I am against violence. Whatever happened to “when they go low, we go high”, which is what Obama said?

Gandhi said, “an eye for an eye and the whole world is blind”. He and another great man, Martin Luther King Jr., believed in non-violence.

It’s more important to change peoples’ hearts and minds than to have a momentary thrill of self-righteousness.

I am fine with refusing to talk or otherwise interact with anyone. One time I was in a group and someone made a racist joke. I said, “That’s wrong”, got up and walked out. Then several people followed me out.

But when you shout someone down or refuse to serve them, or, God forbid, throw a punch — then you cross the line. And when people see you doing it, their hearts become hardened against you.

Also, the First Amendment gives the right to offend.

Christians might find drag queen story time offensive — too bad. White racists might not want to hear an intelligent man like Neil de Grasse Tyson speak — too bad. But, similarly — Trump supporters also have free speech rights.

BTW, the cages were used during the Obama administration. So this example is a bad one if you want to point out the specific awfulness of Trump vs the broken-ness of our immigration policy in general.

Our immigration process needs to be fixed. The best way to do that is to reach across the aisle and get buy-in with the majority of Americans. Attacking people is not the best way to persuade them of the righteousness of your cause.