<div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12px"><div>Mr Moderator<br /><br />Is this appropriate discourse for Town Talk?  Lately, it appears to be becoming a platform for an ideology, which I and probably others find offensive.  <br /><br />Articulating the counter point, I don't think it's appropriate to disrupt the swearing in of our next president regardless of who he/she happens to be.  It's not about getting what we want.  It's about America and those (police, military, first responders, etc.) who shed their blood for the stars and stripes.  Would they want this?<br /><br />Let's give the fallen the respect they deserve and respect our next president, the Will of the People, and all of those who made the ultimate sacrifice so that we can live in comfort and peace in this great nation. <br /><br />For God's sake, stop the hate.  <br /><br />Bruce<br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><div style="border-top:1px solid #bcbcbc;margin:5px 0px;"></div><span style="font-size:12;font-family:arial;color:#000000;">On 01/10/17, <span>Sarah Combs<lilmz79@yahoo.com></span> wrote:</span><div> </div><div style="font-size:12;font-family:arial;color:#000000;"><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div data-contents="true" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119720"><div data-block="true" data-editor="eqe5l" data-offset-key="ad2mg-0-0" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119721"><div data-offset-key="ad2mg-0-0" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119722"><span data-offset-key="ad2mg-0-0" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119723"><span data-text="true" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119724">While Mr. Trump is taking the oath of office on Friday, Jan. 20, Swamp Revolt will train 2,500 people in nonviolence and active bystander intervention at locations across the D.C. metro area <b>including Hyattsville and College Park</b>.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="eqe5l" data-offset-key="chu3e-0-0" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119725"><div data-offset-key="chu3e-0-0" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119726"><span data-offset-key="chu3e-0-0" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119727"><br data-text="true" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119728" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="eqe5l" data-offset-key="14e3v-0-0" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119729"><div data-offset-key="14e3v-0-0" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119730"><span data-offset-key="14e3v-0-0" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119731"><span data-text="true" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119732">Get trained on how to respond helpfully and nonviolently when you witness hate speech or harassment by participating in one of dozens of trainings happening on Inauguration Day around Washington, D.C.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="eqe5l" data-offset-key="crfa3-0-0" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119733"><div data-offset-key="crfa3-0-0" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119734"><span data-offset-key="crfa3-0-0" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119735"><br data-text="true" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119736" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="eqe5l" data-offset-key="7dlia-0-0" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119737"><div data-offset-key="7dlia-0-0" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119738"><span data-offset-key="7dlia-0-0" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119739"><span data-text="true" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119740">Sign-up below to learn how to:</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="eqe5l" data-offset-key="d110l-0-0" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119741"><div data-offset-key="d110l-0-0" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119742"><span data-offset-key="d110l-0-0" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119743"><br data-text="true" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119744" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="eqe5l" data-offset-key="7t9kp-0-0" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119745"><div data-offset-key="7t9kp-0-0" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119746"><span data-offset-key="7t9kp-0-0" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119747"><span data-text="true" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119748">    de-escalate conflict</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="eqe5l" data-offset-key="ckg4p-0-0" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119749"><div data-offset-key="ckg4p-0-0" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119750"><span data-offset-key="ckg4p-0-0" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119751"><span data-text="true" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119752">    use your mobile device or camera to document injustice</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="eqe5l" data-offset-key="invk-0-0" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119753"><div data-offset-key="invk-0-0" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119754"><span data-offset-key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