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Old 03-29-2016, 08:03 AM
 
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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I don't support black lives matter. But I unlike most non-supporters, I also don't like police. So I agree that the state, meaning the police are a wholly corrupt wing of the US government. And as such, police should be rightfully scrutinized. Police brutality is a real issue, and I feel that America has gained an acceptance of the state shooting unarmed citizens. It is a bad state of affairs when US Citizens come to the defense of the state shooting unarmed citizens.


But I also have an issue with black lives matter. Their agenda seems to be centered around begging the government for rights. Now keep in mind, this is the same EXACT government who is taking rights away. Yet, you feel that somehow being disruptive and asking the government for rights is a positive thing to do. It is the illusion of a "fair government". There is no such thing as a "fair government". Government only can give you one thing, and that's privilege. And as such most BLM protesters are really asking for privileged not freedom.

So what is fair? What's fair is NO police force. As far as I can tell, police really don't have a constitutional right to even exist. And what gives the US government the a monopoly on law enforcement anyway? There is no reason why private citizens can't work to prevent crime. I feel that each neighborhood and community do a BETTER job at policing themselves than the police could. The main problem is that since people have been told to rely on police, we don't rely on ourselves. If anything neighborhoods are worse due to police presence not better.


There is no such thing as fair government. The only thing you can have is NO government. Black Lives Matter is just another plea towards the religion of statism.
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