If only we had managed to complete a constitution, this would never have happened.  In the Declaration of Independence, we promised equality for all, but now the proposed laws promise inequality in almost all aspects of life.   How can we not protest?

Today I met a guy who wasn’t protesting.  He said, we got what we deserved, we leftists.  I of course said it isn’t a question of left and right – it’s democracy.  “The hell with democracy!” he exclaimed “The US screws up democracy every chance they get.  Look what they did to the supreme court!  Look what the police do every time they think the cameras aren’t on them!  Democracy is fine on the books, but it doesn’t work.”  I was so flabbergasted I didn’t respond, but this issue needs to be addressed.  Here’s my answer:  We screw up all the time, and looking back, I can see we’ve made terrible decisions.  But this doesn’t make democracy something we can give up on.