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It is fairly transparent what they are about, honestly. Unfortunately, a few bad actors can tarnish the group, if all someone looks at is the bad actors. City Data PoC is extremely right wing, so it tends to selectively show only the bad videos from BLM. Conversely, on extremely left wing forums I visit, you see threads that have hundreds of videos of cops inciting violence, beating people, etc. with no consequence.
If you ONLY look at the bad actors (on the left or right), it's easy to fall deeper into an extreme right wing or extreme left wing view. One of the biggest mistakes anyone can make in times like this is assuming the 5% of people who are bad actors represent an entire group.
the foul players start with their founders Alicia Garza, and Patrisse Cullors
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Then you don’t use a destructive word like “disrupt.” You say “augment.” But they know what they said. This is a group intent on destroying the very backbone of our society.
And what about the race-baiting lie that blacks are being “targeted for demise”? Good way to drive rage toward whitey, wouldn’t you say?
*sigh*
How can it be so blatant to some and so invisible to others?
Not sure which part you specifically wanted, but with this you can find what they scrubbed you are looking for. https://archive.org/web/
Thanks, but I need to subscribe in order to see it. But what I was referring to was when BLM came out a few years ago with their demands, and they were in two main categories. The first made all sorts of demands of whites: that they provide free college for blacks, that they pay off the student loans of all blacks, that all blacks who want to go to college automatically get accepted, reparations of course, release any blacks in jail over drug charges, etc, etc. The second part was spewing venom toward Israel, accusing it of genocide (a lie that just reeks of antisemitism), and demanding that Israelis provide Palestinians with everything they would need to wipe Israel off the map.
Obviously, their hate and demands didn’t resonate at that time. But now, after months of lockdown, people were more easily brainwashed. I do think there’s a connection,
Then you don’t use a destructive word like “disrupt.” You say “augment.” But they know what they said. This is a group intent on destroying the very backbone of our society.
And what about the race-baiting lie that blacks are being “targeted for demise”? Good way to drive rage toward whitey, wouldn’t you say?
I don't see 'rage driven toward whitey'. I see the right complaining about that, while supporting a president who has a long history of racist behavior. It's a victim complex by Trump's base, more than anything.
Literally every time I have sat down and talked with someone in BLM as a person I've had a rational, intelligent conversation. On the other hand, I very often see blind hatred coming from Trump's base (not republicans in general, but from people who still support Trump).
I don't see 'rage driven toward whitey'. I see the right complaining about that, while supporting a president who has a long history of racist behavior. It's a victim complex by Trump's base, more than anything.
Literally every time I have sat down and talked with someone in BLM as a person I've had a rational, intelligent conversation. On the other hand, I very often see blind hatred coming from Trump's base (not republicans in general, but from people who still support Trump).
Sorry, you’re just too biased to see this for what it is. Perhaps someone else will continue to debate you, but it would be pointless for me.
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