Black Lives Matter Protest Proves Pride Needs More Empathy, Less Prejudice

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56. Are you opposed to groups protesting at the Dem Convention?

This seems like a fairly specious argument because you aren't comparing two equivalent things.

For myself, I sit in admiration of BLM. I think they have been pretty darn successful in a limited period of time by not adhering to social norms that seek to silence the oppressed. They are willing to speak truth to power in public, cause disruptions and discomfort, but almost every time, ultimately come out a winner. And after the dust settles, many of the people initially frustrated by a direct inconvenience can see the ultimate good that arose by their actions.

This is how to lead a movement that is focused on real change.

So many people right now want Bernie to sit down and shut up. It's the easier and more acceptable course of action. And yet, I see his fight focused around policy positions in the Democratic Party platform committee as genius, and I am so pleased by the efforts to force a floor vote on TPP.

Personally, I would absolutely support a protest by BLM during the Democratic State Convention against for-profit prisons and harsh prison sentences and stop and frisk actions.

i would also support protests by younger voters that push the Democratic Party to actually do something about onerous student loan debt and the high cost of college. I really dislike Hillary's current proposal. It's too cumbersome as are so many proposals by the Dem technocrats.