4 ms·

I disagree with you and I will explain my reasons why: BLM is not about politics or personal opinions, it is about human rights, so is the LGBT flag stuff, so i

I disagree with you and I will explain my reasons why: BLM is not about politics or personal opinions, it is about human rights, so is the LGBT flag stuff, so is speaking out against the chinese governement for the Uyghurs genocide currently being carried out. You know what has happened to Georges Floyd, Breonna Taylor and many others. People murdered routinely by the police without any consequences. Using whatever platform you have to speak out against it is morally right. Protests happens after decades of police violence against black communities, by being against those you are standing against an human rights issue (Whatever is your reason, even COVID). You need to be aware of that and think if that's a good use or your life. Plenty of people do, usually white nationalists, KKK members and neo-nazis, who are vocally againsts humans rights and equality between white people and people of colors.

JakeDKo 6y ago
There have been plenty of white people gunned down or killed by the police; but unfortunately they did not deserve a "White People Matter". So no protests for them. Because, according to black people, they were "white trash". What do you humanists say to that? As far as George Floyd is concerned, he once participated in a robbery and put his gun on a pregnant woman's belly. Enough with this drug addicted criminal.
sam_goody 6y ago
Thank you very much for explaining. I also am pro human rights. Very much so. And yet I think that BLM does it all wrong, and all that will come out of their protests are more police, more government, more bigotry against the blacks, and more slums. I suspect that there are a lot of people like myself.
- Pelic4n 6y ago
  BLM is showing us uncomfortable reality, which is how poor black people are treated in the US. For anyone slightly better off, all this pain, anger and the violence which stems from it is difficult to process and can lead us to cognitive dissonance to avoid these feelings. "they're doing it wrong! BLM is violent thugs and terrorists, if they wanted results they would be 100% peaceful. They're working against these causes!" is that cognitive dissonance. Turns out, human rights activists have been peaceful. For decades. It did nothing. Even filmed in broad daylight, with people begging him to stop and with the whole world watching it on the internet, a police officer can still murder a black man and get away with it. Which they would have without the protests. Now, each time that happens, there will be a wave of righteous anger through the country. Until that doesn't happens anymore I hope. MLK's protests weren't peaceful. There was the same stuff happening, looting, violents elements, confrontations with white nationalists, and they've changed things, tremendously for the better. I hope the same happens with BLM.

JakeDKo 6y ago

There have been plenty of white people gunned down or killed by the police; but unfortunately they did not deserve a "White People Matter". So no protests for them. Because, according to black people, they were "white trash". What do you humanists say to that? As far as George Floyd is concerned, he once participated in a robbery and put his gun on a pregnant woman's belly. Enough with this drug addicted criminal.

sam_goody 6y ago

Thank you very much for explaining. I also am pro human rights. Very much so. And yet I think that BLM does it all wrong, and all that will come out of their protests are more police, more government, more bigotry against the blacks, and more slums. I suspect that there are a lot of people like myself.

Pelic4n 6y ago
BLM is showing us uncomfortable reality, which is how poor black people are treated in the US. For anyone slightly better off, all this pain, anger and the violence which stems from it is difficult to process and can lead us to cognitive dissonance to avoid these feelings. "they're doing it wrong! BLM is violent thugs and terrorists, if they wanted results they would be 100% peaceful. They're working against these causes!" is that cognitive dissonance. Turns out, human rights activists have been peaceful. For decades. It did nothing. Even filmed in broad daylight, with people begging him to stop and with the whole world watching it on the internet, a police officer can still murder a black man and get away with it. Which they would have without the protests. Now, each time that happens, there will be a wave of righteous anger through the country. Until that doesn't happens anymore I hope. MLK's protests weren't peaceful. There was the same stuff happening, looting, violents elements, confrontations with white nationalists, and they've changed things, tremendously for the better. I hope the same happens with BLM.