Holy ****!
Ignoring that you're morally equating a movement that aims to improve the lives and security of black people to groups whose platform is hatred and racial superiority, why would Obama ever have denounced BLM? Why would anybody? BLM has never advocated for or condoned violence, and has denounced racially-motivated violence on multiple occasions. The BLM organization is far from perfect (some leaders can be obtuse and irritating, and small pockets within have caused trouble), but the principle cause is just and BLM is by far the most prominent anti-racism movement at this time.
When it first appeared, maybe that was the idea. However, somewhere, it was overrun by degenerates who took the protests as an excuse to vandalize & destroy property,
multiple times, until the behavior became associated with them. Even in videos of them just protesting, they believe blocking roads & sidewalks is justified and when confronted by those who just want to pass by, they get defensive. That's
not how you improve the lives and security of black people, that's how you create opposition. If someone wants to pass by on a
public sidewalk to go to work, let them; it doesn't automatically mean they don't value your protest or they're racist.
During the Baltimore riots, the mayor was under attack for justifying the destruction:
With her city spiraling out of control, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has two problems: quelling the violence — and clarifying a controversial comment she made over the weekend before it erupted.
"I've made it very clear that I work with the police and instructed them to do everything they could to make sure that the protesters were able to exercise their right to free speech," Rawlings-Blake said Saturday as Baltimore
roiled following the funeral of Freddie Gray, the black man who died in police custody April 19.
"It's a very delicate balancing act because while we try to make sure that they were protected from the cars and the other things that were going on,
we also gave those who wished to destroy space to do that as well, and we work very hard to keep that balance and to put ourselves in the best position to de-escalate."
Could any black-led anti-racism movement ever be up to your standards?
This is my standard:
Is this yours?
How about the demands they want? They seem pretty reasonable, but some of it is excessive . For example, asking for the removal of capital punishment? That's a good one, plenty of people have protested it. Asking for the removal of the bail system? That's a bit much; a better argument would be fighting what would be deemed excessive bail.
And.
An End To All Jails, Prisons, and Detention Facilities As We Know Them and the Establishment of Policies and Programs to Address the Current Oppressive Conditions Experienced by People Who Are Imprisoned
"We demand a world where those most impacted in our communities control the laws, institutions, and policies that are meant to serve us – from our schools to our local budgets, economies, police departments, and our land – while recognizing that the rights and histories of our Indigenous family must also be respected," the group states. It goes on to describe a completely community-controlled law enforcement, education system, and local government; thus, the end of all current local government structure. They also demand the end to all private education.
And of course, reparations.
The group demands that reparations be paid to all members of the black community, including the undocumented, by the "government, responsible corporations and other institutions that have profited off of the harm they have inflicted on Black people — from colonialism to slavery through food and housing redlining, mass incarceration, and surveillance." Some of the ways these reparations will be made is through "full and free access for all Black people (including undocumented and currently and formerly incarcerated people) to lifetime education" and giving a permanent "guaranteed minimum livable income for all Black people."
That is never going to happen, and it's not because whitey would like it, too.
An issue with some of these demands, such as capital punishment, is that they're being fought because they believe it's
racist. Capital punishment has long been debated due to whether or not it's inhumane, not because it allows the govt. to bring lynching into the courtroom. This isn't the approach if they want the sympathy of those who want it abolished if they're only concerned for their own involved.
You can believe BLM is a prominent anti-racism movement all you want, but the fact is this: these people in charge who organize it are undoing the Civil Rights Movement that fought for ending racial segregation & discrimination. Much of what these people want are rooted back in becoming segregated by wanting to govern themselves with their own security, education, & benefits. And of course, the racial discrimination by ensuring these demands are met for Black people. Don't even think of questioning or asking for these same demands if you're white.
In other news, this happened earlier in the year, but is being brought up due to the recent events about how it may affect other statues.
The golden equestrian statue of St. Joan of Arc, the Maid of Orleans, stands on Decatur Street in New Orleans’ historic French Quarter. A gift from France in 1972 to honor the city’s French heritage, the statue is the focus of an annual community parade organized by a group devoted to the 15th-century saint and military heroine.
Joan, of course, has no connection to the Confederacy or to American history. But that didn’t stop someone from spray-painting “Tear it down!” on the statue earlier this year, according to
Nola.com. The graffiti has since been removed, though stains remain, but the incident raises questions.
https://aleteia.org/2017/08/17/joan-of-arc-caught-up-in-statue-toppling-movement/
