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OK, the second of my questions was answered: King Bowser does not have the right to arbitrarily rename city streets. But what about the second? is the name simply advancing the concept that black lives matter (again, controversial in and of itself since many people have objected based on ALL lives mattering), or is it to honor and signal approval to and of the BLM organization?
Here's an interesting article from the Southern Poverty Law Center about what BLM means. There's no evidence it is a hate group. https://www.splcenter.org/news/2016/...not-hate-group
"It’s the same dynamic that researchers at Harvard Business School described in a recent study: White people tend to see racism as a zero-sum game, meaning that gains for African Americans come at their expense. Black people see it differently. From their point of view, the rights pie can get bigger for everyone."
I'm guessing as far as re-naming the street, that the mayor has the authority to do that.
Nope. Another poster posted yesterday about its tie to antisemitic organizations, and his concern with that, and perhaps he might be along to provide more information, Also, I should mention that your source is a far-left organization that has itself been labeled a hate group.
And finally, it has been answered that the mayor does NOT have the authority to do that. She is in violation of code.
As we all know, Mayor Bowser of Washington DC has degreed that a prominent section of 16th Street NW, as it approaches the White House, be renamed “Black Lives Matter Plaza” - and new signs are already in place. Two questions:
1) Is Black Lives Matter Plaza support for the idea that black lives matter, just as all lives of course matter, or is it expressing support for the Black Lives Matter organization, which itself has ties to bigoted organizations (bigoted against groups other than blacks, of course). This is a critical difference.
2) Does the mayor have full authority to simply rename streets at will? Is there not a council to review options, perhaps have public input, and so forth, especially given the prominence of the location and the controversial nature of the Black Lives Matter organization with which the name is associated?
1) It means that the only black lives or any other lives that matter are those killed by cops. Blacks shot and killed almost 3000 other blacks last year while cops killed 10...no one cares about the 3000.
2) No one in liberal cities can stop anything crazy done in the name of TDS or support of the 10 blacks killed by cops in the last year.
OK, the second of my questions was answered: King Bowser does not have the right to arbitrarily rename city streets. But what about the second? is the name simply advancing the concept that black lives matter (again, controversial in and of itself since many people have objected based on ALL lives mattering), or is it to honor and signal approval to and of the BLM organization?
She's a thinner Stacey Abrams. Interchangeable with Oprah, Michelle Obama, and all the other woke idiots.
Plus, let’s take out the fact the BLM is associated with antisemitism and that the mayor is willing to ignore that. Let’s just assume it’s a general concept, in that black lives matter. Knowing that the slogan has been controversial, since ALL lives matter and black lives are no more worthy than whites, it’s a slap in face. It’s a big middle finger, specifically to Trump but to any whites who don’t like the slogan.
Yes, in general, all lives matter, but right now we're talking about a black man being murdered by a white cop. That's the situation we're dealing with at the moment. It's not a zero sum game.
Yes, in general, all lives matter, but right now we're talking about a black man being murdered by a white cop. That's the situation we're dealing with at the moment. It's not a zero sum game.
OK, so not all Jewish people have that concern. Some do, and many are unaware of the BLM’s ties, but based on my research, the concern seems valid.
And we are not talking about a black man murdered by a white cop. We are talking about whether a mayor has carte blanche to rename a street associated with a radical activist group with questionable ties. The answer has come back that she overstepped.
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