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2. “Every day, some black man is getting killed.” Exactly. Mahalo ismnotwasm

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Mon Aug 17, 2015, 12:05 AM

Aug 2015

Thom Hartmann on #BlackLivesMatter and those who don't get it.

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Marissa Johnson: a generation of activists who believe in disruption [View all] ismnotwasm Aug 2015 OP

Disrupting what? PatrickforO Aug 2015 #1

“Every day, some black man is getting killed.” Exactly. Mahalo ismnotwasm Cha Aug 2015 #2

Thank you ismnotwasm Aug 2015 #3

More from Thom Hartmann. AtomicKitten Aug 2015 #16

I don't see how you jump to that conclusion. Live and Learn Aug 2015 #27

I loved that answer from Thom. nt Live and Learn Aug 2015 #28

Me, too, Live and Learn.. just how I feel. thank you Thom Hartmann~ Cha Aug 2015 #30

with all due respect I have a serious question for you azurnoir Aug 2015 #52

Back in the 60's, there was the "SDS." Archae Aug 2015 #4

In other words, another generation TM99 Aug 2015 #8

I don't think they will. F4lconF16 Aug 2015 #32

I have never had a problem with the BLM movement. TM99 Aug 2015 #57

It's a tactic: silencing/disrupting/shouting down speech philly_bob Aug 2015 #5

Isn't her 15 minutes up yet? (nt) nsd Aug 2015 #6

#BlackLivesMatter and you're talking about "15 minutes"! Cha Aug 2015 #18

Newsflash romanic Aug 2015 #20

I don't care about your ignorant "newsflash". Cha Aug 2015 #22

*sips Mai Tai* romanic Aug 2015 #24

rotflmao! Stellar Aug 2015 #60

Against the wishes of many, cops havent shot her yet. NCTraveler Aug 2015 #54

Ouch. I'd laugh, but... nt F4lconF16 Aug 2015 #62

They sheshe2 Aug 2015 #7

Too bad there's "progressives" who don't get it.. think these Activists are so Cha Aug 2015 #23

He's a DUer, why didn't he come here and tell us Waiting For Everyman Aug 2015 #26

You missed it. JTFrog Aug 2015 #41

Thanks Waiting For Everyman Aug 2015 #42

all he did was link to the very same thing as the poster above did-HIS show azurnoir Aug 2015 #47

I like this part of his post: "and let's all work to help wake up white folks..." n/t JTFrog Aug 2015 #56

If I rolled my eyes any harder... romanic Aug 2015 #9

That made me laugh. TM99 Aug 2015 #13

I have no problem with the tactic. What I question is, why direct it at Sen Sanders. rhett o rick Aug 2015 #10

They have actually answered that question. Senator Tankerbell Aug 2015 #14

No, they targeted him jfern Aug 2015 #17

There's an insidious reason why that hashtag was created. romanic Aug 2015 #21

Since you make this claim, Skidmore Aug 2015 #44

Here's what I said in another post: F4lconF16 Aug 2015 #33

A few dozen BLM members were arrested for protesting the DOJ last Monday Chathamization Aug 2015 #50

k&r Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #11

I am guessing their tactics, liked or unliked, are working: their message is getting attention YOHABLO Aug 2015 #12

I only have a problem with calling the crowd white supremacists killbotfactory Aug 2015 #15

I posted this a little while back: F4lconF16 Aug 2015 #35

Sometimes, there are messages in what is not spoken too. notadmblnd Aug 2015 #48

Well good luck to her and her efforts to troll white liberals, I guess killbotfactory Aug 2015 #58

K & R SunSeeker Aug 2015 #19

They think they can bully or guilt Waiting For Everyman Aug 2015 #25

Yes. And we'll shut the whole damn thing down if we have to. F4lconF16 Aug 2015 #29

I am all for getting the message out. Live and Learn Aug 2015 #36

They are. F4lconF16 Aug 2015 #37

Thanks for sharing that one. That was great. nt Live and Learn Aug 2015 #38

This. Skidmore Aug 2015 #45

Disruption is fine as long as you pick the right target to disrupt. Old Union Guy Aug 2015 #31

I don't think they're doing that. F4lconF16 Aug 2015 #34

Getting the conversation started is huge. Live and Learn Aug 2015 #40

Random killing of the general public is counterproductive. I was in D.C. just before MayDay 1971. freshwest Aug 2015 #43

Disruption is fine.. sendero Aug 2015 #39

And what is the "right thing." Skidmore Aug 2015 #46

OWS is a prime example. nt hack89 Aug 2015 #49

They're angry because people are dying gollygee Aug 2015 #51

The more I learn about her the more I love her. nt. NCTraveler Aug 2015 #53

Big K&R. Some of the replies to this OP are truly disgusting. nt sufrommich Aug 2015 #55

I heard this morning on the news, Roslyn Brock chair, NAACP... Stellar Aug 2015 #59

What happens when everyone adopts this tactic? Throd Aug 2015 #61