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Post by pg13 on Sept 3, 2020 0:21:01 GMT
In relation to BLM's revolutionary aspirations, I quote the Beatles:
People might like the romanticised appeal of a revolution, but they tend not to like the destructive reality of one.
As fitting as the lyrics are, they're also quite ironic considering what Lennon would go on to support.
But I digress.
If I recall correctly, the left regarded the Beatles as "traitors" with this song.
Can you imagine any musician today doing a song along these lines for BLM today?
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Post by pg13 on Sept 3, 2020 11:28:46 GMT
Even a black Harvard scholar came to the conclusion in a 2016 study that there's simply no evidence for cops disproprtionately targeting black people. And he started his research with the expectation that he will able to prove that they do through data. At the end he conceded that he couldn't. That was Roland Fryer who's also the youngest African American to hold tenure at Harvard. Here's a link to his published paper: scholar.harvard.edu/fryer/publications/empirical-analysis-racial-differences-police-use-forceAnd an article about it with further quotes from him: www.nytimes.com/2016/07/12/upshot/surprising-new-evidence-shows-bias-in-police-use-of-force-but-not-in-shootings.htmlThe conclusion of his study was that there's no racial bias in the lethal shooting of black people compared to Hispanics and white people, for example. BLM focus on police shootings with a particular narrative which isn't supported by Fryer's study. But Fryer did find racial bias in the use of non-lethal force. Stop and search would be an example of that. As previously mentioned, BLM focus on lethal shootings which isn't all that surprising because this is the more emotionally triggering incident possible. People tend to react emotionally first and don't often question anything about a prevailing narrative later on. Failure to question and maintain scepticism is how a particular narrative takes hold. Whether it occurs in the United States, Northern Ireland, Spain or anywhere else, especially places prone to political instability.
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Post by respect77 on Sept 3, 2020 15:50:40 GMT
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Post by pg13 on Sept 4, 2020 8:15:50 GMT
It is certainly very tragic and has the potential to rip that family apart. And I don't just mean their nuclear set up. Anytime people rest on and push a narrative of hundreds of years worth of oppression, real or perceived, it tends to lead to the most extreme form of conflict. Terrorism at home. Even partition occurs of countries. I see the account touched on the point about an obligation to feeling an historical wound as well as the other one - white privilege. Here's an article which makes very interesting points about that: thecritic.co.uk/issues/december-2019/no-need-to-plead-guilty/There's a lot of food for thought in that.
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Post by respect77 on Sept 5, 2020 6:52:27 GMT
How do they think this will raise sympathy for the cause? And what does this have to do with police brutality that this movement supposedly fights?
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Post by pg13 on Sept 5, 2020 8:08:58 GMT
How do they think this will raise sympathy for the cause? And what does this have to do with police brutality that this movement supposedly fights? Standby for deflection on that! These people came prepared with umbrellas which is to deflection pepper shots as well as obscure law enforcement's views of what they're doing ahead of throwing projectiles. It has nothing to do with the purported cause. It has been shown that when scenes involving the police dealing with protesters is publicised very negatively, they become MORE reluctant to deal with them and crime actually increases. It's massively unhelpful to polarise the police and community. The more that deepens, the more likely terrorism is to arise. And law enforcement will be forced into counter-terrorism measures. Scenes like this encourages that. Oh....so proud of their "cause" they hide their faces. "The mask was a thing on it's own, behind which Jack hid, liberated from shame and self-conciousness." William Golding, Lord of the Flies
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Post by pg13 on Sept 5, 2020 8:41:25 GMT
How do they think this will raise sympathy for the cause? And what does this have to do with police brutality that this movement supposedly fights? [brl] He was on LBC a few days ago. The host pointed out that statistics are showing a decline in support for BLM in the United States. Andy's response is in the article and attached video. www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/maajid-nawaz/black-lives-matter-protest-riots-portland-shooting/This may help Trump's re-election, he argues, as he put the ball in the Democrats court and Biden's after offering state help which the Democrats refused. May well be enough to cost them. Being soft on crime and disorder in the West is generally a death knell for any party who's soft.
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Post by pg13 on Sept 6, 2020 9:33:42 GMT
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Post by pg13 on Sept 13, 2020 11:09:43 GMT
Contrary to what BLM GN USA and others claim, capitalism hasn't failed African Americans. ifstudies.org/blog/four-facts-about-the-economic-wellbeing-of-black-men-in-americaFewer are classified as poor in 2016 compared to 1960. 57% of African American males are now middle class in terms of income in 2016 which is a huge difference to 1960. The Marxist demands as listed on the BLM GN USA website simply cannot stand on its own two feet........
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