Too gloomy for me.
I have more trust in the conduct of most Americans, their innate morality and optimism than that.
Once could have thought that same way after the 1968 riots and one would have been wrong and we would have never had a champion like Ronald Reagan emerge.
Things are gloomy and I'm looking at the reality of the situation -- The conduct of BLM/Antifa and other subversive groups continue to wreak havoc on our cities. These groups are expanding, and are continuing to recruit and train. They should not be ignored, because it sure as heck doesn't look like they're going to go away anytime soon. Added to this that while some have been incarcerated for misconduct we have liberal groups and DEMS bailing them out!
Here are some stats that I find concerning:
The recent Black Lives Matter protests peaked on June 6, when half a million people turned out in nearly 550 places across the United States. That was a single day in more than a month of protests that still continue to today.
Four recent polls — including one released this week by Civis Analytics, a data science firm that works with businesses and Democratic campaigns — suggest that about 15 million to 26 million people in the United States have participated in demonstrations over the death of George Floyd and others in recent weeks.These figures would make the recent protests the largest movement in the country’s history, according to interviews with scholars and crowd-counting experts.
Number of people in U.S. who said they protested, according to polls
Poll Pct. who protested Implied population Polling period
Kaiser Family Foundation (n = 1296) 10% 26 million June 8-14
Civis Analytics (4446) 9% 23 million June 12-22
N.O.R.C. (1310) 7% 18 million June 11-15
Pew (9654) 6% 15 million June 4-10
Also consider:
Roughly four-in-ten Americans (nearly half) support the Black Lives Matter movement. All told, 43% support the movement, including 18% who strongly support it. About one-in-five Americans (22%) oppose the movement, and a sizable share (30%) said they have not heard anything about the Black Lives Matter movement or did not offer an opinion.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/07/03/us/george-floyd-protests-crowd-size.htmlhttps://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/07/08/how-americans-view-the-black-lives-matter-movement/Then there's also ANTIFA to consider. Current stats don't seem to be readily available.
The antifa movement has grown since the 2016 United States presidential election. As of August 2017, approximately 200 groups existed, of varying sizes and levels of activity.[65] It is particularly present in the Pacific Northwest.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifa_(United_States)
