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Greg Bluestein
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Floyd County Democrats cancel a planned rally today ahead of Trumps visit to Rome because a large militia presence is expected. #gapol
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NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Different Drummer
(7,532 posts)Lunabell
(5,920 posts)Violence is their only answer and their hate fuels their fire. My stomach is in knots.
OrlandoDem2
(2,064 posts)soothsayer
(38,601 posts)PatSeg
(46,807 posts)They are looking for a fight and probably an opportunity to use their weapons.
coti
(4,612 posts)That doesn't make for good PR.
We have to have courage and stand up to them, peacefully.
PatSeg
(46,807 posts)they can find provocation. The cops do it all the time. "I thought the phone was a gun!"
drray23
(7,587 posts)it plays into the hands of rwingers painting democrats as weak.
coti
(4,612 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Imagine what they will do when they lose.
Different Drummer
(7,532 posts)JDC
(10,084 posts)I don't know what can be done, but this will get legs and the intimidation tactics will only increase.
coti
(4,612 posts)AleksS
(1,665 posts)What level of risk to the lives of the people attending balances against the desire to not be perceived as weak?
In their calculation, the balance favored avoiding the risk even if it made them look weak. Others might have come to a different calculation.
Theyre the ones on the ground there, so I wont second-guess them though.
coti
(4,612 posts)You have to be brave. Yes, some will get hurt, maybe even killed. But it will be much, much worse in the long run if you don't stand up to them.
stillcool
(32,626 posts)that would be suicide. What good could come over being dead? I guess if I was heavily armed, and had a death wish I'd go. You?
stopdiggin
(11,095 posts)1) I'm going to let the people on the ground with first hand experience of the area and the dynamics make this call.
and 2) I see voter turnout as the only possible metric that would counterbalance a real possibility of risk and harm to the people I'm trying to rally. If I don't see real potential for increasing the number at the polls .. then I don't feel at all compelled to put women and children in the path of a bunch of goobers with guns and pickup trucks. There'll be other days.
Clearly fogged in
(1,895 posts)Without trump to rally behind they have no effective leadership - even behind him they don't, but that's another topic.
No matter the outcome of the election they have no political value to trump. He will hit them to sell whatever wares he has, but there's nothing he can do for the base. Another four years would only serve financial interests, his supporters be damned.
My Pet Orangutan
(9,102 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,041 posts)stillcool
(32,626 posts)SharonClark
(10,005 posts)and not participating in unproductive counter rallies. That action can wait until after we win, if necessary.