Apology to Bravenak

[stevenleser]

82. I definitely recommend that. And I would tell people to keep in mind that AA folks through BLM

are literally in a life or death struggle.

ACT Up was very rude in many of their protests in order to try to get people to pay attention to LGBT issues and the HIV/AIDS epidemic. But, again, people were dying and far too many people were not taking that seriously.

And similar to BLM, Act Up's efforts were successful both in the short term in raising the visibility of their issue, and in the long term by forcing action to be taken to save the lives. Actually that last part is a little premature in terms of actions being taken for BLM, but the Democratic candidates have all been forced to weigh in with platforms to deal with police brutality towards people of color.

In the face of all of that, some folks are upset that their sacred cow was protested and are criticizing the movement that is trying to save lives. If you were a part of the group whose lives were being taken, I can understand that upsetting you a little.