Protesters being moved

[king1]

The day we're afraid to protest is the day we can kiss our democracy good bye.

That said, the point is that those who were not nazis, not alt right, not CTer's, not hellbent on destruction & violence, not threatening to hang people, not racist, not abusing schoolkids & others wearing masks should have immediately removed themselves once it became clear that those elements were trying to destroy the protest from within.

Because whether or not that was their intent, that has been the outcome - they are responsible for the disdain & contempt with which those protesters are now viewed; those who made threats, abused people wearing masks & all the other really nasty stuff have ensured that all are seen in that light.

the minute we bow to the unelected minority making policy democracy is lost.
bringing a tent to a protest tells me its not a protest. and to call it protesting is a misnomer.
it was civil unrest at its best, and downright traitorous at worst.

so our right to protest remains sacred and intact.
shame our laws arent.

although "downright traitorous" does have the implication of what 'they' are accusing society of becoming ie. slippery slope, taken out the back and being shot for protesting...