Disgusting people who need to solve things with violence. I don't care how right you think you are. Violence is disgusting. Talk to the person and reason your points. I have done that and it works wonders. And if you can't reason, just ignore and move on. Violence is disgusting no matter how you look at it.
People thinking the BLM movement is bringing people together
Race relations in the US is at its worst since the LA riots, and they spend their time putting up walls between races instead of pulling them down. I do believe black lives matter, I dont agree with how they are trying to advocate their message to the masses however.
BLM is so divisive and does more harm than good. What's the point in trying to separate yourself/your group from others that are different if the point is to be more accepted? All lives matter.
BLM is so divisive and does more harm than good. What's the point in trying to separate yourself/your group from others that are different if the point is to be more accepted? All lives matter.
It only really divides from the racists. I don't think that's a problem
its not a movement, its a statement that says america has a policing issue that affects everyone to which BLM shoots down and says "we are focusing on black lives being killed" despite the fact that white, latino, and asian people are killed as well. Humans have empathy, if you make it seem like police brutality affects everyone, then everyone will get inovled. If BLM went to white people and showed them statistics that show white people die at the hands of police too, they would gain a lot of support and help but thats not in their narrative is it?
It is not
In November of 2015, Black Lives Matter members openly promoted segregation: "Activists" at the University of Missouri demanded a “blacks only healing space” where white “allies” and sympathizers of their cause were kicked out. This counterproductive move was in response to perceived “racial injustices” and “white privilege” at the college.
yes its not a movement. Its not silencing anything. Its trying to bring the issue of police brutality to a wider audience. Making it seem like police brutality ONLY affects minorities is not going to get the majority (the people who have the power to reform the police) to care because it is branded as an issue that doesnt affect them. it also doesnt help when you BLM activists make white people look like demons and segregate them from events making them not want to be associated with your movement. and ALL LIVES MATTER people cant have protests or meetings because they get called racist, and assaulted like the man in this story.
You get the analogy though. You're just acting difficult and obtuse for the sake of it (or maybe you want a reason to condemn BLM). Use whatever analogy you want: "a house is on fire, but all houses matter" analogy, "everyone got a plate of food except you" analogy, whatever.
All I'm saying is if you're the type of person to run up to a bunch of cancer victims in a cancer awareness rally screaming and shouting that they should be fighting for other illnesses instead of focusing on cancer, then you're an asshole and you probably deserve to get some sense knocked into you. All common sense points to that being an inappropriate thing to do when the problem people are trying to focus on at that moment is cancer. Just like purposefully running up to a group of black people shouting all lives matter.
its not a movement, its a statement that says america has a policing issue that affects everyone to which BLM shoots down and says "we are focusing on black lives being killed" despite the fact that white, latino, and asian people are killed as well. Humans have empathy, if you make it seem like police brutality affects everyone, then everyone will get inovled. If BLM went to white people and showed them statistics that show white people die at the hands of police too, they would gain a lot of support and help but thats not in their narrative is it?
It is not
In November of 2015, Black Lives Matter members openly promoted segregation: "Activists" at the University of Missouri demanded a “blacks only healing space” where white “allies” and sympathizers of their cause were kicked out. This counterproductive move was in response to perceived “racial injustices” and “white privilege” at the college.
yes its not a movement. Its not silencing anything. Its trying to bring the issue of police brutality to a wider audience. Making it seem like police brutality ONLY affects minorities is not going to get the majority (the people who have the power to reform the police) to care because it is branded as an issue that doesnt affect them. it also doesnt help when you BLM activists make white people look like demons and segregate them from events making them not want to be associated with your movement. and ALL LIVES MATTER people cant have protests or meetings because they get called racist, and assaulted like the man in this story.
You get the analogy though. You're just acting difficult and obtuse for the sake of it (or maybe you want a reason to condemn BLM). Use whatever analogy you want: "a house is on fire, but all houses matter" analogy, "everyone got a plate of food except you" analogy, whatever.
All I'm saying is if you're the type of person to run up to a bunch of cancer victims in a cancer awareness rally screaming and shouting that they should be fighting for other illnesses instead of focusing on cancer, then you're an asshole and you probably deserve to get some sense knocked into you. All common sense points to that being an inappropriate thing to do when the problem people are trying to focus on at that moment is cancer. Just like purposefully running up to a group of black people shouting all lives matter.
People know this. Only true racists are trying to discredit BLM with the ALL LIVES MATTER non-sense.
Anyone who goes up to a group of strangers and shouts All Lives Matter CLEARLY wants to instigate something. You think he's just starting his political views on a night whilst drunk to a bunch of people he doesn't even know? Of course not, he wanted to start some s**t and he got hit. No sympathy, people need to have their a** beat.
Anyone who goes up to a group of strangers and shouts All Lives Matter CLEARLY wants to instigate something. You think he's just starting his political views on a night whilst drunk to a bunch of people he doesn't even know? Of course not, he wanted to start some s**t and he got hit. No sympathy, people need to have their a** beat.