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Hmmm... "patriots like myself" curious what the standard is for patriot here. Did you bleed or put yourself at significant risk for physical or mental harm for the benefit of your fellow citizens? Bear in mind the beliefs of your fellow citizens are as equally valid as yours. Explain to me the standard for calling yourself a patriot...
It's one thing to do something different from your entire team on such a charged topic when you are already on a pro team under contract. It is another issue to be going into a top D1 school as a freshman and needing to establish your place on the team. You are naive to think that there is no potential risk to consider. If Hill wasn't worried about backlash and judgement then why did she put out such a long tweet and have multiple articles to explain herself to the world? Why did she need to say anything at all about standing? She had to give a reason and justify her actions.
Ill just leave this here.... its like a new version of the cultural revolution in China in the 70s. Cancel culture getting out of hand when these people speak up.
JK Rowling joins 150 public figures warning over free speech
The letter, signed by many leading writers and activists, denounces "a vogue for public shaming".
Its like China in the 70s as the cycle of zealotry got out of hand. The movement kept escalating until it got to where people who were previously considered good upstanding communists were now being denounced as "not communist enough". The punishments went from public denunciation to camps to executions. When the people in the current movement are now going after Lin Manuel Miranda for not being anti slavery "enough" where 5 years ago he was bleeding edge, things are going too far. Where does the removal of statues and renaming of things stop? Washington was a slave owner.. are we going to remove the monument and rename the capitol as well as the state? We need to pump the brakes here.
This analogy is dumb as fuck and completely not applicable because there is no zealotry on behalf of Black Lives Matter. Fighting for equality is not zealotry. White silence is violence.
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Thanks Pal. I knew I could count on you to “tell it like it is.” Your honesty is refreshing.
Congratulations! I see your argument has evolved from black on black crime and now you are taking the “colorblind-post-racial” position. Ladies and Gents, I think this fine gentleman is definitely showing progress.
Oh my.. while I agree on some of your points. There are in fact "great white men" in our history. If it weren't for Washington and Jefferson we wouldn't be having this conversation so you can give that a rest. Not only did they create this country but their ideas influenced ideas for what democracy means throughout the world. I will agree that America is not a meritocracy but that isn't the exclusive realm of BLM. There are plenty of other minorities and even poor white folks that aren't treated equitably. The rich of all races and colors create environments that benefit them and exclude others, this is nothing new. There is plenty of zealotry on behalf of BLM. They are tearing down virtually any statue they find now, righteous indignation is the order of the day. Read the brief history of Seattle CHOP. That is where this road leads. Calls to defund the police and now look at the death and crime rates in those cities. Governance by mob decree does not go well. They call for all these half baked policies and will blame others for the consequence.
They create and sell a product that young suburban white kids love.
Do you believe in Santa Claus too? Tooth Fairy?
All day. Trump is an idiot.
OK.. so.. you keep missing my point. But.. I'm the simple one. I am not against the 1st amendment nor am I against BLM there are injustices that need to be corrected. What I am saying is they need to reign in their fringes. What good does publicly attacking Lin Manuel Miranda do? Do they not think he is onboard with what they are trying to do? Is he not an ally? That was the point of the letter. I doubt you can find one signer of that letter that does not agree with 95% of the cause. What they and I disagree with is the constant escalation. People fighting to show how they are more dedicated to the cause and are now attacking people who would be allies because the did not meet their standard. It started with taking down some confederate statues.. ok i get it not sure I agree but in the moment sure. Now its escalated to Columbus statues and statues of any random white guy like Hans Christian Heg in Wisc. Does that help the cause? Do you think the takeover in Seattle helped the cause? The similarity in the Cultural Revolution is not the 1st amendment it is the constant escalation and groups fighting to be the most dedicated while disparaging those that feel the same but are not "righteous" enough to meet their ever higher standard. This path keeps going and all the momentum will shift and they will alienate the mainstream people that will get them the change they want.
