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We're so used to S.W.A.T. at anti-war rallies that when there IS a dangerous...
...situation that really calls for a large, armed police presence, we have the same negative response.
If you have that response, it's not your fault. It's our government's fault, and our fault for letting them get away with it so long that it's made us pessimistic and suspicious, even in dire moments like this.
That is a real tragedy. It really is.
We have to carve out a better American government and hold our representatives more accountable.
This nation is in distress.
PB
