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Re: Why was BLM a "bad" thing?
Originally Posted by El Kabong
That is what I have witnessed them bring to the table...that and deplatforming folks who COULD help them out....remember when Bernie Sanders gave up his podium under duress and allowed BLM to speak? I do...I'm not a Bernie fan, but that's not cool to force people to listen to you, I shut that shit out.
I hadn't seen that but looked up the video. That was downright DEPLORABLE and DISRESPECTFUL by a couple of bitches who should have been forcibly removed from the stage. They were wearing BLM T-shirts, so the proper thing to do would have been for BLM to condemn that behavior on the spot. If they didn't, bad on them. Bernie should have had bodyguards throw those bitches off the stage, since obviously Bernie wasn't going to do it himself.
You can obviously find and post more examples than I can.... but it doesn't take away from the fact that some people who sympathize with BLM are decent people. Many blacks who are scared about what they read in the news. Lyle, please tell me you're aware of the black college professors and others like them who have been racially profiled to the extent of causing fear and discomfort. Don't make me Google them because I'm not that good at looking for these examples.
So there you have it.... extreme as you can get. Some loudmouth, uncouth women who should've gotten shoved off the stage.... and upstanding citizens who have the God-given right to feel concern about the racial deterioration that began under Obama's watch and has continued. Many times involving the police.
Jobs, education, decriminalize marijuana, and I would like to say some sort of Police Academy Citizens on Patrol community reach out kind of program could help. We should all be on the same team, all rowing the same direction. Cameras? Meh I mean what good do they do when every single death ends with protests and riots...BLM doesn't discriminate and that's something that needs to be understood. Convicted cop killer Assata Shakur is a "hero" to one of BLM's founders In 2015, Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza writes: "When I use Assata’s powerful demand in my organizing work, I always begin by sharing where it comes from, sharing about Assata’s significance to the Black Liberation Movement, what its political purpose and message is, and why it’s important in our context."
We differ here. Cameras are ABSOLUTELY necessary. Accountability..... that's what it's all about. An inept, racist, unprofessional white cop is going to think twice about beating a black man's skull against the pavement after a jaywalking stop if he knows he's wearing a camera that will later detail every single action. Just like we all now need to pass through 2-hour airport security lines...... cops should all wear mandatory cop-cams. If you ain't doing nothing wrong..... you don't got nothing to be afraid of.
To your other point, blacks have historically had different ways to react to what they perceive to be the white man's abuse. Back in the days of Martin Luther King, who favored pacifist marches and using words to resolve racial differences, there was also Malcolm X, who took a slightly different approach. Those were the days of the Black Panthers. There was a black backlash to the white racism of the past. That's why I've said I wouldn't have survived as a black man in the U.S. in the 50's and 60's. 'Cause I would've been of the angry type. Probably not a good recipe for survival back in those days.
It appears BLM was founded by the wrong people for the wrong purposes, going by what I've delved into a bit more. It's too bad, really. Because there most certainly IS a problem. I feel sorry for those poor folks..... the only ones I really care about and speak about..... who have no recourse, and the little recourse they might have is being taken away from them by an organization which is being prostituted and doesn't really represent them at all.
Finally, I agree that America isn't as racist as it used to be. That's because with time and globalization, people are a bit more traveled and educated. Racism = ignorance Pockets of ignorant people still exist, like the KKK and Neo-Nazis.... but they're in a very small minority. Still, it's a shame that racial relations aren't further along than they are. I blame Obama for a lot of these things, because he of all people could've used his milestone election to promote the improvement of racial relations.
Hopefully the more time passes, the less prevalent racism will be.
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