When I first read this it briefly flashed across my mind "Good Lord, of course we understand how important LA is, the whole country is rising up in solidarity with LA," but then I remembered the millions of people who thought Nazis would get them cheaper eggs. He's right, there are those who don't understand. Fortunately many more of us do, and are hitting the streets to show we do.

In either case, I thank him for his encouragement.

And sometimes it's "sounds good, have a break and catch up with us later". Other times it's "okay we can drop you off/find a place to grab a table and have a break for a while", and sometimes it gives space for others to say "actually I'm tired too, let's go back and take a break for a while".

You don't have to let the person who is loudest and most enthusiastic about Do All The Things dominate the agenda. You're allowed to have needs to.