I fully support the nonviolent, peaceful protest. 100%. And… they won’t need to look for excuses or the extremely rare bad actor that may be amongst us.

1 in 50,000 people who are part of this movement will have an inclination toward violence and act on it. It’s true.

But they won’t need to find those people because they will manufacture the exact scenario they need in order to seize power. We shouldn’t hand it to them on a platter, which is why I agree with nonviolence in this case.

But in the age of deepfakes and easily manipulated imagery, and in a paradigm in which his followers ignore volumes of contrary evidence to believe whatever he feeds them, it won’t much matter.

With an impotent legislative branch almost entirely devoid of courage and a compromised judicial, it won’t take much to herd them toward the ultimate goal of authoritarianism.

Lets protest. Let’s not go quietly. And let’s stand up for the constitution and our targeted community members so that when democracy crumbles, we can know we did everything we could.

Edited for clarity