I was there with my kids too! And we had a similar mix of feels. mass rallies are not conducive to nuance and dialogue, so nice work having that with your son anyway. Among people I know who went, there was mostly blunt force enthusiasm which even in this joy-leaning moment still makes me uneasy. I was pleased by the strategy that “USA” …
I was there with my kids too! And we had a similar mix of feels. mass rallies are not conducive to nuance and dialogue, so nice work having that with your son anyway. Among people I know who went, there was mostly blunt force enthusiasm which even in this joy-leaning moment still makes me uneasy. I was pleased by the strategy that “USA” has been reclaimed but at the same time huge crowd chanting of any sort always scares me a little, it just seems like there is something irrational and potentially violent beneath it (or maybe it’s my Ohio roots showing, we beat each other up and light stuff on fire for any large sporting event like it’s part of the tailgate). I wondered, when we were all booing Trump, and also when there was that tussle over the free Palestine sign, if we still have the urge as a society for public punishments and executions, and what it would take to flip a crowd that large and jacked up into violence.
I agree. It’s also why I appreciate that Harris seems to defuse negative chanting - as opposed to egging it on - but in a crowd that large it’s hard to control the energy.
I was there with my kids too! And we had a similar mix of feels. mass rallies are not conducive to nuance and dialogue, so nice work having that with your son anyway. Among people I know who went, there was mostly blunt force enthusiasm which even in this joy-leaning moment still makes me uneasy. I was pleased by the strategy that “USA” has been reclaimed but at the same time huge crowd chanting of any sort always scares me a little, it just seems like there is something irrational and potentially violent beneath it (or maybe it’s my Ohio roots showing, we beat each other up and light stuff on fire for any large sporting event like it’s part of the tailgate). I wondered, when we were all booing Trump, and also when there was that tussle over the free Palestine sign, if we still have the urge as a society for public punishments and executions, and what it would take to flip a crowd that large and jacked up into violence.
I agree. It’s also why I appreciate that Harris seems to defuse negative chanting - as opposed to egging it on - but in a crowd that large it’s hard to control the energy.