mellowtigger | theme song: Let It Go (Reply)

There's so much more going on than any simple blog entry can cover. I'm happy, though, to present today's theme song.

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I had a livestream playing in the background while at work today. The Mercado Media channel has been as important during this federal occupation as Unicorn Riot was during the Jamar Clark protests and George Floyd riots. Minneapolis has been through a lot in the last decade.

I knew about the march that was planned in a different community, east of downtown, and I figured there would be little coverage since their neighborhood asked that all non-residents stay away, so only the locals would counter-protest. As far as I know, every organized group respected their request, and the event was basically non-eventful according to this MPR News article.

That respectful distance didn't apply for white nationalists showing up in downtown Minneapolis though, led by Republican Florida Senate candidate Jake Lang. He organized his little "Kristian Krusaders" (I might've exchanged some other letters for Ks), and about half a dozen of them showed up to support him. He was quickly cornered in an alcove of our Minneapolis town hall building, where he planned to burn a Quran. The hundreds of counter-protestors were mostly civil (although I take exception to the water thrown on him during this well-below-freezing day, even though he planned to burn somebody's holy book), and eventually they chased him away. I'm certain my eyes saw a black man helping to protect the racist. His humiliation must be complete.

What was the proverbial "cherry on top", though, was this Republican candidate for Florida congress (and Trump-pardoned police-beating traitor from January 6th) being chased away to the music of Elsa from the Frozen movie. He was previously doused with liquid water, so he must've been bitterly cold during this song, since the temperature in Minneapolis today is well below freezing. I expect stupid Disney will place a very unwarranted copyright ban eventually, so watch this segment while it's available. I've queued the video to the relevant timestamp.

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Let it go! Let it go! Can't hold it back any more.
Let it go! Let it go! Turn away and slam the door.
I don't care what they're going to say.
Let the storm rage on. The cold never bothered me anyway.
It's funny how some distance makes everything seem small,
and the fears that once controlled me can't get to me at all.
It's time to see what I can do. ...
Let it go! Let it go! I am one with the wind and sky.
Let it go! Let it go! You'll never see me cry.
Here, I stand. And here, I'll stay.
Let the storm rage on...
My power flurries through the air into the ground.
My soul is spiraling in frozen fractals all around
And one thought crystallizes like an icy blast:
I'm never going back! The past is in the past!

Some of the lyrics aren't as appropriate, necessarily, for this event and counter-protest. But most of it is curiously appropriate. I'm willing to adopt "Let it go" as a new Minneapolis anthem.