Assemble carrying weapons and with half the crowd claiming that the entire disease is fake, though?

Does what someone is carrying - but not using - make their assembly invalid?

Does what someone think make their assembly invalid?

>Does what someone think make their assembly invalid?

Point out above where GP said those assemblies were invalid. Pro tip: they did not.

Their right to assembly is not fundamentally invalidated, but the protesters are certainly open to a variety of critiques.

You're right. That comment didn't actually say or contribute anything at all. Consider my comment withdrawn.

assemble with weapons because blm and it will be much better. and covid will make sure to stop existing because this is too important to listen to science.

The GP was a bad comment for HN but crossing into aggressive personal attack is even worse. We ban accounts that do this, so please don't.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Edit: flamewar comments like https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23449798 are also not ok on HN, so please don't post them either.

> Care about something that matters and not just yourself

Maybe like feeding your family and keeping a roof over their heads?

I think the ship has sailed for that kind of support from the government, unfortunately, in no small part due to reopening.

To what extent is/should government be responsible for this?

Obviously a “values” question, but if “tackling collectivized problems collectively” ain’t on the government’s list, I’m not sure why I’m paying taxes, and our government’s bi-partisan efforts to collectively address this pandemic are currently the most pathetic in the world. The only place you see half-way decent propositions is before they hit the chopping block on Pelosi’s desk—this ain’t partisan.

Frankly the US government is rapidly losing any legitimacy to rule, though of course this is my humble opinion.