I lose more and more hope for the world, with each article like this, with each first thought of “whew, everyone’s alive”.

You would or wouldn’t speak that way to someone’s wife, for something he did? It’s not a hard question to answer.

MLK and the dead body of Stephon Clark are very different; I’d never draw an equivalence between them and the thought makes me nauseous. Clark was an ordinary man whose life gained the wrong kind of meaning only after his violent, pointless death. All the criticizing of MLK - especially during his lifetime -was about…

And what was yours?

I don’t have a subscription. So no.

...really think about it for a second. My concern is that that’s all the protest accomplished, with no wider change to the world! No justice for Stephon Clark, no punishment for the murderer - nothing!

...which comment is that a reply to? And, I’m not white.

No, they not doing it for self-satisfaction; the problem is that it might be all they’re accomplishing.

That’s tearfully good news.

That quote there is how every pogrom and race riot and extermination began. It’s a line I’d really like to never be crossed again.

...the surviving family doesn’t get that choice, because of how traumatizing the event was. They never will, barring some sort of miracle, and I’m not religious. But I don’t see why increasing the amount of unhappiness in the world, above what’s already here, makes it better. Her happiness gets primacy because she’s…

...why would you ever wish that onto a kid?!

I agree; he’s a murderer. It’s his family I’d rather see able to live a normal life!

And some fluoxetine, too.

This is an article about hope for the future. Six people have commented on it as of this writing. There should be more.

Wanting everyone to know you’re angry doesn’t accomplish much on its own or is actively counterproductive. It’s why I actively try not to spend the day as angry as I really feel, and am calm now. (This is an aside, that I know you already understand.) Protest on its own, for its own sake, is meaningless, and so is…

I do. PTSD and depression aren’t things anyone deserves, and the less of it in the world the better. But this protest ran a risk of causing them.

It’s only moderate in comparison, is my problem. Pulling him aside (out of earshot) and then saying that to him would be moderate and the video would be just as well received.

...but not from you? I totally do deserve it, but here you’re just confirming something I said.

Yes, that is true. And a little besides the point.