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The Polack MSgt

(13,425 posts)

4. Black Lives Matter needs to be seen

Reply to La Lioness Priyanka (Original post)

Mon Jun 26, 2017, 01:59 PM

Jun 2017

It needs cameras, twitter mentions and people hearing their message.

They also need safety, support and people CAPABLE of hearing their message.

Do you feel that their existence is automatically an accusation pointed in your direction? It certainly appears that you do:

"No idea what the gay community of my city did to deserve this."

So. Where should BLM demonstrate? I was perplexed reading posts so angry that a BLM protest delayed the Pride parade for 30 minutes.

Delayed. For. 30. Minutes. Yet the writer obviously feels BETRAYED that BLM chose that venue for the protest.

If the Black Lives Matter folks are instantly met with hostility and anger from an audience that, on the surface, would seem to be natural allies - Well, perhaps what that means is the Pride Parade is precisely where a protest needed to take place.

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I really love how people who don't support blm [View all] La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2017 OP

I resisted the compulsion to roll my eyes in replies yesterday.. JHan Jun 2017 #1

Pride in MN Lotusflower70 Jun 2017 #2

Concur. Fuck them and the horse they rode in on. lambchopp59 Jun 2017 #3

Black Lives Matter needs to be seen The Polack MSgt Jun 2017 #4

BLM has styled itself as an in your face advocacy group that often takes over events planned by karynnj Jun 2017 #5

No it's not possible for me to respect people who think their event was taken over La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2017 #6

YOU are the one making it white/POC -- it was a gay pride parade karynnj Jun 2017 #8

I'm saying that to poc especially blacks and black gays La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2017 #10

History time! Saviolo Jun 2017 #15

So much applause for this post La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2017 #16

Thank you for the vote of confidence! Saviolo Jun 2017 #17

Second vote for this as an independent post irisblue Jun 2017 #18

Thanks! Saviolo Jun 2017 #19

AWESOME post EffieBlack Jun 2017 #23

Also you don't need to tell me what I need to accept La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2017 #7

Interestingly defensive SECOND response to what was not an inflamatory post. karynnj Jun 2017 #9

You seem to indicate that I need to accept the bs excuses about where blm belong or not La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2017 #11

Totally your right -- and the right of others to object to BLM's tactics karynnj Jun 2017 #12

I literally don't know what you mean by your statement La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2017 #13

Well and nicely stated, KarynnJ and Lotusflower. Hortensis Jun 2017 #14

Except BLM's issues are core issues pertaining to civil liberty... JHan Jun 2017 #22

Hey Pri... sheshe2 Jun 2017 #20

In a ways, DU has just increased my support of black politicians and activist... SaschaHM Jun 2017 #21

while we always get those "good people that voted trump" crap JI7 Jun 2017 #24

Oh them? We have to try to understand where they are coming from . Trans of color or QBY.? lunasun Jun 2017 #25

Good, kind, nice racists. They should be precise with language La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2017 #26