Originally Posted by
chris lee
As we have 100% agreement in the poll, I will try and spark some debate by playing devils advocate.
I would not Boo black lives matter, I fully respect the right of people to peacefully protest against injustice, discrimination and racism of all kinds. However I do not support elements of the movement and therefore I personally if on a football pitch would not want to kneel, as this would be a contradiction to some of my principles, and hopefully I could show my solidarity in another way.
But would my refusal to kneel automatically brand me a racist?
Unfortunately I believe for many not wanting to kneel would open me up for immediate criticism.
This fact alone is one of my complaints, I am not a big fan of the: 'You are either with us or against us mentality' that surrounds the movement.
One of my biggest complaints is the organisers and individuals who have spoken for BLM. Primarily at rallies in the USA, These individual's are mainly college students who are self declared Marxist, proponents of identity politics and are using BLM to promote their political views, for example the Defund the Police movement.
As someone who is not a supporter of socialist's policy, Does not agree with the practicalities around defunding the police, and believes identity politics is extremely dangerous and does nothing but to further segregate and divide people than bring us together.
I also found it concerning, that while the world was under the strictest lockdown measures, the media and commentators tried to promote a narrative, that the protests of tens of thousands of people shouting in close proximity would not/did not contribute to the consequential covid spikes in the following 1-2 weeks.
In a fantastic paradox of the only thing worse than putting others peoples lives at risk via covid, is racism and therefore protests are justified.
In another example, remember the BLM police free zone?
Hundreds of protesters took over several blocks of Seattle and transformed it into the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, or “Chaz”, helping to amplify nationwide protests while offering a real-world example of what a community can look like without police.
within days, they became exactly what they claimed to hate, they put up walls, implemented their own policing and enforcement, beat up press and residents who resisted the takeover of their homes and businesses, and were allegations of shootings and sexual assaults' within the zone, that could not be investigated.
The Whole situation literally reads straight out of George Orwells, Animal Farm. And people should remember that history teaches us that the far left is just as dangerous as the far right.