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Exilednight
(9,359 posts)They were upset when different groups tried to co-op their message. No ow they're going guilty of the same thing.
They only want to play nice when it advances their cause. They're doing more harm than good.
modem77
(191 posts)
demmiblue
(39,107 posts)TipTok
(2,474 posts)"I was nervous because I see a lot of white people out there"
*awkward pause*
"That's not a joke"
Exilednight
(9,359 posts)TipTok
(2,474 posts)The shooting was not race based...
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)
It seems like every group thinks their issue is the Most Important Thing and if you disagree with them you are denounced as worse than pond scum. This is one of the big reason Occupy Wall Street failed, too many people pushing their own pet causes and nobody stayed on message.
The2ndWheel
(7,947 posts)I think we basically want to break up into smaller and smaller groups. Of course a given individuals pet cause will be thought of as most important to them. What's the central message anyway? The more vague it is, the less of a hold it has on people. Then every message eventually becomes more vague anyway, as more people get involved, and then we break up into sub groups to get a clearer idea of what message we want to get behind. Then nobody can agree on anything, because there's one detail that's different between two groups, and that's where the pond scum enters the equation.
Exilednight
(9,359 posts)Which is equal protection under the law. It amazes me how many older AAs don't support the LGBT community after they themselves have suffered under centuries of discrimination.
No one bothers looking for the common ground.
Sadly, I don't see these statements as coalition building, but rather as hijacking of someone else's tragedy.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)to heal, time to reflect on losses and how far we still need to go.
To co-opt that is insensitive at best, viscerally hateful at worst.
There was no reason for that other than an arrogant "me too" person interrupting what was an event that was supposed to be for healing and to bring the community together, rather than dividing us.
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)..."stick our noses into other groups struggles to get attention for our own group", it's incredibly narcissistic.
These are the kind of people the phrase "Social Justice Warrior" referred to before the phrase was turned into a RW buzzword.
pintobean
(18,101 posts)I figured it would just drop like a rock, and possibly get hidden. Some things DU just doesn't want to know about.
I found it just jaw dropping. Orlando shook many in the LGBT community to the core. I think she went beyond being insensitive and selfish, and was intentionally hurtful.
But hey, it's Mizzou, watcha gonna do?
Aerows
(39,961 posts)This was a memorial to heal our community, and this is the third time I've seen one of these posts that try to make it about white privilege.
I'm just about past being pissed off and headed for nuclear.
This was just WRONG.
Odin2005
(53,521 posts) 
cagefreesoylentgreen
(838 posts)It was getting heavy rotation on wingnut sites, so
I couldn't be absolutely sure of its authenticity. But if this video is authentic, it's absolutely totally pathetic that BLM would stoop to this sort of thing. On Tumblr some people were defending the speaker, and I have no doubt some here on DU would do the same.
Friggin' pathetic.
demmiblue
(39,107 posts)
romanic
(2,841 posts)They've lost publicity, credibility, advocates, and most of all, respect. They have to resort to using tragedies to get attention for their cause when they should have been past the point of "awareness". What a sad bunch.
