Posted on 08/17/2017 7:37:33 AM PDT by Jagermonster
The model of peaceful protest that's largely held since the civil rights era is being challenged, with roiling violence in American cities from Charlottesville, Va., to Portland, Ore. The Grannies, who use humor to defuse tense situations, are among those trying to calm the streets.
PORTLAND, ORE.Amid the hubbub of Portlands waterfront Saturday Market, song suddenly erupts from what looks like a Mayberry sewing circle, their raised fists punctuating the chorus: It is a time to care, not to kill....
The singers dresses and hats are mismatched, their song a tad out of tune, but they are, Portlanders say, ever so endearing: Twenty-odd older ladies in hats, outsized glasses, and gingham dresses, belting out protest lyrics set to standards and sometimes set to dance. One has little cherries hanging off her hat, while others don faded ERA pins.
One of the most beloved social activist groups in this Pacific Northwest city, they are the Raging Grannies. Grannying is the least understood and most powerful weapon we have, says Granny Rose de Shaw. And in a time when peaceful protest is increasingly giving way to fistfights, clubs, and chemical spray, their humorous message may be more important than ever.
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Uncomfortable compromises are how we learn to live with each other. It means that there can be memorials of Robert E. Lee and streets named after Malcolm X. Tolerating people whose views we dont like is one of the best ways to marginalize domestic extremists. When one set of extremists is empowered to wipe out the other, we end up with a civil war. Just ask Edmund Ruffin and John Brown.And moreover, we (and I include all Americans in that "we") shouldn't punch people in the face, just because we don't like them or because we disagree with them.
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The Bill of Rights is an uncomfortable compromise. It says that we have to put up with people we dont like.
Violence is NEVER acceptable in response to mere words.
ANYONE, left or right, who can be incited to attack another person based merely on spoken or written communication (perhaps beyond an immediate and credible threat) should be regarded as an animal and put down.
Old filthy commies are still filthy commies.
I’m supposed to tolerate them because they are old and female?
Sorry, no.
See you on the field of battle, traitors.
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