhaps, if you had engaged all these "other" folks, you would have had some interesting and friendly conversation.
As a general rule, I try not to talk to anyone on public transport. Most people are just trying to get from A to B and don't seem to want to engage. A couple of people did ask me about metro stops and I tried to tell them what train to get.
I will admit I may have prejudged any visiting tea partiers based on the rhetoric spouted by Beck and Palin, who I perceive to be stupid at best, inflammatory at worst - I fail to see the appeal of going to an event featuring either one of them, and it does make me wonder about those who find their rhetoric appealing. For all I know though, maybe many of the attendees just saw it as a nice day in the park with likeminded folk.
If they were genuinely celebrating MLK's legacy and honoring the military, good on them, but I am skeptical given the speakers. Perhaps you can explain to me?
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Date: 2010-08-31 12:29 am (UTC)As a general rule, I try not to talk to anyone on public transport. Most people are just trying to get from A to B and don't seem to want to engage. A couple of people did ask me about metro stops and I tried to tell them what train to get.
I will admit I may have prejudged any visiting tea partiers based on the rhetoric spouted by Beck and Palin, who I perceive to be stupid at best, inflammatory at worst - I fail to see the appeal of going to an event featuring either one of them, and it does make me wonder about those who find their rhetoric appealing. For all I know though, maybe many of the attendees just saw it as a nice day in the park with likeminded folk.
If they were genuinely celebrating MLK's legacy and honoring the military, good on them, but I am skeptical given the speakers. Perhaps you can explain to me?