I think it is time for our side to leave the streets for a while

[Stinky The Clown]

Just disappear.

Stand down.

The only people then left in the streets would be the Blackwater Boys in camo, right wing instigators, and agents provocateur. The CamoCrew can gas right wingers and go home.

It seems to me nothing is being accomplished by staying except that Trump gets his raw footage for use in campaign commercials.

This is NOT to say the cause is wrong. It absolutely is not. But I think the tactics need reconsideration.

Flame away.

[empedocles]

1. Agree for the most part

[blueinredohio]

4. Maybe just move to someplace not close to federal buildings

then there's no excuse for Trumps goons to be there.

[marlakay]

13. I agree protest completely away

From anything federal. From what I see a few people are violent ruining the message for the many who are trying to stand up for their beliefs peacefully.

If they stop Trump will take credit for clearing the streets and restoring peace. Ugh!!

[agingdem]

2. no ... this kind of "rebellion" was long time coming

when the BLM took to the streets we stopped being nice...

[empedocles]

6. As MLK et al, knew, violence was not the way to go. History suggests that the aggressive

left proved him right - for decades.

[agingdem]

7. peaceful is not aggressive..

this isn't just about BLM and police brutality.....this is about "normalized' racial, ethnic and gender hate.. this is about economic inequality...this is about storm troopers in our streets..this is about a virus that has ravaged and killed our near and dear... this about the total disregard for science and human life...and this is about the incompetent apathetic leadership who allowed this to happen...this is about taking our country back and making it better...

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. The peaceful protesters have largely left. What largely remains are anarchists

They hate us too.

[agingdem]

14. I remember my protest days in the 60's and 70's

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the Vietnam war had claimed so many young lives, 3 of my close friends among them, and my then boyfriend was about to be deployed....our protests were peaceful..police, and probably FBI,were on the sidelines taking our pictures while we were taking theirs...but once the National Guard was called in to "put down" the non existent riots everything turned.. we were clubbed, dragged, and tear gassed, something I will never forget.. bleeding, blinded, choking...the smell and taste of blood and tear gas will be with me forever...and to this day I am convinced the protests would have faded if not for the National Guard doing "their thing"...and then Kent State happened...today it's Portland

[DemocratSinceBirth]

16. I participated in one of the Moratorium marches at 12 years old.

I didn't break things. When you break things that aren't yours you cede the moral high ground and give reactionary elements a pretext to crack down.

[Thekaspervote]

5. With Seattle reporting that the fed goons are leaving and Portland in talks to have them removed

It looks as if a cooling off may already be in play.

[MichMan]

8. Several have been going on for 2 months straight

[WhiskeyGrinder]

9. I'll let the people who have been doing the work on this for years take the lead on that decision.

Protests get results, though. They force power to listen.

[kentuck]

10. That genie is already out of the bottle.

It may be seen as a major political miscalculation?

[Trenzalore]

11. Trump is retreating from Portland

It isn't polling as well as he thought it would. It isn't 1968.

[BannonsLiver]

12. It's mostly anarchist lunatics now

They’re not our people.

[bigtree]

15. you should understand that is surrender

...the notion that they want protest is probably true, but that doesn't mean their strategy is going to make their actions appear any more legitimate to Americans.

The footage shows TRUMP'S America, not Democrats', and we need to own the opposition to these fascist tactics, not shrink away from it. Maybe that's too hard for people to get behind, but you really should. It's not only the right thing to do, but it's what Americans standing up against this outrage deserve.

Besides, protestors are making progress. Time to stand tall.

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