"I had a Sarah Palin button on backpack" Who is BLMS's Marissa "Johnson" Jenae?

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141. Smug does indeed sound a lot like code for uppity.

I saw several videos of the whole exchange and can only see much of it as verbal abuse. If it was my meeting and someone attacked the moderator in the same way I would have responded by having them escorted out of the meeting or closing the forum. There are genuinely constructive ways to gain a forum and so far as I can tell none of them were attempted. As it was they claimed to have the right to demand the floor immediately with no respect given to those attending. In other venues that might look like hijacking the meeting or something even more.

I cannot assume to know the background of the people who rushed the stage: whether they represent someone responsibly or only wanted to stage a guerrilla action of street theatre. I have a permit to conduct the event and with that come certain responsibilities for what takes place, including the public statements made by those who appear on that forum.

BLM has a right to a public voice and to address injustice where they see a need. They also have a responsibility to present the public with an honest case in a respectful way. Howling at liberals of any color does not engender respect. It didn't work in 1968 and it still won't.

As a disabled, liberal-minded, life long New Deal-Great Society Democrat I have done my time in this cause, every single time it mattered. BLM preaches to the choir from where I see it. Get in line is my first response. The boat only goes forwards if everyone paddles. You have a real case and I agree with you. But in Seattle you attacked the man with the longest legitimate demonstrated history of helping the cause you espouse as if he were part of the problem.

Your aim is off. You should be going after those who have reduced our access to real justice, lively-hood and the opportunity to vote to choose a different future. They are the source of the institutional problems you rightly attack.