I would have to disagree with your point that any organization turning to violence undermines their ideas. If you are opposing an entity that has a monopoly on force (like the government) there is a chance that you will have to not play by the rules when they won't let you play the game. The founders of the United States had to do this with the British government. That being said, BLM is not at all on that level and their ideas are, in my opinion stupid.
I think it is useful to recognize people stepping outside of their side of the dichotomy and speaking truth, which this BLM protester does. The fact that other BLM sects have denounced him with their usual means shows that this was quite the anomaly and his honesty was threatening to those "black lives matter, and other lives don't."
I agree that there has to be an all lives matter aspect to it. Or say "Black Lives Matter too." By only naming one race, it does lend itself to supremacist philosophies, which is dangerous every single time it has been practiced.
I stand against the essence of what the BLM movement has decided to manifest itself as, but I do recognize the grievances that many black people have in feeling undervalued in society. I think those who are angry have jumped to the wrong conclusions, and if they keep stepping back to look at the situation, like Newsome did here, they might see what the true cause of strife in the black community is.
jamell, you are right; perhaps I should have written "aggressive" violence. Defensive violence is the only justifiable violence. This was the case with the American colonists against the British. Also, I cannot agree that black Americans are "undervalued" in the U.S.. They have reached the apex of practically every area of American society and are among the highest paid in their fields - from sports to entertainment to music to the military to politics, economics and sciences. Even if what you claim were true, I would argue that it would be a societal problem in nature, CAUSED by the government's policies. Murdering police is NOT a solution. MLK faced REAL problems and he did it with non-violence. He was heard.
I agree 100%. I want to make it clear that I neither support or defend the BLM movement. I just can see it from their point of view and think that answering their grievances, which can be legitimate at times, with their terminology would go farther than pure logic and rationale. Basically no one suffers today, based on race, anywhere comparable to early 1900's blacks. I think their feelings of being undervalued should be addressed, but not incentivized. I should say that I think any problems with law enforcement and the system that surrounds it are true for all races, but I can see why black people would be more suspicious of this system, given the history, than whites would.
It's the old 'uncle Tom' shit that's so prevelent with them. There is a total victim mentality among blm and if you even attempt to step out of that narrative you betray 'your people'. It's Leftism pure and simple. Race is just the excuse to persue an agenda.
I couldn't agree more. I think that identifying based on race for anything more than mocking the absurdity of doing so is stupid. The ideology that BLM promotes is detrimental to the aims they claim to have. If they were really keeping blacks in mind when making decisions, they would identify as individuals and ask the best of each person as each person can do. However, they don't, so it is up to rational people to reason with them in a way they can understand, and I think this video and article show a way to make that happen.