I woke up on Wednesday hoping to see a ton of free stuff outside of the union because this week is Spring Jam. Yay right? Instead there were a bunch of people who had up a ton of Anti-Choice propaganda.

There were pictures of aborted fetuses next to images of the Nazis, the KKK, people who had been lynched, victims of the Holocaust, victims of the Cambodian genocide, and many more horrific images. These people called their display a "Genocide Awareness Project."

A genocide is a systematic and deliberate extermination of a group of people based on their race, religion, or political status.

As far as I am concerned, having an abortion is one person's decision about their life and is in no way a genocide. Needless to say, I took pictures.

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No matter what side of the abortion issue you are on, I believe that calling it a genocide is highly offensive and the images that were used were purely for shock value.

When I saw that these people were still outside on Thursday, I decided that it would be a good use of my time and effort to protest their protest. So I made a couple of big signs and just stood there. I made sure I was within my rights an stayed off of their reserved land of course first, but I just stood there. With my sign.

It said, "This is not Genocide" the other one said, "This display is offensive."

I didn't yell things at people, I didn't try to grab anyone's attention. If they asked me a question I answered. If someone tried to argue with me, I let them. I got yelled at by one man. Someone walking past called me "fag."

But for the most part, I got smiles. I got smiles and thumbs up and nods. And I also got about two dozen "thank you"s. People came up just to shake my hand to let me know that they appreciated that someone was protesting. One woman bought me food because I'd been standing in the rain for 3 hours. Those people made it worth it.

-Kelsey