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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
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.
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Okay, but again, look at it from their perspective. These are people that are terrified that they and the people they care about can be assaulted and killed without legal recourse at any moment. Do you honestly think if you were in that situation that your response would be "Aw shucks, better take this up democratically through the same system that keeps perpetuating this crap?" BLM started in what 2014 or 2015, a full 30+ years after the Rodney King riots? How much progress was made over those 30 years in the area of police brutality? Do you not see how the peaceful and legislative/democratic avenues can look completely ineffective to these people?