I am so sick and tired of the anarchists who tack onto peaceful protests

[wnylib]

63. I can suport changes that seem radical at the time, and have done so,

when the changes are constructive for living up to the constitutional values of democracy. Voting rights, desegregation, full equality for all in education, jobs, health care, women's rights, labor rights and collective bargaining, etc. were once thought radical, but I've supported them for as far back as I can remember.

But I cannot and will not support a "tear it all down and start over" type of radicalism coming from anyone who glories in the taking down but doesn't have an ounce of wisdom about how to rebuild. The rebuilding ideas that I've heard so far sound like Utopian idealism without any foundation in practical reality.

And I certainly can't support any ideology or movement that claims to represent "the people" while spouting hate at targeted groups. That kind of movement does not support "the people" no matter what they call themselves any better than the People's Republic of China title describes a democratic government of human rights.

The farthest ends of extremism are totalitarian, authoritarian regimes whether they come from extreme far right or extreme far left. Both extreme ends serve ideology over people which requires absolute obedience to the ideology.