wejo wrote:
f he's speaking out against BlM the group I think most Americans would agree with him.
Extremely misguided statement. Where are you getting this from?
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/black-lives-matter-police-reform-opinion-poll-28-06-2020/This is Jim Kiler wrote:
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/07/leaked-documents-indicate-police-knew-right-wing-extremists-were-the-real-threat-at-protests/
A convenient narrative, which doesn't pass the giggle test. You only have to look at a few videos of looters and rioters to discern they were obviously not "right wing extremists."
wejo wrote:
Nick has a big platform and educating people in what he believes seems a better course than getting canceled
How silly. Neither Nick nor his Twitter account were "canceled," man. It wasn't irate people hammering Twitter admin to pull the account. Nick voluntarily took it down. Why? Obviously because he didn't like the reaction to his statements. Why did he post so freely if he didn't have the courage of his convictions to withstand any and all criticism for them? That's how Twitter operates, you can't just bank on the good you get from self-promotion on there to tamp down on the bad when you stray out of your lane and bait the Twitterverse. You mess with the bull, you get the horns. It's not his role to "educate" anyone, nobody rationally considers him to be an educator and he fundamentally lacks righteousness. His following is from him being an entertainer, a running performer. Do one thing and do it well, he tried to do something he's unqualified for. Happens all the time in Hollywood and the right loves to critique that behavior, rightly so.
Clown World Resident wrote:
This is Jim Kiler wrote:
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/07/leaked-documents-indicate-police-knew-right-wing-extremists-were-the-real-threat-at-protests/A convenient narrative, which doesn't pass the giggle test. You only have to look at a few videos of looters and rioters to discern they were obviously not "right wing extremists."
This is why Fox News is so dangerous. People like you will believe whatever they feed you.
I have seen the looting and the damage firsthand and I can tell you that it's not BLM that is causing it. There are a lot of black people that are not out there protesting for Floyd, they are just thieves and opportunists and should be called out. There are also a lot of white people with an agenda, and that agenda is to smear BLM and make people like you believe they are burning their own neighborhoods. That's simply untrue but you will never see a single video of what is really happening on Faux News.
Stay stupid my friend.
https://youtu.be/iBbPJsNZMPgThe Alt Right instigators are easy to spot. They are the white people in all black.
Joe Gray and Sage Canaday on the thread
Links didn't work for me, but Canaday drops Symmonds faster than a Baconator... "Wow! Thats it, I’m removing the interview I did with him back on my youtube channel (when I was trying to help him out because he had less followers than I did back then..). Talk about entitlement. Must’ve been a bit spoiled growing up, you think?"
Canada Girl wrote:
Joe Gray and Sage Canaday on the thread
https://twitter.com/SageCanaday/status/1282879419107782656
Moderate whites have always ... wrote:
Lenny Leonard wrote:
Nick Symmonds commented:
“BLM lost me when they decided to wage war on the economy. I believe that black lives matter, but can no longer support the organization Black Lives Matter.”
Others in the running community drew attention to this, and now it appears his Twitter has been deactivated.
White moderates have always talked the way Nick Symmonds talks. Anytime outspoken blacks and white radicals have been outspoken on racial issues, white moderates have always said: I understand what you are trying to achieve. I understand some of your goals, but your tactics are offensive.
Blacks and radical whites are in the streets again in 2020. Nick Symmonds is a typical white moderate. Nick Symmonds sound nearly exactly the way white moderates talked in 1960, during Jim Crow era.
Not everybody is interested in revolution. Sometimes radicals push things too far. Moderate voices, cooler heads, have a place in the conversation--or should, in my view.
Here's an example of radical thought circa 1969:
http://www.perno.com/amer/docs/James%20Forman%20Black%20Manifesto.htmI'm particularly struck by the ALL CAPS concluding statement:
ALL ROADS MUST LEAD TO REVOLUTION
UNITE WITH WHOMEVER YOU CAN UNITE
NEUTRALIZE WHEREVER POSSIBLE
FIGHT OUR ENEMIES RELENTLESSLY
VICTORY TO THE PEOPLE
LIFE AND GOOD HEALTH TO MANKIND
RESISTANCE TO DOMINATION BY THE WHITE
CHRISTIAN CHURCHES AND THE JEWISH SYNAGOGUES
REVOLUTIONARY BLACK POWER
WE SHALL WIN WITHOUT A DOUBT
Some people feel that when you SHOUT SOMETHING IN ALL CAPS, it becomes more valid JUST BECAUSE YOU'VE GOTTEN LOUD.
I don't.
Here, by contrast, is an example of two black moderates having a calm, thoughtful, in-depth conversation. I'd welcome the chance to live in a country run by these guys.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4amafFVPxwwBigTex wrote:
BLM is a racist, Marxist movement. They are anti-cop but do nothing to address the most pressing issues that the black community faces. The odds of an innocent black person being killed by the cops are minuscule, but they pretend that is the biggest problem.
Hell, BLM is made up of more leftist white people than it is black people. Most of the black people I know think BLM is way too extreme for them.
Ok, Donald. Look up the definition of racism or Marxism and then come back to us.
Look, I would have loved to believe all BLM leaders believe in peaceful protest and all the looters and rioters were just right-wing infiltrators and "opportunists." But when you watch the videos, that is simply, and obviously, not the case. I've never watched "Faux" News in my life. It is just obvious. You even have BLM leaders and other prominent leftists excusing and even defending the looters and rioters, and if there are BLM leaders who are strongly against the looting and vandalism, they are being drowned out by their own side.
YOU DID
OBAMA was a center right NEOLIBERAL moderate who Nick Symmonds publicly supported and voted for.
Heres a video where Obama can't even feign support for Kaepernick or the Black Lives Matter movement:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPqOotT_ta8What you are seeing is people who are fed up with neoliberal moderates like Obama telling them the conditions for their protest while maintaining the status quo.
Obama invokes uses the military here to petty-fog Colin Kaepernick's message.
jimboslice wrote:
Obama invokes uses the military here to petty-fog Colin Kaepernick's message.
That's what you took away from that clip? Looks like a masterful balancing act, if I ever saw one.
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