[Davidavin]

"Super liberal seattle" -well that's the key to understanding the ride. Super liberal would apply to the fremont district, but not the city as a whole. The tensions arise due to that conflict. Seattle is a progressive city, but really much like cities like san Diego which is largely family friendly and conservative leaning in many respects.
So often tensions arise over the kiddies element.

I used to make note in my photos when kiddies were present, as I though that was an interesting phenomena, to observe the kids reactions. It seemed positive that parents were bringing their kids to the parade. Not sure what I would have done, probably left them at home.

Well, yeah, lonemeat, I do agree with what you said. Maybe I'm just rewording it to emphasize where the super liberal resides. But I think you know what I mean. We're really sort of saying the same thing.

K