BLM a terrorist organization??

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  • what dreams
    what dreams Posts: 1,761
    rgambs said:

    If "Black Lives Matter" offends you because it's not "All Lives Matter", but you are not offended by "Blue Lives Matter", the operative word there is "black" and that is shameful.

    That's a really smart point.
  • Go Beavers
    Go Beavers Posts: 9,619
    pjalive21 said:

    ANY group that calls for violence, incites violence, and creates chaos could be labeled a terrorist group...and yes that includes BLM

    The U.S. military fits your definition.
  • PJPOWER
    PJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    edited July 2016
    rgambs said:

    If "Black Lives Matter" offends you because it's not "All Lives Matter", but you are not offended by "Blue Lives Matter", the operative word there is "black" and that is shameful.

    I, personally, am more offended by people using a BLM platform to justify violence and hate towards others in society. I agree with their message, but am becoming more and more discouraged by their strategies and leadership. It is starting to seem as though the whole movement is being compromised by a few select sick fucktards with their own agenda. Would be a lot more meaningful if they denounced and stood up against the gangs, Panthers, drug dealers in their communities that are getting more black people killed than all police all over the country combined. Am I the only one that is gaining the perception that BLM is more about being anti-police than being for "justice for black people"?
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    PJPOWER said:

    rgambs said:

    If "Black Lives Matter" offends you because it's not "All Lives Matter", but you are not offended by "Blue Lives Matter", the operative word there is "black" and that is shameful.

    I, personally, am more offended by people using a BLM platform to justify violence and hate towards others in society. I agree with their message, but am becoming more and more discouraged by their strategies and leadership. It is starting to seem as though the whole movement is being compromised by a few select sick fucktards with their own agenda. Would be a lot more meaningful if they denounced and stood up against the gangs, Panthers, drug dealers in their communities that are getting more black people killed than all police all over the country combined. Am I the only one that is gaining the perception that BLM is more about being anti-police than being for "justice for black people"?
    There's nothing here to disagree with! Good post
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  • rgambs said:

    PJPOWER said:

    rgambs said:

    If "Black Lives Matter" offends you because it's not "All Lives Matter", but you are not offended by "Blue Lives Matter", the operative word there is "black" and that is shameful.

    I, personally, am more offended by people using a BLM platform to justify violence and hate towards others in society. I agree with their message, but am becoming more and more discouraged by their strategies and leadership. It is starting to seem as though the whole movement is being compromised by a few select sick fucktards with their own agenda. Would be a lot more meaningful if they denounced and stood up against the gangs, Panthers, drug dealers in their communities that are getting more black people killed than all police all over the country combined. Am I the only one that is gaining the perception that BLM is more about being anti-police than being for "justice for black people"?
    There's nothing here to disagree with! Good post
    You're only finally gaining that perception?
    It started out under the guise of the untouchable colour.
  • rgambs said:

    If "Black Lives Matter" offends you because it's not "All Lives Matter", but you are not offended by "Blue Lives Matter", the operative word there is "black" and that is shameful.

    That's a really smart point.
    No it is not at all.
    It should be "Lives Matter"
    No colour necessary.
    I don't see colour in people.
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576

    rgambs said:

    PJPOWER said:

    rgambs said:

    If "Black Lives Matter" offends you because it's not "All Lives Matter", but you are not offended by "Blue Lives Matter", the operative word there is "black" and that is shameful.

    I, personally, am more offended by people using a BLM platform to justify violence and hate towards others in society. I agree with their message, but am becoming more and more discouraged by their strategies and leadership. It is starting to seem as though the whole movement is being compromised by a few select sick fucktards with their own agenda. Would be a lot more meaningful if they denounced and stood up against the gangs, Panthers, drug dealers in their communities that are getting more black people killed than all police all over the country combined. Am I the only one that is gaining the perception that BLM is more about being anti-police than being for "justice for black people"?
    There's nothing here to disagree with! Good post
    You're only finally gaining that perception?
    It started out under the guise of the untouchable colour.
    That is your perception and it is very far off. Speaks volumes about your opposition to race issues.
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524

    rgambs said:

    If "Black Lives Matter" offends you because it's not "All Lives Matter", but you are not offended by "Blue Lives Matter", the operative word there is "black" and that is shameful.

