 · Michael Moore is right. He'd agree, I think, that the real violence in question here is not breaking windows or setting fires. It's an unresponsive system that for instance, in the midst of a worldwide pandemic refuses (despite agreement between Democratic and Republican majorities) to refund our taxpayer dollars in the form of single-payer healthcare and guaranteed income for workers displaced by forces beyond our control.
 · That's our money they're not returning to us in this emergency!
 · Everyone can also agree with Trump supporters that our election system is entirely fraudulent. Voting machines are completely questionable; they should be replaced by paper ballots. Campaign contributions are nothing but legalized bribery. Voter suppression's many forms (from unnecessary ID laws to the dismantling of the U.S. post office) are a sad fact of American life. Gerrymandering is hideously anti-democratic. So is the Electoral College. The list of fraudulence goes on and on.
 · Pelosi and McConnell do not represent us, but their donors. Following the example of our Founders (cf. Jefferson on this!), we should force them all to flee for their lives from outraged citizens and their pitchforks whether the attack comes from the right or the left.
 · The offices of our mis-representatives deserve to be ransacked.
 · Ordinary people should seize congressional podia and make their voices heard.
 · The police too are working class people misled into identifying fellow workers as the enemy while defending their own natural enemies.
Conclusion
During the Nicaraguan revolution before its triumph in 1979, forces of both left and right came together for the shared purpose of overthrowing the repressive Somoza regime. For instance, though ultimately inimical to the Sandinistas Violeta Chamorro's La Prensa provided a valuable instrument for achieving common revolutionary goals - even after Sandinista partisans invaded and occupied the national parliament.
Likewise, Trump supporters and BLM activists and sympathizers have much in common. Michael Moore's call to uprising speaks to both factions. Seeing Trumpians scaling walls, invading offices of their governmental employees, and taking over "sacred spaces" potentially suggests inspiration and direction for everyone.
Though we progressives might not be able to endorse specific right-wing issues, we should be able to acknowledge the right's justified perception that congressional "representation" doesn't include them - or us.
(Note: You can view every article as one long page if you sign up as an Advocate Member, or higher).
7
4
3
