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[dead_soft]

This is a good article.

Mike Wedderburn: Black Lives Matter is a cry for help, not an attack on white people

Sky Sports News presenter Mike Wedderburn writes an emotional piece on why it is so important to understand the purpose behind the Black Lives Matter movement

www.skysports.com

However, it shouldn't be necessary. If you have to explain what something is, over and over again, then that something isn't fulfilling it's intended purpose.

For me, it further reiterates that both Black Lives Matter and White Privilege need binning as slogans - they are counter productive.

Evidence suggests that the slogan has been understood by many though. Either through it’s widespread usage at very mainstream events or opinion polls showing majority support for it.

 

[Hickson9]

This is a good article.

Mike Wedderburn: Black Lives Matter is a cry for help, not an attack on white people

Sky Sports News presenter Mike Wedderburn writes an emotional piece on why it is so important to understand the purpose behind the Black Lives Matter movement

www.skysports.com

However, it shouldn't be necessary. If you have to explain what something is, over and over again, then that something isn't fulfilling it's intended purpose.

For me, it further reiterates that both Black Lives Matter and White Privilege need binning as slogans - they are counter productive.

Any message that pushes for change and addressing the uncomfortable truths in our society and history will be challenged.

There will always be a reason to not address those truths, or a deflection on to minor issues to avoid doing so.

 

[Tubey]

Evidence suggests that the slogan has been understood by many though. Either through it’s widespread usage at very mainstream events or opinion polls showing majority support for it.

That's the disconnect. There's widespread support for the aims when communicated properly, but when you boil it down to exclusionary slogans then the message is lost and you simply get antagonism.

 

[dead_soft]

That's the disconnect. There's widespread support for the aims when communicated properly, but when you boil it down to exclusionary slogans then the message is lost and you simply get antagonism.

I’m not sure how you show this. Opinion polls in the UK and the USA show broad support for Black Lives Matter. The slogan doesn’t seem to have diluted the message?

 

[Diogenes the Cynic]

A new blog post and seemingly trying to reinvent himself again.


He is well known in my social media bubble, i'm not sure how much to your average Joe but there are BBC, DM articles about him

He has a long history of sexual misconduct, when he got kicked out of Labour, the right (Dan Hodges, Spiked et al) stuck up for him. There is a decent amount of GIles Coren style racism in there too. I think he once ranked who are the hottest refugees.

You'll probably find out a lot if you search his name on Twitter.

Can you link this please?

I think it could be vital information for the discussion.

 

[Hickson9]

That's the disconnect. There's widespread support for the aims when communicated properly, but when you boil it down to exclusionary slogans then the message is lost and you simply get antagonism.

The message of Black Lives Matter is inclusionary.

The whole point is to fully include BAME people within our society.

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

The message of Black Lives Matter is inclusionary.

The whole point is to fully include BAME people within our society.

One of the problems they face is being hijacked by the same type of entryIst loons who tried to take over Labour. Sadly these far left idiots have distracted from the message and stoked up the far right and now BLM is caught between the two.

 

[MondayHater]

Going slightly off topic I have never understood rioting and looting etc. Such as when the London Riots happened a few years ago, burning down companies who are local and employee local people!

what’s the point in that? I understand people want change....but why make your area worse off?

 

[mill]

Going slightly off topic I have never understood rioting and looting etc. Such as when the London Riots happened a few years ago, burning down companies who are local and employee local people!

what’s the point in that? I understand people want change....but why make your area worse off?

MLK said ‘riots are the voice of the unheard’.

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

MLK said ‘riots are the voice of the unheard’.

My next door neighbour, John, said 'riots are rubbish'.

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

Actual over the wall quote that.

 

[Minimeister]

Sadly mate this country has a long way to go. There are a lot of shall we say covert racists, including on here. I would love to know what they are scared of.

I picture them as people who haven't had the best of lives and blame their ills on others. Those who feel that life owes them more than they have and it's someone elses fault. Either that, or someone from Burnley.

 

[roydo]

I picture them as people who haven't had the best of lives and blame their ills on others. Those who feel that life owes them more than they have and it's someone elses fault. Either that, or someone from Burnley.

Ignorant, with self worth issues, and small penises basically.

 

[Shevin Keedy]

Ignorant, with self worth issues, and small penises basically.

Well maybe but let us just clarify that all of us those with small penises are not necessarily racists.

 

[Bishop Thumpety-Thump]

Well maybe but let us just clarify that all of us those with small penises are not necessarily racists.

Not all people with small penises are racists, but all racists are people with small penises.