Black Lives Matter

Thanks for all the resources, especially the legal help by city.

 

Thanks for sharing this Jason

 

Jason, I don’t think this has anything to do with politics. I’m republican, and I think black lives matter as well.

 

Thank you. I think it has everything to do with politics, but I see what you’re getting at.

A broad question: why do you think elected Republicans reject this movement?

 

Hard to say. Maybe they see it as dividing us, and not unifying us. I don’t know, that’s a tough question. I think the media really tries to pin us against each other, which is sad. And all politicians do the same thing. It’s one big soap opera.

 

I disagree, I think politics play a huge role in it (race and class have many intersections), but not only because of support for the movement itself and how that is seen in polling, candidates, voting, but the policies themselves from various political entities. I’m glad you think black lives matter, that’s a rare statement among Republicans, but the republican apparatus and ideology clearly does not. And I’ll continue to advocate for a massive change to the political structure itself. Looking at the current political reality, the racists in office, and their responses, I think it has virtually everything to do with politics.

 

I think it’s ridiculous that you (and apparently Jason) think that conservatives reject this movement. This shows you guys are obviously blind to the notion that conservatives think we’re all one. Just because this current leader won’t come out and say BLM (which obviously stemmed from the Obama administration - which by the way has created a lot of division over his years in office) does NOT reflect the bigger picture. Conservatives (from every angle) HOPE the police officers involved in the death of Floyd are prosecuted to the FULL extent. If you do your research (properly) the Republican Party was created to abolish slavery. This is by no means an advertisement to the current administration - just please do your homework

 

The polling is clear on this. (And your post ends up being as well.)

 

who’s polling? That’s a valid question. My last statement stands. The Republican Party was created to ABOLISH slavery. Enough said

 

Literally all of the polling on the matter. It’s a simple google search:



And I do not care what the party was founded on when they then became racist as fuck. So no, not enough said because history didn’t just stop at establishment. This seems obvious.

 

it’s funny that stats are used when convenient and ignored when less favourable. The fact you can’t see that conservatives believe that all lives are equal proves that this conversation on your end is based on pure bias. The constitution is good for you when convenient and irrelevant when less convenient. The show goes on....let me ask you this....were you okay with the peaceful protests for businesses to get back to work a week or two ago? Your media demonized those protesters because of...well everything. Now all I hear is crickets from your same media about these people tearing cities apart. Come on Jason you’re a smart guy. Wake up and see the hypocrisy. Conservatives DO believe in equality. There are always “bad apples”. Don’t put down the fact that they are responsible for abolishing slavery. That is not minor detail. There will always be bad apples

 

Your potential leader is accused by MANY women of sexual harassment and one of rape. He’s also quoted recently as saying basically if you have to decide between trump and me than you ain’t black. And all I hear is crickets. Again I ask you, what is with the hypocrisy??? What happened to believe all women and no nonsense with the racial comments? I’d love to hear your full opinions on this.....

 

What is the favorable stat you’d like to use?

Ahhh yes, so you went full all lives matter. Kinda undercut your entire argument there.

What?

No, killing people for capitalism is bad.

Because they’re morons that don’t understand anything.

Because killing black people and someone needing a haircut are not the same thing you psycho.

LOL.

Yeah. Cops. And clearly conservatives. It’s the orchard. Not the apples.

 

Lmfao at thinking I like Joe Biden. Go post in the politics thread for a few minutes. You have no fucking clue what you’re talking about.

 

wow - you’re a professional assumer

 

Uh. Good one.

 

I do hear crickets on the accusations. If this was a Republican it’d be all over your front page.

 

It’s been discussed in detail, and my hatred of Joe Biden is very apparent for over a year now.

 

Jason, thank you for posting this.

Everyone else, get the fuck out of here with that all lives matter shit. If you think Trump or any of his right wing puppets give a fuck about any minority group, I'd advise you to pay special attention to your reading comprehension.

 

This is the first time I'm hearing anyone say that BLM comes from the Obama administration; care to elaborate on that?

I'm not sure of what "division" you're talking about either.

 

Leave it to the fucking “not all conservatives reject the movement” guy to come in here with the all lives matter bullshit. You’re telling on yourself, you fucking idiot.

 

Whoa.

 

Imagine equating people protesting against 100's of years of violence and oppression to people whining because they had to stay at home for a couple months to stop the spread of a global pandemic that has killed over 100,000 people in the U.S. in 2 months.

Coretta Scott King wrote "I must remind you that starving a child is violence. Neglecting school children is violence. Punishing a mother and her family is violence. Discrimination against a working man is violence. Ghetto housing is violence. Ignoring medical need is violence. Contempt for poverty is violence." Which party does this sound like?

What a privileged, nonsense place that dude lives in.

I love that people whinge about statistics and then when presented with the statistics they don't actually want them. Like you're anecdotal evidence is so much more reliable.

Like, if you believe that black lives matter, that's a full stop. There's no "but..." after that. And if there is a "but..." after it then maybe just shut the fuck up.

Every statement after the "but..." just proves that you're a racist and no amount of posturing changes that. If you feel the need to argue the FACT that black lives matter, you're racist.

Also, the Republican party that started to abolish slaver then became the democratic party and a republican party with different, supremely shitty beliefs replaced it dumbass. So history's not on your side either.