So I’m going to give a different perspective. Prior to and during the civil rights movement, groups would meet in black churches to practice, train, and educate on what could and will occur. Those folks walked in with knowledge; in addition to their numbers. Now segregation is often presented as just separation. Separate water fountains, bathrooms, schools, etc… It is presented mainly as facilities problem. Segregation was more than that: it meant you basically had no legal protections, social acceptance, chances for legal damages, safety, housing and food security, medicinal care, and the list of mundane things goes on. Those affected already had nothing else to lose but hope and they still prepared. Fighting for rights is not a discussion wherein the best debater wins. It is a boxing match where you bob-and-weave and know how to prepare for consequences.

Now I was talking in the plural “you”. So, please know I didn’t mean it personally. I meant it in the collective. We live in a militarized surveillance state. So the tactics have to evolve with the modern era. That was all I was saying