"Patriot" Protest Complaint
Apologies if this is the wrong place to write this but I'm still shocked and upset and want to document it now.
I've been in the city about 15 minutes and from what I've seen from Lime Street Station it looks lovely. The big museum opposite is gorgeous, the tower behind the Holiday Inn has me so curious and the roads are clean and well organised (by a tourist's measurement at least!)
However already in this 15 minutes I've already been shouted at twice and groped by a complete stranger while his friends laugh. I'll share that I'm white British but dressed visibly queer and this is not something I have to deal with often and especially not so fast when visiting somewhere new.
I've quickly figured out what: I turned a corner and found about 40 men with a smattering of flags shouting and marching. They don't seem as organised as similar demonstrations by 'patriots' elsewhere in the country but it doesn't make them any less the same.
I'm writing this in case there's anyone on this page who might be on the fence or undecided on the Stop the Boats crowd that like to march around the country. They're not concerned citizens, they're hateful men waiting for a chance for their hate to be protected and legal.
I'm hoping I get to enjoy this city this weekend and I'm hoping that this is the worst I'm going to experience. But I'm definitely not going to be hanging around the centre until I know this lot are well and truly dispersed.