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Originally Posted by rubecube
Well okay, but what's fast enough then? How many deaths/year to police brutality should BLM accept before they protest? I know that's a ridiculous loaded question and I don't expect you to answer but try to see it from their perspective.
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I would suggest they should
accept none. I think they should protest. I think the form that protest has taken, and the rhetoric that's emerged from the movement, has been not only frequently apalling, but completely counter-productive and alienates many people who are in principle sympathetic to the end result that BLM wants, which is justice system reform including reform of police forces.
As for what's fast enough for social change? As fast as we can reasonably manage without simultaneously producing negative outcomes, without triggering the sort of disaster we're in now. Though I once again want to emphasize that I'm not saying this is all the result of, or entirely a blowback against, the social justice left. But to borrow the sentiment from Van Jones on Tuesday, this is a part of it, and it should be talked about.