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originally posted by: dukeofjive696969
Why is the heat too much to handle lol.
The Milwaukee man whose shooting by police touched off riots Saturday night and prompted Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker to activate the National Guard on Sunday had previously been charged in a shooting and with intimidating a witness of that shooting.
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: dukeofjive696969
Can you prove that there are no "members" of BLM there?
originally posted by: Ksihkehe
originally posted by: dukeofjive696969
Why is the heat too much to handle lol.
Your insipid crap infects every thread you post in. You want proof this is BLM? How about we completely ignore BLM and focus on the documented fact that black people are hunting down "whitey" for assaults.
did anything positive get accomplished
originally posted by: Bone75
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The Milwaukee man whose shooting by police touched off riots Saturday night and prompted Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker to activate the National Guard on Sunday had previously been charged in a shooting and with intimidating a witness of that shooting.
I'm shocked. Say it ain't so.
originally posted by: Puppylove
a reply to: dukeofjive696969
If you can't win the opinions of the public to your side with your protests truth is irrelevant you can't win. Protests win and lose by the emotions they bring out in those they interact with. Movements and protests are tried in the court of public opinion, not a court of law.
This is a very different playing field than one where simple logic and reasoning win the day. You can't just tell someone something, you need to make them feel it, believe it. You need to convince the people of the strength of your convictions.
It doesn't matter if BLM had literally zero involvement with this, there's no proof one way or another. But bLM has not done enough to demonstrate a conviction that truly defies such actions. BLM has done nothing to demonstrate that they back peace with every fiber of their being, that violence is their anti-thesis.
When it comes to peace and nonviolence, BLM simply fails to be convincing in even the most minor way.
This is why BLM is doomed to flop. It lacks heart where it counts most, and in the land of protests and public opinion it's heart where it counts most.
You don't have to like it, but that's how it is.
Whine about proof all you want. There is none either way. What's left is public opinion, and that comes by how BLM presents itself and it's ideals. In the court of public opinion BLM has continues emphasized it's most base traits while giving it's higher traits none of the attention they deserve.
originally posted by: MysticPearl
You need not to be a part of a group to be influenced by a group.
Same thing with Islamic extremism. You don't need to be a card carrying member of ISIS to be influenced by their culture and rhetoric, then carry out acts yourself.
Do I think the violent and racist rhetoric coming from BLM likely has influenced others and given them more bravery to act out as open racists and attack/blame whitey/cops for everything?
Most certainly, yes.
It's not just BLM though, it's the left at large, it's Hillary, it's all the way up to Obama. So much racial rhetoric coming from the left. People are sticking their heads in the sand wanting to pretend it doesn't have larger cultural influence. They're playing stupid.
originally posted by: dukeofjive696969
originally posted by: MysticPearl
You need not to be a part of a group to be influenced by a group.
Same thing with Islamic extremism. You don't need to be a card carrying member of ISIS to be influenced by their culture and rhetoric, then carry out acts yourself.
Do I think the violent and racist rhetoric coming from BLM likely has influenced others and given them more bravery to act out as open racists and attack/blame whitey/cops for everything?
Most certainly, yes.
It's not just BLM though, it's the left at large, it's Hillary, it's all the way up to Obama. So much racial rhetoric coming from the left. People are sticking their heads in the sand wanting to pretend it doesn't have larger cultural influence. They're playing stupid.
Lol at racist rethoric,blaming the left, obama and hillary, more crying and making excuses.
originally posted by: dragonlover12
Did anyone even watch the livestreams as this was happening? I did... multiple streams, from right before the "group" destroyed a police car and set it on fire. I watched all the way thru til 3 building were torched, after looting. I watched the cars with people hanging out of the windows doing donuts in the street in front of the burning BP station, as shots were being fired into the air. Looked like freaking Mogadishu.
The crowds were hollering "Black Power" and " Black Lives Matter", and several were wearing BLM tee shirts--- one of the streamers pointed that out several times.
This was mass insanity.... they torched the place after looting, then complained that the fire department wasn`t coming to put out the fires.
There is no way to excuse this or justify this, even a little. The police departments need to be able to do their jobs of maintaining law and order. No ifs, ands or buts about it.
originally posted by: Bone75
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The Milwaukee man whose shooting by police touched off riots Saturday night and prompted Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker to activate the National Guard on Sunday had previously been charged in a shooting and with intimidating a witness of that shooting.
I'm shocked. Say it ain't so.