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Sunsky

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17. The concern have been raised for many years
Mon Aug 31, 2020, 09:52 AM
Aug 2020

Through different administrations. Yet black people are still being murdered by the hands of those who we help pay to protect all of us. This needs to stop. For that reason BLM was formed. Black people want to be able to make it to the election, to be able to vote. George Floyd would've probably voted in November and many others but they aren't alive to be able to vote. I think the intolerance and ignorance towards the cause of BLM will only play in Trump's hands as well, as it will seem as if nobody cares, nobody wants to hear about the struggle.
I'm happy this is not the tone from the Biden campaign. Biden knows that Democrats will need the black vote in November. Dont take Black voters for granted. Trump is already having his surrogates go on Black airwaves saying the Democrats do not care about you. This attitude will only serve to further that message. We ought to be very careful. Trump is a master manipulator. He is playing both sides.

After we send the protesters home (and probably lose some of our voters along the way due to intolerance), Trump will find some other issue to raise. Are you going to play Trump's game and adjust our actions according to his gimmick of the day? Or are we going to be better at framing the narrative and ceasing the storyline? If we can't do the above then we will be running our election according to Trump and not how we want to. This is how Trump/Putin wants it to be done. Instead of turning on each other, we need to be better at messaging.

+10000000 SpaceNeedle Aug 2020 #1
HECK YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! secondwind Aug 2020 #2
Yes, Yes, Yes, mindem Aug 2020 #3
Does this mean their concerns will be addressed after the election? JonLP24 Aug 2020 #4
Yes LiberalBrooke Aug 2020 #7
The concern have been raised for many years Sunsky Aug 2020 #17
This! n/t RiverbendsJoe Aug 2020 #18
this is truly the RIGHT course to take. Place all that anger and energy into a process that can beachbumbob Aug 2020 #5
do you know any? I don't think they post here. bigtree Aug 2020 #6
I do know many and I have proposed this idea. I get a stop and think response. LiberalBrooke Aug 2020 #8
Good! SheltieLover Aug 2020 #9
I'll just leave this here. Maybe stop and think about it bigtree Aug 2020 #10
Dr. King Responds to Your Suggestion: RiverbendsJoe Aug 2020 #11
This Dream Girl Aug 2020 #15
Exactly! Newest Reality Aug 2020 #20
K&R, Protester violence is now Buttery Males 2.0 uponit7771 Aug 2020 #12
Voting is the ONLY thing that matters at this point. tinrobot Aug 2020 #13
See #11, above. n/t RiverbendsJoe Aug 2020 #16
See #13 above n/t tinrobot Aug 2020 #23
FYI There are usually voter registration tables at Blum protests Dream Girl Aug 2020 #14
Depemding on the protest, there are often people there registering voters. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2020 #19
Add in an American Flag, as this is Democracy in action and reclaim the flag from the fascists. TheBlackAdder Aug 2020 #21
AGREE bluestarone Aug 2020 #22
The system has failed for HOW long now? Do you think it will be different this time? davsand Aug 2020 #24
Excellent idea! BlueWavePsych Aug 2020 #25
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