It's abundantly clear that many readers have been following with more than a passing interest the reports of how the recent and ongoing "Town Hall" meetings have been loudly attended, and in many cases as much as hijacked by outwardly aberrant groups of seemingly alien, yet weirdly uniform individuals. I am too. The activists in question have carefully and circumspectly presented themselves as earnest in their mission even as they are adamant in their arguments. The interesting, colorful (though mostly white), often skillful and undeniably creative participants have been demonstrating, to the seeming limit of their abilities and strategies (name calling being among the most common), for a rather wide ranging platform of concerns and issues which, before their very efforts, have apparently and largely been overlooked and ignored, for yet indeterminate reasons, by large segments of the nation.
We should certainly thank them for bringing the fullness of their platform to our attention.
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