    That's a really smart point.
    No it is not at all.
    It should be "Lives Matter"
    No colour necessary.
    I don't see colour in people.
    I do; it's simply part of taking someone in - an observation. Doesn't mean I think any more or less of someone because of it.
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
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    Party On, Dudes!
  • my2hands
    my2hands Posts: 17,117
    PJPOWER said:

    Am I the only one that is gaining the perception that BLM is more about being anti-police than being for "justice for black people"?

    I think that is a fair observation
  • my2hands
    my2hands Posts: 17,117
    I saw a Cleveland Browns running back got into some trouble for posting an image on Instagram of a police officer getting his throat slashed... The NFL may be suspending him for a few games which of course they should...

    I would cut him (pun intended) lol
  • my2hands said:

    I saw a Cleveland Browns running back got into some trouble for posting an image on Instagram of a police officer getting his throat slashed... The NFL may be suspending him for a few games which of course they should...

    I would cut him (pun intended) lol

    I can only imagine what he will say.
    "I didn't mean it really" or "My bad decision doesn't really reflect who I really am" blah, blah,
    shut up.
  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 12,960
    dignin said:
    just as he has the right to protest, people have to right to call him Un-american for disrespecting the Flag if they so choose.

    Kaepernick was raised by white parents. doesn't that mean instead of being oppressed he gained because of white privilege?

  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,760
    edited August 2016
    That is an extreme statement. There isn't a genocide of black people happening.
    I support the underlying purpose of BLM outside of that that kind of rhetoric. I think there is a need for a movement to advance black civil liberties faster and more effectively. The problem with BLM is that no one seems to be bothering to go about the movement in any systematic, well organized way that actually works in the long run. They need a leader. Like a real leader, like the second coming of MLK Jr. kind of leader. The way they going about it now, with no apparent centralized organization or administration or good public representative who understands how PR works, they are just working against themselves. That's sad to see. Maybe they'll pull it together though. Time will tell. No, I don't think it's a terrorist organization, I just think there are too many people who are doing a lot of shit wrong to their own detriment.
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  • PJPOWER
    PJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    dignin said:
    Just an uninformed, ignorant American....a line that is getting longer by the day! He can go fuck himself as far as I'm concerned...oh wait, he just did, lol
  • dignin
    dignin Posts: 9,478
    pjhawks said:

    dignin said:
    just as he has the right to protest, people have to right to call him Un-american for disrespecting the Flag if they so choose.

    Kaepernick was raised by white parents. doesn't that mean instead of being oppressed he gained because of white privilege?

    So he can't protest because his adopted parents are white? I can't see the logic in that.

  • dignin
    dignin Posts: 9,478
    PJPOWER said:

    dignin said:
    Just an uninformed, ignorant American....a line that is getting longer by the day! He can go fuck himself as far as I'm concerned...oh wait, he just did, lol
    How is he uninformed or ignorant?
  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 12,960
    dignin said:

    pjhawks said:

    dignin said:
    just as he has the right to protest, people have to right to call him Un-american for disrespecting the Flag if they so choose.

    Kaepernick was raised by white parents. doesn't that mean instead of being oppressed he gained because of white privilege?

    So he can't protest because his adopted parents are white? I can't see the logic in that.

    i never said he couldn't protest. in this country anyone can peacefully protest all they like. i just questioned whether he was oppressed or if he gained because of white privilege based on being raised by white parents. fair question i think.
  • PJPOWER
    PJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    edited August 2016
    dignin said:

    PJPOWER said:

    dignin said:
    Just an uninformed, ignorant American....a line that is getting longer by the day! He can go fuck himself as far as I'm concerned...oh wait, he just did, lol
    How is he uninformed or ignorant?
    Uninformed because he thinks he will still have a football career after this. Ignorant because he does not realize that his method of protesting disrespects the very fabric of what led to him being able to have a football career and a voice to begin with.
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