I walked Capitol Hill
Downtown
Capitol Hill yesterday. 20,000+ steps.
I walked through the crowds. Normal and happy and kind and optimistic people.
Media hyping a few minutes where a handful of troubleseekers broke into a govt building is wildly irresponsible. Not news.
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He said “I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical” *but* he also warned...
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“Unsuccessful rebellions indeed generally establish the incroachments on the rights of the people which have produced them.” Someone wanted yesterday to be and look “unsuccessful”. Many did. And the cameras and media coverage today will reflect that. Turn it off. Calm down.
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PS: Am I letting folks who performed criminal acts off the hook? No. People act stupid sometimes. That’s Planet Earth. They’ll be charged. But who was it posing for pics in the Capitol? Oh yeh it was Neo Nazis. Infiltrators who have been rejected by both sides. Losers.
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PPS: Do I understand the desperation and frustration of real Trump supporters who rushed into the building alongside the troublemakers? Yep. Compassion and understanding each other are what’s missing today. But was this instigated by ordinary Trump folks? Doesn’t seem so.
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Normal traffic on the roads.
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Sounds like you know what it is like to live in Portland now huh? Yes it is safe to live in Portland.
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thanks for letting me have your wife last night.
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Lenin went to seize power by tram.
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Totally safe apart from the 4 people who died...
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