2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: "Interrupting Bernie: Exposing the White Supremacy of the American Left" [View all]maxsolomon
(33,449 posts)I'm fine with the bum-rushing of the microphone - BLM is vital even out here in the PNW. Last month, cops killed a black kid for shoplifting beer in Oly because he had a SKATEBOARD.
The 2 women, who are not GOP provocateurs (they really don't have it together enough to pull that off - no one in Seattle does) got to make their point; even after being called racists, the "white moderate" audience largely complied with their demands - a few didn't. So what. Pull that shit in NYC and see how passive everyone is.
But when they said they'd hand the mic back after the minutes of silence, and then reneged, that's when shit went off the rails. It makes it hard to defend their passion, because it looks like they don't know what they wanted.
I have argued with white & asian people who criticize protest tactics, which in Seattle seem to invariably involve blocking our infamously shitty traffic even more - walking down I-5, occupying critical intersections downtown. Aren't you angry about the injustice? Yes, but I need to pick my kids up - daycare closes at 6! Which is a pretty good point.
And, in the PNW, we have ethnic diversity in people shot down by the police: John T. Williams, a Native America woodcarver/homeless man, most significantly. So the Alllivesmatter shit is harder to argue against as well.