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In reply to the discussion: This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]JustAnotherGen
(31,823 posts)Not ALL people who are angry with this BLM movement are in this 'group' but -
Search the most vocal in their anger. Just go back 5 days.
See if you can find a post by them to a Sandra Bland thread.
Understand -
This action by a group of black young people (I really look at them like an OWS - influence the conversation but no results will be tied to them) is far worse - MUCH worse -
Than that woman's death. See, if you don't say or write something -It appears you don't care. It's not a 'given' that any of these folks care about that loss of life.
And so that is the mindset you are dealing with. I read and responded to a post yesterday by a woman at DU who was proud of sending a message to the BLM leadership stating why they were wrong. That's all - why they were wrong.
I'd bet - she hasn't signed Steve leser's petition.
She hasn't given five bucks to a funeral fund for Sandra.
She has not reached out to the justice department, FBI, or Federal Marshalls on Sandra's behalf.
She has not - hell - sent a tweet or email to Sandra's family . .
If she did - she's not proud of it - right? I'm gonna say - she didn't.
And that's the mentality we are dealing with.
Protest that will go the way of OWS - disruption at NRN (which has always appeared very free and flowing to me) - of two candidates -
Was the absolute WORST thing that happened to an American last week. The worst! That is the REAL wrong! It's like - one step short of assassination.
^^^^^^ Okay - waaaaaaaaaay over the top^^^^^^ - but a lot of these responses have been over the top. TM99(sp?) is one of the few people that nails it - she's torn over this. I think she is the right person to reach out to BLM and ask the question. See her posts down thread - I'm not being snarky there.
I think someone calm, level headed and that 'looks like them' can broach the subject - "So what do you guys do now? Because another black woman just died in custody last week."