What really scares me is we were going the Nazi route before all this, when ostensibly things were “going well” (though fundamentally they weren’t, for most people). The fact that Trump was the one that ushered in this horror undermines him a bit, but…
No, because that could take years. We’re supposed to stay at home until new cases reduce a certain amount and there’s robust testing and contact tracing systems in place. But none of that is happening, and with the dysfunction in this administration, that’s not going to happen.
For those of us taking this seriously, upset that the government isn’t, that kind of gathering still isn’t seen as safe. If someone could organize a means of protesting that didn’t involve leaving home, that might work… but it wouldn’t get the coverage that a few dozen people (with guns) gets. (And these decisions are being made by people who aren’t going to be paying attention to contrary protests anyways.)
