We attended yesterday's protest in our sleepy college town. Many more people showed up than I was expecting—it was bigger than our big Halloween parade—and the organizers were outstanding. I suspect MOST protests were like ours: peaceful, inspiring, non-confrontational.
2/ Protest like this is critical to democracy. It's important to see how many of our fellow Americans are willing to sacrifice personal safety to take to the streets in solidarity. My son was astonished at how one man's murder could affect so many people in so many places.
3/ "Taking to the streets," as so many have demanded we do for 3+ years, is going to be messy. There will be bad actors—among the protesters AND the police—and the press will dedicate far more coverage to them than the rest of us. Innocent people will get hurt.
4/ I also worry about protests spreading the virus, even though we all wore masks and tried to stay ten feet apart. But we have to save our country. It is nothing less than our patriotic duty. One thing's for sure: the virus is NOT gonna keep anyone from the ballot box.
"No justice / no peace / no racist / police!"
WE SHALL PREVAIL!
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