Sun Jun 26, 2016, 12:04 AM
romanic (2,841 posts)
Black Lives Matter protesters interrupt Pride mural unveiling by Toronto policeBlack Lives Matter protesters chanting “No pride in police” crashed a Toronto Police news conference Friday, where Chief Mark Saunders unveiled a mural honouring the local LGBTQ community. https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/06/24/black-lives-matter-protesters-interrupt-pride-mural-unveiling-by-toronto-police.html It seems like BLM is trying to wedge itself into the aftermath of the Orlando shooting. I get that this unveiling by the police could be a PR stunt, but the same could be said for this latest shut-down by BLM.
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romanic | Jun 2016 | OP |
frazzled | Jun 2016 | #1 | |
Aerows | Jun 2016 | #3 | |
Post removed | Jun 2016 | #2 | |
some guy | Jun 2016 | #4 | |
loyalsister | Jun 2016 | #6 | |
SMC22307 | Jun 2016 | #5 | |
LeftyMom | Jun 2016 | #7 | |
Meldread | Jun 2016 | #8 |
Response to romanic (Original post)
Sun Jun 26, 2016, 12:12 AM
frazzled (18,343 posts)
1. That's pretty unfortunate
I strongly support the goals behind BLM, but I think the tactics have become rather muddled and sometimes misplaced. This seems like the wrong place and the wrong time. Not the way to effectively transmit the message to the public, and not particularly the way to win hearts and minds. Please, BLM, get your act together. Hone the message, pick the battles wisely.
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Response to frazzled (Reply #1)
Sun Jun 26, 2016, 12:25 AM
Aerows (39,961 posts)
3. Great advice
Pick your battles wisely.
These types of demonstrations are unnecessarily divisive. |
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Response to romanic (Original post)
Sun Jun 26, 2016, 12:31 AM
some guy (3,448 posts)
4. It seems like BLM
is trying to keep in the public's mind tha Black Lives *stiil* matter, and justice is *still* missing from the black communiy. LEOs continue to not be held accountable for deaths which they caused.
BLM should be anywhere they feel they need to be to get the justice they need. Anywhere they know in advance that news cameras will be seems a good idea. ![]() |
Response to some guy (Reply #4)
Sun Jun 26, 2016, 05:05 AM
loyalsister (13,390 posts)
6. I hope to see them find common ground and joint strategies
But, expecting people who continue to be opressed under this unjust system to put it all aside and join hands in a warm fuzzy event is a lot to ask. They will have the same fear before, during, and after the event. I don't understand why it is so difficult to have respect for that experience while asking for it in return.
Intersectional events where organizers make space for additional groups and issues are possible. |
Response to romanic (Original post)
Sun Jun 26, 2016, 01:49 AM
SMC22307 (7,990 posts)
5. This sort of stunt won't help #BLM's cause.
Wrong time and place, people, wrong time and place.
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Response to romanic (Original post)
Sun Jun 26, 2016, 05:09 AM
LeftyMom (49,212 posts)
7. Queer and trans POC have their lives ruined and ended by police.
Letting the police brand themselves as allies is some bullshit and it's a damn good thing somebody pointed out the reality of the situation.
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Response to LeftyMom (Reply #7)
Sun Jun 26, 2016, 06:29 AM
Meldread (4,213 posts)
8. Exactly.
All Queer Lives Matter, not just the white, male, cis and hetero-conforming ones, or the ones that work "respectable" jobs. Every life in our community matters, and so long as someone in our community is under threat we are all under threat.
We shouldn't allow respectability politics to override our duty to one another. |