So yesterday there was a shooting during a BLM protest at my community college. Five police officers were killed durimg an ambush, 14 people injured, the shooter was later killed by police. The assailant, Micah Jihnson, was a disgruntled USMC vet, honorable discharged with no prior criminal history, he said he wanted to hurt and kill white people during negotiations. Later they found a collection of guns, bullet proof vests, and bomb making materials at his house in Misquite Texas. What do you guys think of this?
I've been watching videos of the protest and similar BLM protests from this year, and a lot of them have chants about killing cops and white people. And there have been several recent assaults on people of various races by those in the BLM movement. Even today there were videos and trending posts celebrating these murders and antagonizing police members. It doesn't make sense to me, why would movement like this advocate for violence and expect to see any change? Is it even effective?
I have been following this and several other supposed radical movements since I did a project researching a topless protest movement last year. With BLM, FTM, and several other of these rallies, I'm seeing a disturbing trend of loosely affiliated members resorting to violence to be heard, with no clear goal in mind, and bullying tactics used to manipukate governments to get preferential laws passed. I have also seen a lot of videos online of clueless individuals interrupting public speakers to make it about themselves, "special snowflakes." With all of this in mind, I have yet to see one protest where the first amendment wasn't used to justify these actions.
What do you guys think? Is this a good idea executed poorly or a means of getting preferential treatment for ones own race while ignoring mistreatment of others?
BTW, I meant for this post to spark an intelligent debate and not a racial atgument. If it turns into this the mods have my permission to instantly delete this thread.
I've been watching videos of the protest and similar BLM protests from this year, and a lot of them have chants about killing cops and white people. And there have been several recent assaults on people of various races by those in the BLM movement. Even today there were videos and trending posts celebrating these murders and antagonizing police members. It doesn't make sense to me, why would movement like this advocate for violence and expect to see any change? Is it even effective?
I have been following this and several other supposed radical movements since I did a project researching a topless protest movement last year. With BLM, FTM, and several other of these rallies, I'm seeing a disturbing trend of loosely affiliated members resorting to violence to be heard, with no clear goal in mind, and bullying tactics used to manipukate governments to get preferential laws passed. I have also seen a lot of videos online of clueless individuals interrupting public speakers to make it about themselves, "special snowflakes." With all of this in mind, I have yet to see one protest where the first amendment wasn't used to justify these actions.
What do you guys think? Is this a good idea executed poorly or a means of getting preferential treatment for ones own race while ignoring mistreatment of others?
BTW, I meant for this post to spark an intelligent debate and not a racial atgument. If it turns into this the mods have my permission to instantly delete this thread.
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