#blacklivesmatter presidential debate?

[Derec]

That's what #BLMers are now demanding. DNC agreed to give them a forum (that is too much of a concession already!) but that wasn't enough for them.
Two hours of the three remaining Dem candidates falling all over themselves to see who will agree with the likes of Deray McKesson or Patrisse Cullors more, now that the only two candidates who would have dared offer some well needed criticism of the movement have dropped out. I deem this officially

Oh and by the way, here is a photo of prominent #BLM leader Deray McKesson with well-known racist Louis Farrakhan. They seem very chummy. Can't say I am surprised.

 

[Nice Squirrel]

No Al Sharpton scare photo?

Weak.

 

[Tom Sawyer]

Fucking assholes. What the hell kind of person wants a cause that's important to them to be addressed by their political representatives?

That's about an un-American as you can get. These freaks need to go and move to Iran or something.

 

[dismal]

I, for one, think it's a brilliant idea.

Let the pandering of the old white people begin.

 

[Tom Sawyer]

I, for one, think it's a brilliant idea.

Let the pandering of the old white people begin.

Didn't that begin decades ago and never stop? They are the group which votes the most, after all.

 

[dismal]

I, for one, think it's a brilliant idea.

Let the pandering of the old white people begin.

Didn't that begin decades ago and never stop? They are the group which votes the most, after all.

Sorry, the system does not pander to black people it tries to kill them whenever it can because it is institutionally racist.

You lose -10 #BLM debate panderpoints.

 

[Nice Squirrel]

A little early for drunk posting isn't it?

 

[repoman]

As much as I am a bit leery of BLM, even if I though it was great organization this would be strange.

First of all, subdividing whole debates other than the biggest one between foreign and domestic policy has never happened in the USA, has it?

Secondly, even there was a domestic policy debate related to race, income criminal justice and so on, just talking about BLM would be way too much.

I think they are probably trying to get 15-30 minutes on this topic to lend legitimacy to their particular organization that I am making no judgments about. They may actually get it.

 

[fromderinside]

As much as I am a bit leery of BLM, even if I though it was great organization this would be strange.

First of all, subdividing whole debates other than the biggest one between foreign and domestic policy has never happened in the USA, has it?

Secondly, even there was a domestic policy debate related to race, income criminal justice and so on, just talking about BLM would be way too much.

I think they are probably trying to get 15-30 minutes on this topic to lend legitimacy to their particular organization that I am making no judgments about. They may actually get it.

So why do republicans spend two hours pandering to the fantasy economy class?

 

[arkirk]

As much as I am a bit leery of BLM, even if I though it was great organization this would be strange.

First of all, subdividing whole debates other than the biggest one between foreign and domestic policy has never happened in the USA, has it?

Secondly, even there was a domestic policy debate related to race, income criminal justice and so on, just talking about BLM would be way too much.

I think they are probably trying to get 15-30 minutes on this topic to lend legitimacy to their particular organization that I am making no judgments about. They may actually get it.

BLM is important in that it is not just about black lives. It is the leading edge of a humanistic doctrine that nobody should be being murdered by the police. There just happens to be a racist slant in the statistics regarding cops killing people and one hell of a rash of evidence that cops are killing black people in numbers that reflect racial prejudice. There is a lot wrong when a civil state degenerates into a police state. We are going there. I think BLM is very important. These presidential clowns will dance all over the place on this issue. I don't think it should take up one whole debate, but be present in all the debates. It requires sufficient public attention to be dealt with. Even corporate Obama agrees it is an important aspect of racism in America.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

As much as I am a bit leery of BLM, even if I though it was great organization this would be strange.

First of all, subdividing whole debates other than the biggest one between foreign and domestic policy has never happened in the USA, has it?

Secondly, even there was a domestic policy debate related to race, income criminal justice and so on, just talking about BLM would be way too much.

I think they are probably trying to get 15-30 minutes on this topic to lend legitimacy to their particular organization that I am making no judgments about. They may actually get it.

BLM is important in that it is not just about black lives.

BLM is a number of things. It is a vague hashtag that many blacks use because they aware of the implicit bias against them. It represents a small movement that others are trying to politically influence. And it is a hashtag that white racist fucks hate.

It is the leading edge of a humanistic doctrine that nobody should be being murdered by the police.

Is it? The same white people against BLM don't seem to care about white people being needlessly killed by the cops. Nor do I see much outrage from BLM in such (much less common) cases.

There just happens to be a racist slant in the statistics regarding cop killing people and one hell of a rash of evidence that cops are killing black people in numbers that reflect racial prejudice.

You can put it in red font all you want, this hasn't exactly been demonstrated. That there can be an inherent racial bias would seem reasonable, however. Of course, in Ferguson, those fuckers were very racist.

There is a lot wrong when a civil state degenerates into a police state. We are going there. I think BLM is very important. These presidential clowns will dance all over the place on this issue. I don't think it should take up one whole debate, but be present in all the debates. It requires sufficient public attention to be dealt with. Even corporate Obama agrees it is an important aspect of racism in America.

 

[untermensche]

This is not just a black issue.

The police are abusive towards all races and break the law all the time in their treatment towards all races.

But blacks do suffer disproportionately and that is a real national issue.

But the issue of police abuse is a debate that will never happen in the Republican party.

 

[Derec]

No Al Sharpton scare photo?

He isn't part of this, yet, but if you insist:

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Fucking assholes. What the hell kind of person wants a cause that's important to them to be addressed by their political representatives?

Even if I thought this was a worthwhile issue, spending a whole two hour debate on this is ridiculous, ludicrous, preposterous.

 

[Derec]

But blacks do suffer disproportionately and that is a real national issue.

Disproportionate to what? Their share of population? Sure, but not disprportionate to their share of violent crime.

But the issue of police abuse is a debate that will never happen in the Republican party.

There are two big problems with #blacklivesmatter. Their racial focus and their lack of discernment when it comes to choosing worthwhile subjects to get outraged about. They still claim Michael Brown was innocent for example! Their closeness to radical and overtly racist groups like Nation of Islam and New Black Panther Party is also problematic, as is their closeness to Palestinian radicals and anti-capitalism.
The latter two show that #BLM has lost whatever focus they might claim and has become yet another radical lefty group.

 

[thebeave]

I don't think the BLM'ers are going to be asking for a debate. They're shoving it down the candidates' throats. They got Hillary today:

http://www.tmz.com/2015/10/30/usher-hillary-clinton-protest/

 

[Ford]

Well clearly black lives don't matter.

Why are we still arguing about this?

The real victims are white males.

 

[Don2 (Don1 Revised)]

I don't get participation in this thread but based on evidence it has something to do posting irrelevant pictures of black men.

So here's one.

 

[RavenSky]

Thank you Don!

 

[Derec]

I don't get participation in this thread but based on evidence it has something to do posting irrelevant pictures of black men.

How is a leader of #BLM taking a photo with a virulent racist irrelevant to the thread about #BLM? And Al "Don't Ask me About Tawana" Sharpton was a response to a direct request. I am nothing if not obliging. And the first one was of a yellow man anyway.

So here's one.

#OldSpiceLivesMatter
Btw, what happened to that other Old Spice dude, with the shouting and explosions?

 

[laughing dog]

You have to wonder what real perceived threat BLM represents that gets people like Derec so butthurt about them.