Marathon Organizers Respond To Black Lives Matter Plans

[Yo_Mama]

74. My first reaction is that given the atrocity in Boston, this is an incredibly stupid move.

Because it creates a crowd where it shouldn't be, and it creates real security hazards.

Plus, symbolically it's all wrong - a runner staggering along after 24 miles is a symbol of individual effort, not a symbol of society gone wrong, and blocking that runner looks bad. It's more than a bit hard to get the message about individual rights across when you are harassing individuals.

I hope they reconsider. If they don't, I hope the police do the right thing and promptly arrest any one who attempts to block the course. It's fine to demonstrate on the sidelines, hold signs, whatever. Creative ones, like "Still running the civil rights race," or so forth. That kind of thing. Okay, so I suck at that kind of thing, but I am sure better minds could do better.

If BLM wants to use this event, they should use the intense efforts of the runners as a parallel to the struggle of individuals unjustly abused and subjected to violence at the hands of police, rather than bollix up the basic message by blocking the runners.