RE: BLM Supports Looters
August 11, 2020 at 12:46 pm
(This post was last modified: August 11, 2020 at 12:54 pm by Brian37.)
(August 11, 2020 at 12:38 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(August 11, 2020 at 12:22 pm)Brian37 Wrote: One word that even some on the left don't get is "nuance".
Humans increasingly in our instant gratification media get stuck in bullshit "either/or" propositions.
The truth is , with both MLK and Malcolm, is that they were BOTH right in confronting abuse even if they didn't agree on tactics. And the truth still remains that for as much progress that has been made, unfortunately we are still stuck in the same social pecking order mentality both of them were fighting against.
It still remains today, that it isn't up to black people to not riot, or loot. They also don't want that either. It is up to white people to understand why it even gets to that point. If anyone today is still equating peaceful protest to violence, they are missing the point.
Marie Antoinette looked down on people too, and that didn't turn out so well for her.
To quote Axel Foley in Beverly Hills Cop, when he convinced Rosewood to take him to the art gallery wearhouse, when Rosewood was given strict orders to drop him off at the city limits, "I just fell in love with you.".
My way of saying. BINGO!
That is EXACTLY what MLK was saying. And for any idiot to argue that either he or even Malcolm were advocating violence is absurd. It really is as simple as knowing if you kick someone in the nuts long enough, they are going to react.
Well, there was a point in Malcolm X’s career when he DID advocate violence, and in no uncertain terms. He later softened that stance, though.
Boru
I get that. But again, it is still a reaction to getting kicked in the nuts.
"By any means necessary". He was certainly a separatist early on. But late in his life he did come to the conclusion that we were all in this together. I agree. Late in his life he did understand the futility of us/vs them. But one cannot really blame him for even his early advocacy. Whites were fucking dicks no matter if blacks turned the other cheek or fought back.
