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james_s:

--- Quote from: Zero999 on July 07, 2020, 12:47:19 pm ---None of that surprises me and don't get me started on the BML movement, who've lost all credability with many people. If they really cared about anyone's life, they wouldn't have acted in such a wrecless manner. They're mostly a load of pathetic social justice warriors who are pissed off because they've not been allowed to socialise during lockdown and needed a release. I'm all of wiping out racism, but this is not the way to do it.

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I think that's part of it, but it also has the appearance of being largely an anti-capitalism and anti-authority movement. In my area much of what was going on felt just like the old Occupy movement that fizzled out several years ago. People capitalizing on a tragic event to get the masses on board with a movement that a lot of people otherwise wouldn't be on board with. It's far easier to drum up support when you can just call anyone who isn't a fanatical supporter a racist. Between the pandemic and other events there was a perfect storm that created a nearly ideal environment to try to cultivate a revolution. Like happened with the Occupy movement, I suspect it will get fragmented and fizzle out eventually. They start out with a noble goal but then it becomes chaotic and disorganized and more people try to piggyback their own pet agendas.

PlainName:

--- Quote ---Where were the protesters 1 year ago? 10 years ago?
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More easily placated or ignored by the authorities. Fortunately, mobs don't go full nuclear each and every time but require stoking and momentum building.

SilverSolder:

--- Quote from: dunkemhigh on July 08, 2020, 11:54:38 am ---
--- Quote ---Where were the protesters 1 year ago? 10 years ago?
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More easily placated or ignored by the authorities. Fortunately, mobs don't go full nuclear each and every time but require stoking and momentum building.

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It requires an easily understandable injustice of some kind,  like videos circulating of those retarded cops killing the suspect while arresting him.

Zero999:

--- Quote from: james_s on July 08, 2020, 05:26:59 am ---
--- Quote from: Zero999 on July 07, 2020, 12:47:19 pm ---None of that surprises me and don't get me started on the BML movement, who've lost all credability with many people. If they really cared about anyone's life, they wouldn't have acted in such a wrecless manner. They're mostly a load of pathetic social justice warriors who are pissed off because they've not been allowed to socialise during lockdown and needed a release. I'm all of wiping out racism, but this is not the way to do it.

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I think that's part of it, but it also has the appearance of being largely an anti-capitalism and anti-authority movement. In my area much of what was going on felt just like the old Occupy movement that fizzled out several years ago. People capitalizing on a tragic event to get the masses on board with a movement that a lot of people otherwise wouldn't be on board with. It's far easier to drum up support when you can just call anyone who isn't a fanatical supporter a racist. Between the pandemic and other events there was a perfect storm that created a nearly ideal environment to try to cultivate a revolution. Like happened with the Occupy movement, I suspect it will get fragmented and fizzle out eventually. They start out with a noble goal but then it becomes chaotic and disorganized and more people try to piggyback their own pet agendas.

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We need more moderates to stand up and say, it's possible to dissagree with the many of the BLM's objectives and thier behaviour without being racist.  Worryingly there seems to be a fair number of them who are extremists who hate white people. There are numerous videos of them harassing white people, getting them to apologise for being white. If they did that to me, I'd like to say, I'd tell them to bugger off, but in reality, I'd just ignore them, pretend I don't speak English, or something, to avoid being set upon by an angry mob.

The authorities need to clamp down on them for their criminal acts ranging from vandalism and theft, to breaking the rules on social distancing.

SilverSolder:

--- Quote from: Zero999 on July 08, 2020, 12:59:01 pm ---
--- Quote from: james_s on July 08, 2020, 05:26:59 am ---
--- Quote from: Zero999 on July 07, 2020, 12:47:19 pm ---None of that surprises me and don't get me started on the BML movement, who've lost all credability with many people. If they really cared about anyone's life, they wouldn't have acted in such a wrecless manner. They're mostly a load of pathetic social justice warriors who are pissed off because they've not been allowed to socialise during lockdown and needed a release. I'm all of wiping out racism, but this is not the way to do it.

--- End quote ---

I think that's part of it, but it also has the appearance of being largely an anti-capitalism and anti-authority movement. In my area much of what was going on felt just like the old Occupy movement that fizzled out several years ago. People capitalizing on a tragic event to get the masses on board with a movement that a lot of people otherwise wouldn't be on board with. It's far easier to drum up support when you can just call anyone who isn't a fanatical supporter a racist. Between the pandemic and other events there was a perfect storm that created a nearly ideal environment to try to cultivate a revolution. Like happened with the Occupy movement, I suspect it will get fragmented and fizzle out eventually. They start out with a noble goal but then it becomes chaotic and disorganized and more people try to piggyback their own pet agendas.

--- End quote ---
We need more moderates to stand up and say, it's possible to dissagree with the many of the BLM's objectives and thier behaviour without being racist.  Worryingly there seems to be a fair number of them who are extremists who hate white people. There are numerous videos of them harassing white people, getting them to apologise for being white. If they did that to me, I'd like to say, I'd tell them to bugger off, but in reality, I'd just ignore them, pretend I don't speak English, or something, to avoid being set upon by an angry mob.

The authorities need to clamp down on them for their criminal acts ranging from vandalism and theft, to breaking the rules on social distancing.

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What stirred it all up, was videos of obscene police brutality against a black person being widely circulated.   You do get that, right?   We wouldn't be having this discussion if that hadn't happened.

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