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Glaisne

(515 posts) Fri Jun 5, 2020, 09:20 AM Jun 2020

BuzzFeed: Difference Between Protesting While White Vs. Protesting For Black Lives

From BuzzFeed:These Pictures Show The Huge Difference Between Protesting While White Vs. Protesting For Black Lives
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[link:https://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/protest-pictures-at-black-lives-matter?origin=tuh|]

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BuzzFeed: Difference Between Protesting While White Vs. Protesting For Black Lives (Original Post) Glaisne Jun 2020 OP

I'll add another Glaisne Jun 2020 #1

The sight of men armed as if they were going to war is perfectly acceptable tulipsandroses Jun 2020 #2

Well, what's the difference between this and spreading racist divisions? Hortensis Jun 2020 #3

Glaisne

(515 posts)

1. I'll add another

Reply to Glaisne (Original post)

Fri Jun 5, 2020, 09:22 AM

Jun 2020

Protesting while white: I NEED A HAIRCUT!

Protesting for Black Lives Matter: HANDS UP DON'T SHOOT!

tulipsandroses

(5,123 posts)

2. The sight of men armed as if they were going to war is perfectly acceptable

Reply to Glaisne (Original post)

Fri Jun 5, 2020, 11:22 AM

Jun 2020

But a black man on bended knee asking for his country to stop brutalizing its citizens is not.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)

3. Well, what's the difference between this and spreading racist divisions?

Reply to Glaisne (Original post)

Fri Jun 5, 2020, 11:30 AM

Jun 2020

That's my question. Why does Buzzfeed's headline declare this "protesting WHILE white," instead of "protesting FOR white supremacy?"

Hundreds of thousands of people of all colors are out protesting together. These creeps are what they oppose.

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