when trying to comprehend the incomprehensible theres a tendency to find analogy. that said, when ETID pulls up to a venue on a headlining tour we immediately get the barricade pulled and have security sent home because we know a community that is trusted to protect itself WILL

in 15 years of touring, we have learned that an outside force brought in to protect is infinitely more likely to harm. we- and all show goers- are safer without them. there are of course exceptions but when our requests cannot be honored there is no show without firstly

establishing a verbal contract. an understanding. this is not theirs. we are not theirs. YOU are not theirs. and we have been absolutely certain to violently confront any security that violates this understanding

TL;DR “respect existence or expect resistance”