Disrupt the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade? Good Thing? Bad Thing?

[branford]

19. I meant everything.

I certainly am not a Republican or care about those people whose politics would never be sympathetic to such peaceful protests. However, there are many loyal, yet more politically moderate, Democrats and others who definitely support reforms in our criminal justice system, and would similarly support peaceful and productive protest events. I believe that trying to stop the Macy's Parade would alienate these individuals whose voices are not really represented here (and the vast majority of liberal Democrats who don't read or post on DU), but are still one of us.

The fact that the poll is very tiny, unscientific, reactive to an event that just occurred, and people can talk big on an anonymous forum with few consequences, speaks for itself.

I simply would not use the results of this thread, good or bad, as substantive evidence for the wisdom of choosing to interrupt the Macy's Parade due to anger and disappointment over Michael Brown and the lack of a prosecution of Darren Wilson.