Sauk Valley News
GUEST COLUMN: Activism is essential to democracy. Intimidation and destruction are not.
WISE: Protest is not a threat to democracy; it is one of democracy’s safeguards. But protest loses its civic value when it turns into harassment, intimidation, or destruction.
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