@ryanhoulihan

no, the protesters do
are you speaking of a specific example that is upsetting you?

@ryanhoulihan

no, I looked, it isn't
and I have protested over the years so very many times without imprisonment, and look, I'm not dead. People do go to jail for protests, but usually for a very short time, unless there are other circumstances at work. Protests often expect and want this to increase publicity. Yes, horrific things happen here, as everywhere, but we still have much better options than the Chinese, Russians, North Koreans, and other authoritarian brutal regimes.

@ryanhoulihan
the thing is, while America is operating as a democracy there are many ways citizens (and others) can make policies and practices change. In an authoritarian ruled country, not so much -- protesters get imprisoned or killed.

@ryanhoulihan

https://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2024/03/08/taiwan-unfinished-business-a-fareed-zakaria-special-premieres-sunday-march-10-at-800pm-et-on-cnn-cnni/

“TAIWAN: Unfinished Business – A Fareed #Zakaria Special,”

what – if anything – can deter China from a violent invasion of the island, and what can be forecast for the world if nothing can dissuade China’s ruthless modern-era ruler, Xi Jinping. China has tightened its grip upon the previously democratically-run Hong Kong Taiwan, watching the sometimes-violent repressions unfold,."...

@angiebaby @ryanhoulihan

how are the Dems a personality cult? what personality?

@ryanhoulihan
blaming the people you need to elect you, rather than acknowledging their complaints and working to do better is not a good way to succeed

@jeffowski

ARTIST’S PAEAN

My part of the social contract,
my cultural role
is to dig deep into my subjective soul,
which connects to
the collective whole.
To fully merge with that landscape
become every bit of soil, every seed;
excavate the before, becoming,... https://om2317.wordpress.com/2013/10/12/artists-paean/

@ryanhoulihan

remember democracy? where we get to debate our positions, look for the people who would best represent us, the whole competition aspect through which we find and refine our best options? This is well before the big day (days with early voting), when we ought to be searching far and near for the very best -- not cementing ourselves in a "safe" place which is anything but

@ryanhoulihan

Are "Right" and "Conservative"
now code for cruel?

@ryanhoulihan YES!