I feel guilty but.....

[gimmethesimplelife]

That I did the right thing regardless.

Protests of the Minneapolis PD Murder came to Phoenix.....and I didn't go. Afraid of the pandemic. I have elder care to deal with as does SO. But I still feel guilty for not going - like I've given America consent to murder.

What twisted times we live in. Rob

[LDAHL]

Hey, I haven’t raised a finger about the Chinese cracking down on Hong Kong, and I’m sleeping well at night.

[catherine]

Hey, I haven’t raised a finger about the Chinese cracking down on Hong Kong, and I’m sleeping well at night.

'Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are." Benjamin Franklin

I know you are not as complacent about justice as you sometimes appear to be, LDAHL, but I thought this was a fitting response to your post to Rob.

[happystuff]

You can only do what you can, when you can. If you can't be there in person, be there in spirit.

[Tradd]

Rob, what if you went and things turned violent?

[JaneV2.0]

I'm glad you're safely at home.

Minneapolis has failed its citizens, IMO. At least one of the officers involved in Floyd's murder had numerous previous complaints. The percentage of head-bangers on any police force need to be quickly dealt with and summarily dismissed, for the good of all of us.

[Gardnr]

If you don't care for yourself, you can't care for others.

No guilt!

[bae]

There are other ways to protest:

- calls and letters to representatives
- volunteer labor to civil rights organizations
- donations to civil rights organizations
- reaching out and educating friends and relatives
- ...

[ApatheticNoMore]

For all my experience at contacting government, Senators and House Reps, governors and state Senators and state House Reps, county board members, etc.. every impression has always been they could not care less what constituents think. It could not mean less than nothing to them.

So I do it, but it's mostly ritualistic. If I was rich or famous maybe it would be different.

[iris lilies]

For all my experience at contacting government, Senators and House Reps, governors and state Senators and state House Reps, county board members, etc.. every impression has always been they could not care less what constituents think. It could not mean less than nothing to them.

So I do it, but it's mostly ritualistic. If I was rich or famous maybe it would be different.

I don’t know what you expect when you contact your government officials. I am one person one vote one voice. I give them my opinion. They can pay attention to it or not, but of course they pay attention to what their constituents say because they want to get reelected. That doesn’t mean that they are going to act in the way you tell them to act, not at all.


Our city alderman is very good and he shows up in our neighborhood regularly to Membership meetings in fact he doesn’t miss one. He’s always reporting on what he’s doing. he followed someone in that position who is a very strong older woman who was there for decades. Also good. Another past alderman from the other side of our neighborhood is now number two in the city just below the mayor. So our local politicians are very good.

So I donated money to our alderman‘s reelection campaign and he’ll win because he won’t have any serious contenders, but unfortunately I am now in the democratic donor database and I get contacted from other candidates who I will not respond to