tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786764158320829279.post5829373994108803032..comments2024-03-26T12:44:30.308-07:00Comments on Blue Heron Blast: Saturday's child works hard for his livingBlue Heronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13516946085702606491noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786764158320829279.post-33330043200721570832020-06-06T16:23:57.308-07:002020-06-06T16:23:57.308-07:00It is so early and I don't want to project my ...It is so early and I don't want to project my hopes onto it. I see a really broad pattern to the emergence of this movement. People have had to listen to Trump's denigration and hostility for three years now. Trump actively works to split the country at a time when support and healing of some sort is drastically called for. The people out demonstrating, especially since the violence let up, are out there creating the unifying and healing process without the blonde haired leader. Mattis said we can unify without "him" and that is what is happening, just as the states dealt with the pandemic while Trump thrashed around and preened. The strength of our civil society may well show its power without and in spite of Trump's divisiveness. I think it is really significant that a big segment of the public is demanding change in police tactics and overall culture while Trump hides in the "palace" unable to address the people.<br /><br />Of course the euphoria and sense of victory will be very brief and more divisiveness and rage will spew from the White House to energize those who have been hypnotized by such displays. This is one of a series of events that will need to take place to effect change--someday--hopefully.<br /><br />Meanwhile the young generation stood up and acted effectively in a way that I, like Robert, never expected. We may yet lose the republic, but it looks a little better today than it did a short while ago.Jon Harwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07167557407360477540noreply@blogger.com