I agree that we should avoid violence, and also that there are a lot of Keyboard Kommandos here who are great at blustering at other people to go out and mix it up.
But the problem is that direct action is obviously the only thing that gets attention.
These protests, while there may be Trump garb or flags, are about the shutdown and the fact that people have lost their businesses, livelihoods and freedoms at the hands of the tyrant governors...who have not listened to or even permitted any reasonable appeals or even legal actions.
People can only be crushed and constrained for so long and then there comes a point where they simply can’t take it. I think the shenanigans over the election and the fact that the powers that be wouldn’t even hear the complaints has pushed a lot of people to think that there’s no other way to make themselves heard than through direct action.
Not good, and our constitutional system was supposed to make this unnecessary; but the Constitution has been ignored by our governors and mayors, and this is the result.
Very nice comment.