Okay, let's avoid letting a few bad eggs take over and ruin things... I know a lot of us have disagreed in the past, and even gotten riled up, but generally the folks in these discussions have been able to step back and take a breath... Mac and I have fought like cats and dogs, for example, but in the end we've always shrugged and agreed that we'd be fine getting a drink... so, in an attempt to get back to some form of actual discussion, let's try that.
So... what on earth is going on in Portland?
On the one hand, what is the objective of all of these people protesting? Like, what is the end goal? And how do they know that they've reached it? Maybe I haven't kept up enough, but it just seems unending. What's the point, at this point? Because to me it seems like there isn't really a possible ending.
On the other hand, why does it seem that our federal law enforcement is determined to make it as bad as possible? Every day you see tons of peaceful protestors getting shot in the face with tear gas canisters and beat over the head with batons... between that Navy vet getting smashed, and then that Army medic getting tear gassed... and the pictures going around of that Wall of Moms woman getting dragged away, and that girl getting a shotgun pointed at her throat... wtf is going on there? And why are conservative not going NUTS at the idea of the federal government getting involved in state issues, even when the states themselves oppose it? It seems to be the DIRECT opposite of what conservatives have supported for decades... it seems almost like what conservatives have been saying we need guns for, for jackbooted government thugs... but they don't seem to care anymore?
