Mimes’ protest for free speech falls on deaf ears

The last few months have been riddled with worldwide rallies and protests, with unruly crowds singing, shouting, and acting out in defiance of oppressive governments and backward legislation.

And then, in Nashville, the mimes got involved.

The Nashville Comedy Theater rallied outside the Rutherford County Courthouse, evidently standing up – and dancing, shaking their fists, but never speaking – for free speech.  Passerby were confused by the ironic, or perhaps paradoxical display; one man observed: “They ain’t speaking, they just kind of smiled at me, so I guess that’s one way of speaking.” [Source]