I dropped in on a meeting of Necessary Trouble Georgia, a grassroots organization opposed to tyranny. The group is being overrun by new members.
It was an overflow crowd in a big room, and it looked like more than half the people there were attending their first meeting. Teachers don’t like being told they can’t teach the truth about the state’s history. People don’t think it’s a good idea to cut research positions at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. No one seemed to think it’s wise to cut medical research just because Elon Musk thinks it’s a good idea. People are angry about a lot of things.
The meeting gave me hope. I’m glad to see people determined to make trouble, rather than go quietly.
The name of the group comes from a line by John Lewis, a courageous civil rights leader and congressman:
Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month, or a year. It is the struggle of a lifetime. Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble.
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