In April, white oganizers with 50501 Los Angeles harassed Erik, a well-known and respected Black activist, calling the police on him because he would not move his Black Panthers merch table out of a public area away from their protest. After an uproar, 50501 LA organizers issued an apology.

Thanks for processing this with me. Time to finish getting ready for my 7am flight, alone.

I believe maybe this is the only way we can overcome the hate our species is plagued with. The popular literary trope of the laughing insane person, laughs for a reason.

I’m an absurdist because, despite all this, I’ll continue to fight for a better human condition, I’ll continue to fight for you, and for and with those who said that because I wasn’t there that day, because my fight was elsewhere, that I don’t matter.

It hurts but I’m get over it. Still, it further worries me that this os just gesturing on both sides. Ultimately it’s about who shouts the loudest, or who was where when, and not about our fellow humans, mot about human solidarity.

Proportionally, though, you had a choice to support someone who needed it in these fraught times. A choice I think proportionally could have gone farther.

I believe your support in this moment, in tougher situations than a rally full of friendlies, even at threat of physical violence, would go further towards making a change than one person in a sea of voices. (Don’t get me wrong, this is also important!)

Unfortunately there are others in the family who haven’t. I needed support this weekend more than most, which is why I reluctantly placed my trust in you, who said you’d be there to support me.

I cannot go to the No King protests this weekend - although I would if I could and I hope it goes without saying that I support the movement - because I am choosing instead to spend time with a family that has struggled to accept me as who I am, but ultimately has chosen to grow to accept me.

Appreciate you shedding clarity on this. I hate that misinformation with intent to escalate tensions are coming from both sides.

To be clear, I’m not happy with what’s happening, but don’t think that dissenters should resort to the same hyperbole and misleading facts as those whom we’re rejecting.

To me, the note regarding the world cup, was more a message to those outside the city (esp the feds) as the World Cup is reflective of both the city and the nation. To me, the “this” in the statement you quoted referred to the deployment of the national guard and escalation by the fed govt.

I felt her comment that we (as the city of Los Angeles) accept you are no matter when you got here, and that she will not let her city by divided by immigration status, was the true message to LA residents, and a positive, powerful one.

Can anyone confirm this? This is the first I’m seeing of it.