Hundreds at Open Texas rally in Frisco call for end to state's stay-at-home orders

[TexasTowelie]

FRISCO — About 250 people attended an Open Texas rally on Saturday outside Frisco City Hall. The event was organized to call for the lifting of Texas’ stay-at-home orders.

While several in the crowd wore masks, many did not, and social distancing was not practiced. Many people brought signs.

Nearly a dozen people, including business owners and medical professionals, spoke from a stage.

“We support our governor and elected officials, make no mistake about it," said Open Texas organizer Grant Bynum. "But we also believe that the time has come to stop living in fear, Texas. It’s time to start living with hope and freedom.”

Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/public-health/2020/04/25/hundreds-at-open-texas-rally-in-frisco-call-for-end-to-states-stay-at-home-orders/

[The Magistrate]

1. Pretty Shabby Headline By The Paper, Sir

While technically correct, the usage 'hundreds' implies a good deal more than a paltry two hundred fifty or so....

And anyone mouthing swill like "The time has come to stop living in fear. It’s time to start living with hope and freedom.” needs to be conscripted to several weeks as an orderly in a critical ward, with no more than a rain slicker and a few paper towels and rubber bands for protective gear. Crap like that gets right up my left nostril.

[Squinch]

2. 250 get coast to coast coverage. I remember being part of an

Iraq war protest in NYC that was many hundreds of thousands of people that got minimal and mostly local coverage.

Given the population of Texas, why should we care what this handful of fools are honking about?

[tanyev]

3. Oh, great. I googled Grant Bynum and he's a real estate broker.

Avoid him like the plague!