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In reply to the discussion: The #BlackLivesMatter tactics are working [View all]Jester Messiah
(4,711 posts)38. Yeah, actually you do.
Because if you fail to secure allies then you're failing your cause. If you don't have enough people supporting you, they won't recognize the importance of the issues involved, or if they're turned-off to the point of antipathy, then you won't get the votes you need to effect real and lasting change. You will have failed your cause because you gave up on people in a fit of pique. Or you let your pride or self-righteousness stop you from keeping the conversation going. I guess what you have to ask yourself is: are you humble enough to put the cause over your righteous indignation that people don't automatically see things your way?
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NO, #BlackLivesMatter needs to do no such thing.. this is bigger than bernie. They are working for
Cha
Aug 2015
#24
Yes, brer cat. #BlackLiveMatter are fighting for their lives.. and I stand behind them.
Cha
Aug 2015
#34
Your comments disparaging this movement are not welcome in the AA forum. And calling them "fools"
Number23
Aug 2015
#12
It definitely says alot. A hell of alot, actually. And thanks for showing yourself out.
Number23
Aug 2015
#16
Are you leaving now or do you think that you can just keep disrupting this forum?
Number23
Aug 2015
#19
You need to turn non-allies into allies if you're ever going to get anywhere.
Jester Messiah
Aug 2015
#33
The polls are clear, Senator Sanders has very little support from the black community...
Spazito
Aug 2015
#41
The BLM Movement has and is Securing Allies and Listeners so There is no Failing of the Cause
lib87
Aug 2015
#42
Yeah, there were fools when #BlackLivesMatter Acitivists Protested NRN but it wasn't
Cha
Aug 2015
#25
how did they take blm back ? in which area ? what was blm about to do which will no longer be done ?
JI7
Aug 2015
#7
The proof is in the pudding and all of the hair pulling and wailing wrapped up in "concern" from
Number23
Aug 2015
#10
Oh, no doubt. #BLM is succeeding where OWS fizzled. Yeah, that's gotta be a bitter pill for some
Number23
Aug 2015
#18