(July 8, 2022 at 4:42 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: Like AWTY just said, there’s clearly going to be groups that are more clearly in danger than others (and it’s safe to assume that the farther you are from being a white, cisgender, straight, Christian man who supports Trump, the less safe you are), but I don’t think it’s really all that safe for anyone.I fit the white part, and the rest are not always outwardly visible, so I can pretend on the ones where I'm not and blend in. However, I have to admit that even for someone who looks like me, I thought on the 4th about this quite a bit. Covid has kept me indoors, but prior to that I would go see live bands at all sizes of venue several times a month, and I'm now questioning whether I'll be as willing going forward.
Granted, I never go out on the 4th specifically since it tends to be amateur drunk-driver night, but my daughter did. Before she left (and she, similarly white and reasonably able to blend in) I warned her to be careful since I suspected the violence of the day was not over with. Sadly, that was an easy prediction to make.
