Civil Disobedience Isn T The Right Way To Take Down Donald Trump

I have one more thing to say about Donald Trump and the partisans who come to his rallies to cheer or to silence him. (I posted on the subject last week and Monday.)

Then I butted in. “Why,” I asked, “is civil disobedience even on the table?” 

 “Protest is speech. It’s how they are heard. Whining on Facebook won’t get TV news helicopters flying over their houses.”

 “I disagree with the tactic as well, but if I were running it, I would have shut down ALL roads leading into the rally.”

 “Perhaps there are other, newer, more direct ways to do civil disobedience. . . “

 “If we don’t stand up to bullies, we allow an atrocity to continue. But, preventing speeches—any speech—is abhorrent.”