Treating people who are looting, defacing, destroying property, and beating on others as peaceful protesters is probably the more harmful long-term trend.
Marianne Williamson
 @marwilliamson
27 Jul 2020
Violence is never a good thing, but protests are often a good thing. Our founders protected the right to protest for good reason. Treating peaceful protesters as though they are rioters undermines a sacred first principle of our freedom. pbs.org/newshour/show/portla…
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Replying to @Happygunz1
So you think all the thousands of people out there are looters and rioters?

Jul 27, 2020 · 4:23 AM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson
Not what I said. However, I was not sufficiently specific as well. I think that we should recognize that there are both. I'm extremely concerned with federal overreach, and also with taxpaying members of those cities not being sufficiently protected by their local authorities.
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The taxpaying citizens of Portland are exactly who are out on the street every night protesting the presence of the federal agents. The people of Portland did not ask them to come, nor do they feel "protected" by their presence.
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