You are prob right. I guess I was taking the term too loosely. I don't want unnecessary death but I want radical change.
I think the change is coming and am optimistic for the future. The next few years are going to be dynamic and I don't mean that in a good way. I think we need to keep our heads and react deliberately when provoked by the violent and racist white male supremacists who are fighting to keep their entitled status. The murder of Floyd, for example, was a deliberate provocation for violence. I think the country responded pretty well, considering the act that we all witnessed. It's my hope that we continue to resist but do it with purpose and not let our anger become a tool for our defeat.
I live close to Portland Oregon and have been attending counter demonstrations against fascists throughout the Trump presidency. They fly in from around the country to demonstrate in this very liberal city. Their first one came just a couple weeks after three people were stabbed, two died, by a white supremacist. He killed these people for standing between him and two girls he was menacing for not being white. At the demonstrations, the fascist show up wearing armor, carrying weapons and once they even set up a snipers nest in a parking garage during one demonstration. The cops support the fascists. They did draw the line at the snipers nest but they let the fascists keep their guns when they broke up the nest.
Our tactic has been to NOT let the fascists provoke an all out riot. We stand in their way when they try to march though our streets. They are scary people, I admit but we outnumber them 5 or 10 to 1. They in the hundreds, we in the thousands. When they charge us, some brave young men and women wearing black stand to defend us. But our objective is to stand firmly in their way, not to fight. I believe that if we did engage with the numbers-advantage that we have, the police and Trump's government would use it to declare martial law. I believe that they intend to provoke us for political advantage. I think its going to get worse this summer. We have to keep our heads clear on what the objective is.
So, I have strong feelings against calls for "revolution". As I see it, that would be playing into Trump and the fascist Republican leadership's hands.