Few who know Robinson from her role in B.C. politics would be surprised to hear she spent her weekend fighting against hate – and winning.
When barely a dozen protesters tried to disrupt a drag queen story-time event at Coquitlam’s public library on Saturday, they were greeted by hundreds of flag-waving, singing, cheering supporters who drowned them out and pushed them back.
“The counter-protesters came with huge powerful boomboxes, and the music selection was Queen and Cyndi Lauper, and all the music that would make the haters go ballistic,” said Robinson. Few who know Robinson from her role in B.C. politics would be surprised to hear she spent her weekend fighting against hate – and winning.
“And then he would say, ‘Nobody is going after my mom,’ and he’d get in there. And we’d go back and forth. It was a family event for us.” She did so with surprising good humour – responding to claims she was a “groomer” by describing her personal grooming routine of shampoo and soap. When one man called her a “hoor,” she politely informed him of his deficiency in the area of spelling.
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