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Black people protesting for equality wasn’t terrorism in the 60s and it isn’t today. The fact that FBI might treat it as such is a symptom of the exact same rac

Black people protesting for equality wasn’t terrorism in the 60s and it isn’t today. The fact that FBI might treat it as such is a symptom of the exact same racism they are fighting against. Literal nazis aren’t treated as hostile as these movements.

mamon 6y ago
>> Black people protesting for equality wasn’t terrorism in the 60s and it isn’t today. That's what all terrorists say. They are never bad guys, they always have some good reason to fight: freedom of their country, justice for their people, etc. It's the chosen method of fighting that matters. In democratic society you can protest peacefully, which means not attacking the police, not looting the stores, not setting cars on fire. If you can't refrain from this, then you are terrorist and I don't give a fuck about the cause you're fighting for, it's not an excuse.
Qw3r7 6y ago
There is a radical difference between the March on Washington and numerous BLM protests that have resulted in crime. The creation of BLM protests has detracted any form of conversation we could have had between policing ethics and renewal of the system. As it soley focuses on a single racial profile and has created such an air of protests that lead to anything from property destruction to death. Which produces such an odd fixation against anyone else, and even at times of those of African decent. There are large issues to be discussed with regards to BLM and its role. Ultimately however, there do exist "extremes" of all flavours. And those extremes can easily be against any form of race by any form of race. My two cents are that there is a larger issue in societal class structure, and it is incredibly easy to sweep that aside and play it off as a racial issue.
casefields 6y ago
When anti-lockdown protestors were vilified as granny killers and murderers, only for the media to flip flop weeks later, it’s hard not to apply the same contempt.

mamon 6y ago

>> Black people protesting for equality wasn’t terrorism in the 60s and it isn’t today. That's what all terrorists say. They are never bad guys, they always have some good reason to fight: freedom of their country, justice for their people, etc. It's the chosen method of fighting that matters. In democratic society you can protest peacefully, which means not attacking the police, not looting the stores, not setting cars on fire. If you can't refrain from this, then you are terrorist and I don't give a fuck about the cause you're fighting for, it's not an excuse.

Qw3r7 6y ago

There is a radical difference between the March on Washington and numerous BLM protests that have resulted in crime. The creation of BLM protests has detracted any form of conversation we could have had between policing ethics and renewal of the system. As it soley focuses on a single racial profile and has created such an air of protests that lead to anything from property destruction to death. Which produces such an odd fixation against anyone else, and even at times of those of African decent. There are large issues to be discussed with regards to BLM and its role. Ultimately however, there do exist "extremes" of all flavours. And those extremes can easily be against any form of race by any form of race. My two cents are that there is a larger issue in societal class structure, and it is incredibly easy to sweep that aside and play it off as a racial issue.

casefields 6y ago

When anti-lockdown protestors were vilified as granny killers and murderers, only for the media to flip flop weeks later, it’s hard not to apply the same contempt.