The myth of widespread BLM violence (statistics, radical, racist, revolution)
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Anyone who actually went to any BLM events would tell you the same thing. Last year I asked a LOT of people who were critical of BLM how many events they actually attended, I didn't find a single person who was basing their opinion on first hand experience.
Assuming everyone in a group is violent because of the poor actions of a few shows the negative influence media had against BLM last year, more than anything.
Did you attend the Jan 6 event? Do you still have an opinion?
While I would agree that most BLM protestors are not violent but they aren't condemning the ones that are which are using their platform to carry out anarchy.
The whole movement has been used by antifas, anarchists, etc that has nothing to do with the BLM itself.
Republicans here keep wrongly ranting about all the BLM violence - which by the way, is mostly property, not death, as with Kyle Rittenhouse and other white criminals.
So you might like to know that in fact only about 6%-7% of the BLM-type demonstrations resulted in violence.
What people forget - especially gullible people who don't understand how the media works - is that low-end news outlets like to present the most sensational stories possible, and unfortunately Trump only escalated the idea that "news" should be sensational or exciting.
first of all stop conflating protests and riots. 0% of BLM or any other protest that happened last year in the wake of the George Floyd shooting were violent.
however, there were 200+ RIOTS last year in which democrats ran rampage across the country. DEMOCRATS killed maimed, burned and looted across this country. Tens of thousands were hurt, dozens were killed and billions of dollars worth of property destroyed.
While I would agree that most BLM protestors are not violent but they aren't condemning the ones that are which are using their platform to carry out anarchy.
The whole movement has been used by antifas, anarchists, etc that has nothing to do with the BLM itself.
BLM has the same problem Occupy Wall Street and a couple of other more left leaning movements have had- absolutely no organization whatsoever. They don't police their own in terms of having official policies or stances ( or even conduct.) And that is exacerbated when people simply spring up, plant a BLM flag, and then use it for their own aggrandizement. I read a report 2-3 years ago that foreign bots had set up a couple of the largest BLM sites and social media handles and that a lot of the fundraising from those was basically scamming folks. And then there is the issues of leaders receiving $ separate from the organization which is legal but tends to look rather sketchy.
After VA when folks started paying attention to Democratic messaging (or lack of it) reporters started reaching out to any dissenters among Dem pollsters and campaign types. One had pointed out he was banished from a couple of the Dem/left leaning organizations when he published a poll showing that riots/occupying public area was actually a huge hindrance among voters/possible supporters. I can honestly say that reactions to Kaepernick and some of the riots have been hugely along racial lines as opposed to ideology. I also tend to think some of the folks who think riots are wonderful and 'the language of the oppressed' are pretty self-serving as their communities are not being impacted and they are not the ones that pick up charges that will follow them for life.
BLM has the same problem Occupy Wall Street and a couple of other more left leaning movements have had- absolutely no organization whatsoever. They don't police their own in terms of having official policies or stances ( or even conduct.) And that is exacerbated when people simply spring up, plant a BLM flag, and then use it for their own aggrandizement. I read a report 2-3 years ago that foreign bots had set up a couple of the largest BLM sites and social media handles and that a lot of the fundraising from those was basically scamming folks. And then there is the issues of leaders receiving $ separate from the organization which is legal but tends to look rather sketchy.
After VA when folks started paying attention to Democratic messaging (or lack of it) reporters started reaching out to any dissenters among Dem pollsters and campaign types. One had pointed out he was banished from a couple of the Dem/left leaning organizations when he published a poll showing that riots/occupying public area was actually a huge hindrance among voters/possible supporters. I can honestly say that reactions to Kaepernick and some of the riots have been hugely along racial lines as opposed to ideology. I also tend to think some of the folks who think riots are wonderful and 'the language of the oppressed' are pretty self-serving as their communities are not being impacted and they are not the ones that pick up charges that will follow them for life.
It's not a problem. It's intentional.
Anyone who saw the BLM website before they scrubbed it knows that the organization has terrorist roots.
It HATES white people, straight people, nuclear families, and most of all... FATHERS. It absolutely hates fathers and 100% thinks they are not necessary.
But they scrubbed the website when people started calling them out about it.
Anyone who actually went to any BLM events would tell you the same thing. Last year I asked a LOT of people who were critical of BLM how many events they actually attended, I didn't find a single person who was basing their opinion on first hand experience.
Assuming everyone in a group is violent because of the poor actions of a few shows the negative influence media had against BLM last year, more than anything.
I watched live streams of some of the events. I call BS on these being peaceful events. I saw all kinds of mayhem, violence and destruction. Didn’t need to put my life at risk to see it. I did see the damage firsthand though.
While I would agree that most BLM protestors are not violent but they aren't condemning the ones that are which are using their platform to carry out anarchy.
The whole movement has been used by antifas, anarchists, etc that has nothing to do with the BLM itself.
You're right. If BLM were interested in saving black lives, they'd be parked in Chicago 24/7/365.
Their actual mission was to destroy the nuclear family. It was an LGBT organization that hates on fathers.
While I would agree that most BLM protestors are not violent but they aren't condemning the ones that are which are using their platform to carry out anarchy.
The whole movement has been used by antifas, anarchists, etc that has nothing to do with the BLM itself.
Don't be absurd, ANTIFA is way less violent than the fascists. Heaven forbid anyone punch a Nazi.
Wow, this thread has made me literally LOL several times with the smart ass responses.
Also, the 93% claim is total BS anyway. The fake news can rationalize and try to justify all they want.
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