Perhaps that’s fair to use as a standard for bravery, but it’s not the standard he’s using. He says it’s “The so-called conservatives who have been coddling mindless calls to destroy public art”, which I took to mean conservative officials publicly selling-out to the mob about taking the statues down.
You are right. As for me I had the chance to tell several thousand people what I thought but it just didn’t seem like the right time :-)
I have run into 3 BLM protests in Brooklyn. I was alone or with one or two other guys each time. One time a group of them asked why we weren’t matching and I said it’s not my concern.
Because saying I think you are a bunch of punk terrorists who need to find a job might have gone down bad when they have 2000 friends 20 feet away :-)
Even five-on-three I would let my opinion known. You have a Fighting Chance. Anything after that you’re just going to get clobbered.