I agree that the anti-ICE protests must be peaceful, and they overwhelmingly are. But these protests take place on public streets and other public locations. No matter how "disciplined" or "strategic" the protesters are, they can't control who shows up in these public places. Demanding 100% peaceful protest to maintain the "moral high ground" is yet another double standard imposed on the left, while violence or threat of violence from the right is baked in to the coverage and barely mentioned, or the victims are blamed.
I also don't see how purely peaceful protest will prevent trump and his ghoulish administration from doing whatever they wanted to anyway. Trump's only negotiating tactic has been "either you do what I say or I'll hit you with a hammer and then do it anyway." Our only hope is to show him our hammer is bigger.
Building off what Florence said, the Left is deathly afraid of poor optics, while the Right could care less and is immune to criticism, hypocrisy or scandal. I have a feeling MAGA agitators are embedded in these crowds much like they were at the George Floyd protests. Masked and personally adding violence into the mix, while whipping the crowd into a frenzy to do the same. And yet, the Left won't even consider this is happening because that was the defense MAGA used when defending January 6 (it was Antifa!). And so we just reluctantly assume some of our own got carried away. I find it hard to believe Trump would stage the National Guard and Marines without orchestrating the televised theater he needs to declare Martial Law nationwide and cancel the Midterms. And yet, our side is so afraid of optics, we just let it happen, and as you say, walk into the trap. Leading full circle back to Florence's point -- why must we NOT get angry, when we're protesting months and months (upon generations) of violence inflicted upon us?
I despise the Netanyahu government and I despise the way they are prosecuting this war. I just blame Hamas more for instigating this awful cycle of death and refusing to concede.
I agree that the anti-ICE protests must be peaceful, and they overwhelmingly are. But these protests take place on public streets and other public locations. No matter how "disciplined" or "strategic" the protesters are, they can't control who shows up in these public places. Demanding 100% peaceful protest to maintain the "moral high ground" is yet another double standard imposed on the left, while violence or threat of violence from the right is baked in to the coverage and barely mentioned, or the victims are blamed.
Good points!
I also don't see how purely peaceful protest will prevent trump and his ghoulish administration from doing whatever they wanted to anyway. Trump's only negotiating tactic has been "either you do what I say or I'll hit you with a hammer and then do it anyway." Our only hope is to show him our hammer is bigger.
Building off what Florence said, the Left is deathly afraid of poor optics, while the Right could care less and is immune to criticism, hypocrisy or scandal. I have a feeling MAGA agitators are embedded in these crowds much like they were at the George Floyd protests. Masked and personally adding violence into the mix, while whipping the crowd into a frenzy to do the same. And yet, the Left won't even consider this is happening because that was the defense MAGA used when defending January 6 (it was Antifa!). And so we just reluctantly assume some of our own got carried away. I find it hard to believe Trump would stage the National Guard and Marines without orchestrating the televised theater he needs to declare Martial Law nationwide and cancel the Midterms. And yet, our side is so afraid of optics, we just let it happen, and as you say, walk into the trap. Leading full circle back to Florence's point -- why must we NOT get angry, when we're protesting months and months (upon generations) of violence inflicted upon us?
Not nearly ready to cancel, but your incessant stanning for the horrible Israeli government is getting really old.
I despise the Netanyahu government and I despise the way they are prosecuting this war. I just blame Hamas more for instigating this awful cycle of death and refusing to concede.