The Power of the Watch
The Power of the Watch: Why We Won't Be Their Target There is a specific kind of strength in watching. Right now, across Georgia and the country, the air feels different. We are seeing a mandate that feels like an invitation to target the very people who built this state. We hear the rhetoric about "getting rid of" us, and we see the way hate has consumed t he common sense of our neighbors. It is heartbreaking to realize that so many felt their vote was a green light to attack others. The instinct—the one that keeps you up at night—is to run into the streets. To scream back. To meet that fire with an equal flame. But we have to be smarter than our anger. The Trap of the Target We have to understand the strategy being used against us. They want a spectacle. They want a reason to point the finger and say, "See? This is why we need to be 'tougher'." * Protest without a plan is just a target. If we rush out in pure reactivity, we give them exactly what the...