@alchemage has been keeping me posted - vicariously suffering with you all. I find it hard to pay attention to - not because I don't care, but because I need to self care, so I can care for the earth and my people right here and right now. Thanks so much for being the kind of person to care about you and yours and be a voice here - stay safe honey.
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I am right there with you on the self care n healing. I have prioritized that over all else... but I cannot ignore the feds at my front door trying to take over our home. So despite still not being completely mentally and emotionally recovered from my trauma, I am still standing up and being a part of the #resistance against federal military invasion and occupation, as well as doing backend protest work by raising awareness about the truth of the protests here in Portland with posts like this one. I went last night and saw just how melodically non-violent this Portland movement is, and as a collective, really shows a Gandhi like presence that lives up to the reputation that I have come to know in my mind for this area - a place of serious non-violent activism that does not back down (working on uploading the footage I recorded last night right now). I will get to that hateful comment above eventually.
Some things are best left like, honey. Concentrate on the good you can do - there's no need for you to defend yourself on social media.
I am not defending myself, only the thousands of non-violent protesters that are being grouped together with the few people who are responding with aggressive acts to the police and fed's aggression independently. These incidents are being exaggeratedly highlighted to discredit the entire movement here in Portland, while suppressing videos like these to hide the whole truth.