I’ve certainly hung around ‘those type.’ In some cases, I felt a protest was necessary.. But most of the time, it was the same ‘ol crowd… What I also noticed is how uninformed many were … there was a woman jumping up & down with her sign, a car stopped and the occupant asked ‘what’s this about?’ “I don’t really know,” said the jumping woman next to me, “You’ll have to ask him,” pointing to ‘the guy in charge.’

I suspect some get off on being part of a mob. I don’t, nor do I care for standing in the rain with a sign along side loud dangerous stinking traffic.. Seems those so quick to protest love it. Sometimes it can bring attention to an actual injustice … the other half of the time it’s for bored attention seekers assuming they’re doing something.. Too much of the latter defeats the purpose of the former.

I'm not clear what you're referring to, so I can't be specific. I would note th at none of the things you mention are new or unAmerican. It's just been a while since there was so much to disagree with -- if you are referring to government.

Ultra-nationalism and bigotry are terrible things. But I'm convinced we will move past this.