Radical Fringe Group Busted During Depression Protest!

This evening on my drive home from photographing the next Treasure Hunt, I rolled up to a stop sign, where an unruly gang of smiling do-gooders was staging a protest. They had picket signs with flowers and happy thoughts drawn. Easily it was the happiest unorganized group of people I’ve ever seen, clearly on the fringe of social norm. Unfortunately no authorities were around to stop this madness.

A leader would not identify the group when asked, but it was obviously a drug-free, socially well-adjusted gang. She said they were part of a group trying to get people to be “happy.” Ugh. She refused to say they were staging a formal protest. When pressured, however, she admitted they were “boycotting depression.” Reluctantly, the group also was cajoled into saying they were “protesting unhappiness.” The scene was downright sickening by this time.

At one point one of the infectiously energetic boycotters , a middle-aged woman, name and age unknown, smiled tirelessly as she ran into the street to throw candy at happy, cooperating motorists driving by. Obviously, the group had been trained in guerilla tactics, disarming people by throwing “fun sized” Milky Ways and getting them to laugh. It was chaos.

The woman put herself and traffic in great harm when she ran into the street, violating city ordnance in the process. Finally, law enforcement took notice and threatened to cuff them all if they didn’t stand down. The police officer on scene  had only two sets of cuffs, though, so it was an impossible threat. Once he realized he had told them his limited capabilities, he laughingly threatened to call for backup. Sadly, the police officer refused a mini Baby Ruth from a small child trying in his own right to be as happy as the adults.

Despite the group’s clear violation of the law, and their nonstop positivity, even when approached by the police, they were let off with a stern, yet friendly warning and told to dissipate.Once again, justice failed. Where are the tasers when you need them? What is this country coming to when we let happy-go-lucky people off the hook like this? Only in the happiest state in America.

Here are pictures of the crime scene.

Happy Group Protesting Unhappiness

Radical Group Busted by Cop for Unsafe Happiness Strike

Tags: Depression, Happiness, Police