Congrats on your first protest! The first time I was tear-gassed was 1968 at SF State College during the student strike that brought forth the country's first Black Studies Department! Four years later, I was floating off the coast of Viet Nam on an aircraft carrier. I'm also a vet.
Granted, I was enlisted - not officer. My take on following rules, orders, and procedures was (and still is) much less stringent, one might say.
My only take on Houlahan is that I don't recall her speaking out when Republicans were blatantly disrupting Biden speeches.
I get that a person finally reaches a point where they must finally make a stand on something. I still believe it was a piss-poor time to do it.
I'm glad your anger is abating. While you (and I) would certainly have voted differently than she did, Chrissy is a decent person.
The woman with her worked on her 2018 campaign, and has run her West Chester office ever since. The reason that she was looking around the way she was, relates to death threats, and other violent threats, that Chrissy has received. It used to be that elected officials were out and about amoungst regular folks as much as possible -- but threats, and actual violence, is now more the norm, so there's need for secrecy, and protection. It's very sad.
I figured. Especially since she's held controversial positions with both Democrats and Republicans. It was actually quite nice to meet her face-to-face. That really helped. I'm not the type to yell in front of a person. Well...several weeks after the fact. Also, cops and security.
Congrats on your first protest! The first time I was tear-gassed was 1968 at SF State College during the student strike that brought forth the country's first Black Studies Department! Four years later, I was floating off the coast of Viet Nam on an aircraft carrier. I'm also a vet.
Granted, I was enlisted - not officer. My take on following rules, orders, and procedures was (and still is) much less stringent, one might say.
My only take on Houlahan is that I don't recall her speaking out when Republicans were blatantly disrupting Biden speeches.
I get that a person finally reaches a point where they must finally make a stand on something. I still believe it was a piss-poor time to do it.
Agreed.
I'm glad your anger is abating. While you (and I) would certainly have voted differently than she did, Chrissy is a decent person.
The woman with her worked on her 2018 campaign, and has run her West Chester office ever since. The reason that she was looking around the way she was, relates to death threats, and other violent threats, that Chrissy has received. It used to be that elected officials were out and about amoungst regular folks as much as possible -- but threats, and actual violence, is now more the norm, so there's need for secrecy, and protection. It's very sad.
I figured. Especially since she's held controversial positions with both Democrats and Republicans. It was actually quite nice to meet her face-to-face. That really helped. I'm not the type to yell in front of a person. Well...several weeks after the fact. Also, cops and security.