My concern is that someone could bait violence too easily. Maybe this is not a conversation I can can be helpful in. I hope you all are safe! I hope you all take action to help you and others around you remain safe or find safety.

My concern is that someone could bait violence too easily. Maybe this is not a conversation I can can be helpful in. I hope you all are safe!

Sometimes a beacon is dim. A beacon doesn’t need to be perfect to do it’s job. I hear you

This is a very scary place to be in. Do whatever you can to keep everyone around you as safe as you can. I can’t offer anything but my hope that things will get better, I’m sorry, because that means next to nothing.

I’m watching, and the rest of the world is watching. What’s happening is not right.

That’s a pretty important point, I think, thank-you.

• If Trump can enact the insurrection act if there’s violence… then he will encourage violence
• I’m worried that outside actors would easily decide to do this, and this shouldn’t be a decision made by non-americans.
• I deeply hope that the united states maintains its presence (it is a beacon)

Educate me. I mean this with no hostility, and I’ll be honest about the fact that I’m not an American and am seeing this from the outside. I’m not attacking anyone and I’m not defending any one stance, because I’d like to be educated and I’m not confident my news is giving me the whole picture.

Educate me.

Here’s what I hear.

• American troops (including marines) have been deployed without the governor’s consent (this sounds terrifying)
  • This has been temporarily suspended because it was a hasty move and requires the governor’s consent
• If this turns violent then it can be considered an insurrection (or meet whatever terms required to be considered) and the insurrection act can be invoked (this sounds terrifying) (why would you encourage violence in this circumstance?)
• I get how pacifism can be the wrong move in some circumstances, but this post sounds like it came from people wanting to stir the pot. And that’s exactly what Trump would want, right?

Please spell it out for the rest of us. And how can I help?

Isn’t this exactly what Trump would want? I may be missing the point here, and as an ally I don’t mean to take anyone’s energy away from far more important efforts.

Please educate me (if you can). Please fight for your rights!

What’s with all the NDP hate here? They gave many Canadians free dental and many other (left-leaning) things through their coalition with the Liberals. I take issue with the premise of this post. Yes, the NDP are going to lose votes this election, but it’s not specifically because they screwed up. It’s because a lot of us are in a situation where the anti-vote for CPC pushes voters to vote Liberal when they would otherwise vote NDP.

I don’t know if this is a trend that will continue. But if the Liberals had changed our voting system (like they promised) to something other than FPTP, no one here would need to cast anti-votes or strategic votes anymore. Or at least less often.

I’m lucky that in my area, my anti-vote, strategic vote and heartfelt vote all land on the same party. But most Canadians aren’t.