Travis R wrote:
noofus wrote:
Set up a booth at the expo and give away arm bands or something.
Exactly. Or better yet, volunteer at an aid station. It doesn't cost anything, and promotes good will.
Good will? ya, right. I think one slogan at a rally was "pigs in a blanket, fry em line bacon".
Maybe they can serve pre-race breakfast for volunteers. I bet a local grocery store chain will donate the food. I'm pretty sure "pig" is referring to breakfast sausage links. Very sure.
I wish groups like this would put their energy and time towards correcting some of the root causes of the issue. Correcting internally the negative elements within their own thug, gang banger sub-culture, and at the same time working with the other side to do the same within racist white supremist sub-culture. You can't expect one side to try and fix their own problems if the other doesn't attempt to do the same or even recognize there are 2 sides to the issue.
The last riot locally (according to locals) a neighboring township was in a high speed chase for a black youth failing to yield for a traffic stop. They handed off to the city police (who are all white) and the youth crashed the car and died. Somehow that was the police's fault, even though they didn't even initiate the original traffic stop. Basically there was a lot of mistrust and it's was a powered keg waiting to explode. That's how these usually go. There's a lot of mistrust, often for good reason, on both sides. To fix it, you need fix the issue on both ends.
My concern is this demonstration is only attempting to gain attention to the need to correct one side. Further, the real problem is lack of trust and barriers build up on both sides. Disrupting this even will make the problem worse, not better.
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