The only thing that progressives, liberals, or anyone else who believes in the true meaning of the words in our Preamble, our Bill of Rights, or in the words written on the Statue of Liberty, IS TO SUPPORT THE GOALS AND THE COURAGE OF ANTIFA.
Black Panthers, the Nation of Islam, Black Liberation Army, SNCC, and other Black Nationalist groups, are just some of the groups that arose from the apathy, indifferences, complacency, and systemic injustices, tacitly sanctioned by White America. Or, do you think that all these groups just woke up one morning, and only THOUGHT that Whites were oppressing them? Remember, it was only when the SOUTH decided to nationalize photos and videos of their proud lynching's of Blacks over the media, that the rest of the country finally woke up. This was the beginning of the real Black Civil Rights Movement. That is, "dying on your feet, rather than living on your knees".
These groups had every justification to feel segregated and oppressed. Yet these groups were demonized, attacked, arrested, murdered, imprisoned, misrepresented and maligned as social pariahs. Yet, the expansion of White Nationalism, and racist rhetoric, has been allowed to spread with very little direct push-back. Whether out of ignorance, fear, tacit agreement, conformity, or bandwagon rationalizing by many Whites, a social double standard clearly exists. And, this passive double standard needed to be addressed for balance. Antifa, IS the balance. They choose NOT to sit and do nothing about letting this poison spread. Some of their members are truly going to die for their beliefs. But all social changes have been written in blood.
I have nothing but praise and admiration for Antifa. A group with the courage to use more than than just words, to fight against racism, bigotry, and social injustice. Since no one chooses their parents, birthplace, or gender, then bigotry, misogamy, and racism are just the irrational reality of our human condition. It is cooperation that is paramount for human survival. NOT DIVISION.
https://theconversation.com/is-racism-and-bigotry-in-our-dna-135096
So, good on Antifa for their initiative and their courage. And, for their standing up to these mental midgets and cowards. These social misfits are poisoning everything that America stands for. I only wish I could be there with them.
Regarding the killing of a member of an illegal mob. I seriously doubt if any cop would shoot a single woman engaging in civil disobedience, or for simply trespassing. However, she was part of a larger mob, and posing a real danger to the cop's life(by numbers alone). I certainly agree that it was not the wisest of decisions to shoot any member of a large angry mob. But when you are scared shitless, and armed to the teeth, and confronted by 50-100 angry mad people, coming at you screaming obscenities and smashing everything in their way, WELL SHIT JUST HAPPENS SOMETIMES!!
And I personally HAVE been in situations like that. Normally, firing your weapon into a mob would get you killed, as well as your mates. Fortunately, the mob cared more about their lives, than their agenda.
The electoral process is the same process that we have used for decades. If there is a specific problem,
then point it out. This is NOT just a party issue. The electoral rules are covered in the Fed. and State's Voting Acts. They are overseen and regulated by the Fed. Election Commission(and its Assistance Commission). There is no doubt that there are problems, but we must first identify them. Not just bitch and blame others, only when an election is contested.
https://www.newamerica.org/political-reform/reports/america-needs-federal-elections-agency/
Tulsi, had the most practical solution. Simply use paper ballots as a back-up. If the election is ever contested, you could just count all physical paper ballots manually. This would remove all doubts. Of course this does not change the electoral College process. Winner would still take all, regardless of what party he belongs to. After what the Democrats did to Tulsi, they don't have any integrity at all to me. But even they can't lockdown voting integrity. Arguing from ignorance, is never a good legal strategy. What was the consensus of the thousands of voting monitors?
