2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: If MLK Were Alive, He'd Make White Folks Just as Uncomfortable as Black Lives Matter [View all]Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)is it selfish of them to defend themselves by pointing out that they did? Must they let false accusations stand just because of who makes those accusations? How would doing that even help?
In the march I was in(in SF, in November or December 2014-I forget the month)there was a large contingent of white marchers(the majority was PoC), but PoC were leading the march and everybody seemed to accept that.
At that point, Bernie wasn't in the race, so there was no way to tell who was supporting which presidential candidate. People weren't wearing campaign buttons for anyone, from what I could see.
I get it that you are angry at some of Bernie's supporters for saying intemperate things, but how is it fair to say that none of them were in those marches, or that the only ones who were were there for selfish reasons?
How does accusing people of wrongs you have no way of knowing they even committed achieve any goal at all?
How does putting people on the defensive for the sake of putting people on the defensive make anything better?