2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: What Black Lives Matter Gets Wrong About Bernie Sanders - Reuters [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)remotely suggest you are either a 'racist' (smell your racism? Really?) or a 'stealth troll.' I don't believe you are, and I've never said that you were either. Not sure where you are digging that up from--but it ain't from me.
If anything, you are accusing YOURSELF. You don't have to 'justify' the comment "Black Lives Matter." You don't have to explain, rebut, or one-up. No one is asking for that. It's not a question. It doesn't demand an answer or a justification.
It's -- as I said -- a cry for help. Nothing more.
I don't know what more I can do to get it across to you that it's not a YES BUT issue. And there IS a learning curve on this issue--not just for you, but for everyone who says "Yes but" and "White lives matter" and "All lives matter" after #blm speaks their truth. And that's every single POTUS candidate who has bothered to weigh in on the issue, thus far. They are being educated--they are doing a better job of adjusting to that curve than many, though. All of them have modulated their messaging to include this concern--and that is how primary contests work. Issues are raised, and candidates either address or ignore them--they're not ignoring this one.
When children are starving due to drought, no one says "Yes but." When New Orleans was flooded and people were dying and lost their homes, no one said "Yes but." When hurricanes flattened towns in Alabama, no one said "Yes but."
The people who are protesting #blm are simply saying that they are in a state of emergency, that their young people are being murdered by police. It's not a "Yes but" thing....it's a "That's TERRIBLE!" thing--it's a "What can we collectively do to solve this?" thing. It's a "Let's prioritize this on the national platform" thing.
It's not about you, or me, or anyone save the young people who are being threatened by--and some killed by-- police every day. And the activists who are publicizing their truth.