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Yeah, the "everyone gets a trophy" cohort are now in their 20s. 

And 30's.

I have a lot of respect for generations prior to mine.  I haven't much respect for the ones who need safe spaces.

guys that are 20 years older than me can't get to the bars w/o help

I sincerely hope that it all dies down by then, Badge. Good luck.

Bit of drama here last night. Pretty much around the corner there's a CVS pharmacy that closed by ~4:00 PM because there were reports that people were headed there to ransack the place. Around 5:30-6ish we hear screaming outside someone saying "Not my house, not my neighborhood, F*** the President" and got a little worried. Thought maybe if looters had gone and seen a police presence at the CVS they might have rerouted into our neighborhood. And then we see a pickup truck stop in front of our house (going as if to leave the neighborhood) and start backing up like there was something blocking the end of the street. 

I grabbed a baseball bat and the wife called the cops, and we waited wondering what the F was going on. 

Shortly thereafter the neighbors in general were out milling around, so we asked a few what the heck happened as it appeared the situation was clear. Turns out it was just a drunken neighbor screaming into the void on his cellphone. I don't even know what kicked it off. Weird, too, because I've met the guy and he's a horticulturist, and as you might expect from his job, he seems like a pretty hippie-dippy pothead. 

That's enough drama for me. 

Tough, challenging times. 

At an exec meeting with my company this morning. The topic came up with - should we put out a statement about the current environment like so many other companies have done. 

There was a lot of debate but no agreement because ultimately we understand that no matter what we say it was going to piss off 50% of our customer base.  

Many are offended if you don’t call for an end to the violence, and many are offended if you do. Everyone agrees on the racial injustice and the alarming need to fix it.  

Yeah, I hope it's over too, but I have grave doubts that it will be. This really sucks, because businesses were just reopening in some of these spots, and now they are forced to close or be ruined. This is not about George Floyd anymore. This is just opportunism now.

What makes it hard is- there is so much agreement on what the problem is and that it needs to be fixed and fixed now.

there is also so much agreement on our first amendment right to assemble and protest peacefully.

but it isn’t that simple because mixed in with the peaceful protests are the bad actors hell-bent on destruction and violence and so that leaves us with the question of how to deal with that that’s where the two sides are so split apart.
One side appears to be very heavy-handed and the other side appears to be stoking the flames and encouraging it, and each side is convinced of their approach.