(August 5, 2016 at 9:11 am)Bella Morte Wrote:I went to the Selma anniversary march in 2015 with my little brother. I also attended a community meet and greet organized by a BLM group, sort of a 'meet your local black person and ask questions.'(August 5, 2016 at 8:58 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: But it is helping the cause. Disruption is a tried and true method of civil unrest and social change. The people who marched from Selma in the 60's did it. The people who boycotted the bus systems, causing massive underfunding and getting bus routes cut and having buses not getting repaired did it. The people who sat at lunch counters and marched in streets throughout the South did it. All the while, people were screaming to get them out of the streets, run them over, and they cheered when the fire hoses were brought out and the German Shepherds unleashed. BLM is taking the page right out of John Lewis' playbook.
People don't like being disrupted. As such it has a proven track record of bringing about social change. Now with any movement, there are people who will bastardize the cause and do damage to the goals of the movement. Especially one so large as BLM.
I don't always agree with it, but I can respect it.
Have you attended any protests yourself?
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