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Remember back when people had such issue with the language and phrasing of "Black Lives Matter" until people (over 50%, according to recent polls) finally came

Remember back when people had such issue with the language and phrasing of "Black Lives Matter" until people (over 50%, according to recent polls) finally came around after George Floyd? "Abolish the police" is going to be the same scenario in time. Please, do your research on what abolition actually looks like. This article does not describe abolition, it describes a PR tactic the Seattle PD decided to pull as punishment to protestors. Linked below is one with actual interest and nuance. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/6/12/21283813/george-floyd-blm-abolish-the-police-8cantwait-minneapolis https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/6/12/21283813/g... If you look around and see incredible injustice, great. Don't spend your time policing the language and methodology the oppressed use to argue for their rights, go do things and help them be more effective. This is a classic white liberal issue of "I support the ideas but not the way to them" that has been around for centuries. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/01/17/martin-luther-king-polite-racism-white-liberals/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/01/17/martin-luth... "We do not need allies who are more devoted to order than to justice" - MLK

CapricornNoble 6y ago
>>>This is a classic white liberal issue of "I support the ideas but not the way to them" that has been around for centuries. "The white liberal is the worst enemy to America, and the worst enemy to the black man....The white liberal aren’t white people who are for independence, who are moral and ethical in their thinking. They are just a faction of white people that are jockeying for power. The same as the white conservative is a faction of white people that are jockeying for power. They are fighting each other for power and prestige, and the one that is the football in the game is the Negro..." - Malcom X https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8869214-the-white-liberal-is-the-worst-enemy-to-america-and https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8869214-the-white-liberal-i...
- adjkant 6y ago
  Was looking for this when I was typing that post up! Should have known it would be Malcom X. There's another great quote along the lines of "those concerned with how something is said than what is said" that I can't seem to remember the source on either that is very relevant here too.

CapricornNoble 6y ago

>>>This is a classic white liberal issue of "I support the ideas but not the way to them" that has been around for centuries. "The white liberal is the worst enemy to America, and the worst enemy to the black man....The white liberal aren’t white people who are for independence, who are moral and ethical in their thinking. They are just a faction of white people that are jockeying for power. The same as the white conservative is a faction of white people that are jockeying for power. They are fighting each other for power and prestige, and the one that is the football in the game is the Negro..." - Malcom X https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8869214-the-white-liberal-is-the-worst-enemy-to-america-and https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8869214-the-white-liberal-i...

adjkant 6y ago
Was looking for this when I was typing that post up! Should have known it would be Malcom X. There's another great quote along the lines of "those concerned with how something is said than what is said" that I can't seem to remember the source on either that is very relevant here too.