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> an out of place racial banner Are you talking about black lives matter here? If so that is the total opposite of what they meant. That is literally anti-auth

• throwawayabc456 6y ago
  > Are you talking about black lives matter here? The trouble is, in each individual case, it's possible to know if 'Black Lives Matter' is meant to be taken at face value, or whether it connotes the (well-documented) Marxist ideology from which it was born, and with which it is often associated. Authoritarianism comes in many flavors.
  • wnkrshm 6y ago
    People fighting for their rights always seems like an attack on the comfortable majority. At one point in history people were fighting to have two days off per week, or to not have to work 17h a day, or to not have children working on machines or in mines. These moves we regard as proper and justified today were just as much an affront to the social norms as you feel this may be now.
• jshevek 6y ago
  The literal meaning of any political slogan rarely reflects the meaning that various people ascribe to the phrase, both among supporters and detractors. Is it your position that there are no authoritarian agendas represented in the movement?
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