2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The response of #BLM by white liberals indicates the overall problem... [View all]Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)The point being that a rapid-fire splatter of invective is much less effective in text than in face to face.
The point I'm making to you is that you cannot expect people to give no response. The "problem" you had with that thread initially, was that people in there dared to respond at all. Evidently, Patrisse Cullors' claims that O'Malley and Sanders "weren't humble enough" should be met only with meek nods, downcast eyes, and a mumbled chorus of "Yessum. We're sorry." seems you really want to have a standard of privilege for yourself that you want to deny others.
Kind of an odd expectation, coming from someone speaking so vociferously for Black Lives Matter protests.
If you think I support and endorse every word uttered on the thread you're linking to, that's because you're making some really big presumptions. You didn't bother asking me what I thought of what people are saying in there, you simply presumed that you could determine it for me because, hey, I'm supporting a candidate you don't like, so all your assumptions about me must be true.
Are there embarrassing posts? Yes, there certainly are. And in fact those posts - between the fist-thumping internet badass proclamations and the victim-whining - are a major reason I'm nowhere to be found in there. The other major reason is that all the other posts - the ones with good points, good arguments - are already saying what I would have said.
Does that make the entire thread embarrassing? Nope. And certainly not for the reason that people there dared respond.