We all know what you call someone who's under the bridge...so what do you call someone who's on top of the bridge?
Are they walking in the road?
Must be Latin Pride day on INGO.
Wait.
Maybe that doesn't mean what I think it means.
But, more seriously, not really Wiki's fault that "White Pride" has been co-opted by White Supremacists.
Kinda like "Unite the Right" - which seems practical and friendly enough until you see the guest list.
I didn't counter protest BLM and I wouldn't protest the "Alt-Right", neither group is deserving of my time or attention as neither serves to improve anything. Acknowledging them gives them the legitimacy they crave, ignore them and they'll go away. If they choose to allow their gathering to turn violent or involve destruction of property lock them up and allow the courts to deal with them.
So, under the current framework, municipalities are forced to allow them to gather, subject to "reasonable" time, place and manner restrictions.
Time, Place, and Manner Restrictions legal definition of Time, Place, and Manner Restrictions
Cities don't have the luxury of ignoring them.
That's why a judge ordered Charlottesville to allow the initial gathering.
Unite the Right == Usurp the Right.
. . . tow their line.
So, let's say your local municipality was chosen by certain groups for a "Unite the Right" (UTR) gathering. Neo-nazis, white supremacists, identity types (but not sovereign citizens, because they don't need to gather, and Article 4, section 69 says so), will be gathering to protest "diversity" and "genocide."
Naturally, a counter-protest is also being planned.
Just wondering if there's an INGO consensus on what individuals would do.
Stay home. Go elsewhere as far away as possible.
I stay home as well. I'm no where near anyplace that anything like that would happen, and I like it that way.
I didn't counter protest BLM and I wouldn't protest the "Alt-Right", neither group is deserving of my time or attention as neither serves to improve anything. Acknowledging them gives them the legitimacy they crave, ignore them and they'll go away. If they choose to allow their gathering to turn violent or involve destruction of property lock them up and allow the courts to deal with them.
I'll do what I normally do with this ****. I will go about my business doing what I normally do (armed) and read about it later on INGO.
Proper usage: "toe their line." (Google is your friend.)
I see this idiom misused much too many times. You may continue with the thread now.
John
If youre in a boat towing a little dingy, then tow line would be correct.
My thoughts have evolved on this, even over the weekend.
Initially, I was sympathetic to the counter-protesters. I could totally see myself joining in that. Philosophically, it reflects much of what I stand for personally.
But, going to Kut's point, that puts many variables outside my control, including what groups might join in that I *don't* agree with.
And, for that matter, a generic "Unite the Right" event meant as a Republican outreach would be something I'd think about attending.
Right now, it just isn't that simple. We should all be careful about who purports to represent "us."