the alternative, of people just not acting that way, seems to have been forgotten about. the truth is most people can easily lookup roughly what percentage of people feel what way online. i don't need or want to have streets i have to walk shut down or taken over by craziness and annoying props and signs. wanna protest? go to where your "elected officials" are. not me.
Let's see. As I, a seemingly private citizen, do not participate in any of these "events", but find they cause my anxiety and PTSD to go completely off the rails when all I want is a low-stress way to deal with my personal needs, not repeated antagonistic interactions when these things go on (and for who knows what reason, I seem to be someone these non-peaceful people like to provoke when it is going on), it seems to my benefit to be not for things that irritate the hell out of me. I can see no case where I personally would feel comfortable with scanning of my face though, if I can help it (yes, I know it goes on). I do not feel safer with mass surveillance.
