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Originally Posted by speede5
I don't think who does and doesn't choose to boycott is the real story. Good on you if that is the path you choose, and if not I won't judge.
What concerns me most is that all the negative comments I see about the boycott are coming from the same people upset about the violence, burning and looting, that is happening in the BLM protests.
People lose their #### and scream why cant these people protest peacefully, then when someone chooses a peaceful protest, a knee or a boycott, they throw them under the bus!
It's just insane. The fact is there is a good portion of the population who just does not want to hear about the issue and doesn't want to do anything about it. Or worse, as I am seeing by the reactions to a 17 yr old armed with an AR and shooting people at a protest, they actually want this chaos and they are ok with people being shot by police on a regular basis.
We need to dig deep and see that this is a messed up situation and the solutions are way below the surface and are going to take a generation or two to change.
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Let's tackle this correctly because this isn't the whole truth to what I've read about some of these situations.
The whole BLM narrative is starting to get out of hand, what it stands for and what it's about I totally understand and sympathize for. It's terrible and it needs to change, I think we can all agree. However the actions as a result of these protests is out of control.
People can protest this, its their right and it gives them "power" to make their own decisions on the matter. Again you can understand that this hits home to a large majority of the population so its understandable people are upset.
Now this brings me to the next part and the part that touches on your quote above:
Rioting & Looting
There's no reason that BLM = Rioting and burning down cities, looting business's and making a profit every time something like this happens. There have been ample videos online of thousands of people hoarding loot caches of things stolen during these protests. Business owners already struggling due to the pandemic now losing their property and livelihood because some of the population feel it's their right to act violently because of the BLM?
He wasn't randomly shooting protesters, he was shooting people destroying a car lot and business of his friend. Again this is crazy, but if nobody else will protect it (Police) what the hell do you do?
At what point do we hold these people accountable? If you were a business owner or home owner in the area and people were burning down your house or destroying your property would you still feel its unwarranted to protect yourself?
From everything I read there were armed shooters on the roof of the dealership/car lot where a few of these instances took place and they were protecting the business of their friend. If the police are protecting anything, at what point do you start having to worry about doing it yourself?
I have a few friends down in the mess here and they've all been very frank in saying that they will stop at nothing to protect their homes/families.
The BLM movement is one thing, but the fact that its turned into "what can we vandalize/loot next" does not bode well for what it stands for, and this is happening in unprecedented numbers in the U.S and its major cities.
Its absolute anarchy, and I have no idea how they stop this but to sit here and condemn people protecting their property to me seems weird.