Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act to 'put an end' to protests in Minneapolis

[hamsterjill]

33. That's right. They are armed.

But it is going to be (unfortunately) only a matter of time until someone shoots back. ABSOLUTELY NOT CONDONING VIOLENCE!!! But I feel it's inevitable, and I can completely understand someone wanting to fight back.

I grew up in Uvalde. So it's like the sister of the victim who was ejected from the court room for screaming out when they were trying to blame her dead sister for not locking a door in a classroom. I completely understand her emotion and why she did it. I even kind of admire her for speaking up, etc. because I know the "good ole boys" network down there and I see what is happening. But I also understand that her doing that risked the judge granting a mistrial. He's a Republican and he'd have loved an excuse to do that. So, rationally, she didn't need to give him an excuse.

We are in unfamiliar waters just like that sister. We need some smart and creative LEADERS who can help the masses peacefully yet EFFECTIVELY navigate this. We don't have that - at least not now. The masses are trying but what they've done hasn't been all that effective up to this point. Someone in authority needs to step up, devise a meaningful plan and figure out a way for us ALL to participate. If it's a boycott, so be it. But we need to all be unified or it won't work. And individual groups calling for the mass public to boycott Amazon doesn't cut it. We need an Obama-like, or Bill Clinton-like figure, or SOMEONE who can appeal to the masses. I'm not suggesting that it be Obama or Clinton - but I am suggesting that it needs to be someone with that kind of charm, finesse, intelligence and gumption.