"It would have taken just one numeral to clarify it to the point of defying all criticism. BML2."
Wow, yeah. I think this would actually have been far more powerful than BLM. Still based on a slightly faulty premise, but wipes away the opportunity for divisiveness pretty much instantly.
RE: the idea that ONLY Black Lives Matter in general,…
"It would have taken just one numeral to clarify it to the point of defying all criticism. BML2."
Wow, yeah. I think this would actually have been far more powerful than BLM. Still based on a slightly faulty premise, but wipes away the opportunity for divisiveness pretty much instantly.
RE: the idea that ONLY Black Lives Matter in general, we've talked about this before, and I don't want to rehash it, but I'll repeat the point I've made previously, which is I think the trouble you're running into is demanding that people see two different things as the same just because you insist that they're the same.
Racism against black people in America is its own beast that can't be compared easily to other forms of bigotry elsewhere. That doesn't necessarily mean it's *worse*, or that no other groups of people have suffered. But your resistance to acknowledging that it's different will always get people's backs up. Because it makes them feel that you're talking down to them about something you don't understand the details of.
You can recognise that, and find a better way to express yourself and what happened to your people, or you can keep having needless arguments.
"It would have taken just one numeral to clarify it to the point of defying all criticism. BML2."
Wow, yeah. I think this would actually have been far more powerful than BLM. Still based on a slightly faulty premise, but wipes away the opportunity for divisiveness pretty much instantly.
RE: the idea that ONLY Black Lives Matter in general, we've talked about this before, and I don't want to rehash it, but I'll repeat the point I've made previously, which is I think the trouble you're running into is demanding that people see two different things as the same just because you insist that they're the same.
Racism against black people in America is its own beast that can't be compared easily to other forms of bigotry elsewhere. That doesn't necessarily mean it's *worse*, or that no other groups of people have suffered. But your resistance to acknowledging that it's different will always get people's backs up. Because it makes them feel that you're talking down to them about something you don't understand the details of.
You can recognise that, and find a better way to express yourself and what happened to your people, or you can keep having needless arguments.
I wrote a response to this this morning. Did it disappear, or is it in moderation? I hope re-commenting doesn't erase it.
No, it didn't disappear, it's below. Looks like you posted it as a reply to the post instead of to my comment.