Since this past December, I've spent my Saturday mornings at the Planned Parenthood clinic in Overland Park, Kansas counter-protesting against the anti-abortion whackos, a.k.a. “sidewalk counselors” who harass women seeking care.
The whackos don't see it that way, of course.
To them, we're Satan's servants. Pure evil, there to corrupt those poor women and prevent them from being saved. So I thought I'd play along.
I got some of that sidewalk chalk and downloaded clipart with Satanic icons and emblems onto my phone. I also ordered some flash cotton and one of those little flint igniters you hide in your hand from a magician's supply place. And I also have a black cassock from a costume party a few years back when I dressed up as a priest.
The bastards have been leery the past couple of weeks because of the unusually large number of people opposing them. They've seemed reluctant to occupy their usual place on the sidewalk when a bunch of us were already there, preferring to wait in the parking lot until more of their group arrives.
So we'll see how they react when a warlock in long black robes is chalking spells and Satanic inscriptions on their space, while he mumbles incantations and throws fireballs from his hands.
I’m betting they call the cops and try to have us arrested for witchcraft. And since it's Kansas, they might even succeed.