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Let's talk about "flash mobs".
brianlux
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Not long ago, "flash mobs" was a term used describe something that often was very clever and created, like flash art, a sudden dance in the middle of a square, that sort of thing.
The term is taking on a new, menacing meaning. It is also described in some quarters as "black teen flash mobs" .
Educate me. Is this a mainly black or African American movement or activity? What is the root cause of this activity? Why is it rapidly spreading throughout cities and occurring in malls across America? What will this lead to? How should we respond to this activity? Is this a sign of things to come?
My guess is this activity partly stems from racism and continued black poverty in America. I'm disturbed by the fact that despite gains made in the 1960's civil rights movement, those problems still exist. I'm equally disturbed to see the reaction to those problems turn violent... among all extreme groups, not just blacks or teens or racists or religious fanatics- but all people responding with violence. Is the the beginning of a civil war?
WTF is going on here?
The term is taking on a new, menacing meaning. It is also described in some quarters as "black teen flash mobs" .
Educate me. Is this a mainly black or African American movement or activity? What is the root cause of this activity? Why is it rapidly spreading throughout cities and occurring in malls across America? What will this lead to? How should we respond to this activity? Is this a sign of things to come?
My guess is this activity partly stems from racism and continued black poverty in America. I'm disturbed by the fact that despite gains made in the 1960's civil rights movement, those problems still exist. I'm equally disturbed to see the reaction to those problems turn violent... among all extreme groups, not just blacks or teens or racists or religious fanatics- but all people responding with violence. Is the the beginning of a civil war?
WTF is going on here?
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It's hard to tell what's cryin wolf and what's a wolf these days.
Lest you think Kunstler a wolf in sheep's clothing (i.e. racist) he points out why these kinds of things are happening: "What is suspiciously at the bottom of it all is the spectacular failure of the original civil rights campaign of the 1960s to alter the structures of poverty in black America"
http://kunstler.com/clusterfuck-nation/smoke-and-fire/
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2017/03/06/philly-police-more-than-100-kids-participated-in-flash-mob-some-arrested/
Another example: http://kron4.com/2017/03/28/people-behaving-badly-flash-mob-strikes-san-francisco-safeway/