2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: please just stop it. [View all]Zoonart
(11,834 posts)- as it is currently presenting itself, is that they are only interested in attacking low risk targets at events they can easily access and can be relatively assured that they will be allowed to take the stage. Sure- it is getting them clicks and likes, but it is also dividing their community base.
To really soar they have to attack the real enemy of the people and right now that is the Republican racist clown car. There is risk here. They will have to risk being arrested and harassed. As a veteran of many civil and global rights movements, I can advise that you can either get your face on TV or you can effect real change. Real change involves risk for the planners and the activists of this movement.
All of what they are demanding is righteous. However, it will have to be achieved politically, therefore they cannot continue to divide the base or they will loose.