they cut off traffic multiple blocks either way for many of the protests, literally who would hit the protestors except ICE or the state and local police themselves?? there is a traffic light right there people would use to cross if they weren’t prevented from doing so by local police??

incredibly moving to watch the rapid response groups learn the schedules of local churches and show up to escort at risk people home and to vehicles for safety. rogers park has a lot of suffering right now and also an extraordinary amount of people showing up in profound community.

Vast majority truly, truly don’t care, want to be community to who shows up. People change, you expect congregants will go through a whole variety of beliefs and lives while they’re connected, why wouldn’t one of those stages be “no God” or “maybe God” or ”I’m just here for the people.” Go for it!

some forget that being racist, sexist, etc. means you constantly and wildly underestimate your opposition. falsely believing you are inherently superior to others will have you making a lot of very bad strategic decisions regarding your ability to take them on.

the ineptitude seems required by the flaws in their conception of power. they only believe in power as dominator-dominated enforced by violence, and it turns out there are real limits to that (like, the pesky ‘dominated’ continuing to act and talk and coordinate all the time)

the strategic misread is one thing - harder for me to understand ignoring current regime violence. in Chicago ICE has murdered someone, kidnapped children, tear-gassed near daycares. where do they fit in to compromising “to avoid violence”? is the idea to sacrifice them to save pundit lives?