Marissa Johnson: a generation of activists who believe in disruption

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57. I have never had a problem with the BLM movement.

I applaud and support even the most disruptive of civil disobedience. My parents marched for civil rights in the 1960's and I was an activist in both the environmentalist movement and the anti-nuke movement in the 1980's.

My concern is that young woman alone, no one else. She raises red flags for me with her history, her ideology, and her behavior. I remember all too well when a good movement was side-tracked by bad people with extremist ideologies and actions. You are likely too young to remember the eco-terrorists but they were real and caused the movement great harm.

That is my beef. I do not want one young and extremist individual to derail what this movement stands for and needs to accomplish. I do not want to see BLM's leadership become individuals like this. That will harm our cause. The fire of youth is tempered eventually by age, experience, and maturity. I don't discount you or other young men and women involved. I think it is rather funny that y'all think it is that much worse than it was or always has been. The information age has just made it more available to be seen, but the institutional racism in this country is centuries old.

Thank you for sharing your passion about this.