A solid demonstration of how to think and write perfectly reasonably about a perfectly unreasonable situation. I have mixed feelings about the piece--some very positive and some very negative--and will have to think a bit in order to sort it out. The line that disturbs me the most is the bit about "...the majority staying silent, whet…
A solid demonstration of how to think and write perfectly reasonably about a perfectly unreasonable situation. I have mixed feelings about the piece--some very positive and some very negative--and will have to think a bit in order to sort it out. The line that disturbs me the most is the bit about "...the majority staying silent, whether out of fear of being branded right-wing or racist or, given the pandemic, wanting to stay clear of the whole thing." If it was only a story about property damage that would be one thing, but there were abundant and perfectly serious death threats underscored by multiple physical mob attacks. And the explicit stated goal of Antifa and many other organised rioters is to "tear the system down" presumably with property damage being an important symbolic element. Hopefully the majority will come out of it's stupor sometime soon. Towards this I would like to see more investagative reporting on this story and would welcome stories that are not afraid disturb and to expose enemies of the public and the leaders of organised violence against our institutions. The reflexive cancellation of a young British musician over the mere mention of Andy Ngo's book does not point in a good direction and I am concerned that the silent majority will not get the raw information and facts needed for them to sort out how much we should value "the system" and whether it is worth defending or not.
This article, in itself, took a lot of courage to write. Thank you, Nancy. I agree. I am so discouraged by how my progressive friends around the country glamorize the frightening violence in Portland and Seattle... and the vituperative hatred of "the police". By the way, I was in Weatherman SDS and we didn't do shit compared to these kids.
A solid demonstration of how to think and write perfectly reasonably about a perfectly unreasonable situation. I have mixed feelings about the piece--some very positive and some very negative--and will have to think a bit in order to sort it out. The line that disturbs me the most is the bit about "...the majority staying silent, whether out of fear of being branded right-wing or racist or, given the pandemic, wanting to stay clear of the whole thing." If it was only a story about property damage that would be one thing, but there were abundant and perfectly serious death threats underscored by multiple physical mob attacks. And the explicit stated goal of Antifa and many other organised rioters is to "tear the system down" presumably with property damage being an important symbolic element. Hopefully the majority will come out of it's stupor sometime soon. Towards this I would like to see more investagative reporting on this story and would welcome stories that are not afraid disturb and to expose enemies of the public and the leaders of organised violence against our institutions. The reflexive cancellation of a young British musician over the mere mention of Andy Ngo's book does not point in a good direction and I am concerned that the silent majority will not get the raw information and facts needed for them to sort out how much we should value "the system" and whether it is worth defending or not.
This article, in itself, took a lot of courage to write. Thank you, Nancy. I agree. I am so discouraged by how my progressive friends around the country glamorize the frightening violence in Portland and Seattle... and the vituperative hatred of "the police". By the way, I was in Weatherman SDS and we didn't do shit compared to these kids.