"No empathy needed here my old friend."
Should I have used the word "sympathy" instead? ;-)
P.S. on another note, as you probably assumed, some of our TRT guys were chomping at the bit to go after the anarchists and other disruptors. It was difficult for most of us to assume a defensive posture instead of our usual "seek them out, run 'em down, and destroy them" tatics. ;-)
Nor sympathy either - even with the ;-) You seem not to get what happened here and what we accomplished and what we plan on doing in the future because you were not involved in the planning process, the events leading up to this rally nor privy to the personal sacrifices so many made to make this happen. You showed up at 11th hour and "quickly" became involved. Moreover, I know you are well aware of the D.C. Chapter rules and those of you from the MD TRT have abided by them at all our functions. I really don't get why you bring up offensive tactics. Maybe because I come from a military background we look at those two words in a different manner. The last thing we need to do as we march on is to come across as a bunch of right-wing nuts chomping at the bit to get into a fight. Fight the good fight, as we would have in Sept. if they had attempted to remove the the National Ensign from the Navy Memorial. That said, everyone I saw on Sat. stood their ground without giving an inch and at the same time did not escalate matters beyond control. The U.S. Park Service Police did a great job and were our front, side and rear guards - hands down.
Dave