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In reply to the discussion: White ally here asking for an opinion on the BLM/Sanders protests. [View all]intheflow
(28,174 posts)34. Historically, groups protesting injustice have protested the most unjust against their causes.
In the 1950s, the Montgomery bus boycott targeted the city buses, not the black cabbies in town. In the 1960s, anti-war protesters targeted the Johnson administration, not Eugene McCarthy. In the 1970s, second wave feminists burned their bras in protest of the Miss America pageant, they didn't protest Betty Friedan's speaking engagements. Today, Greenpeace protests Shell Oil, not the Sierra Club and Occupy Wall Street protests Wall Street, not homeless shelters. So targeting a seeming ally seems counter-intuitive to me as someone who has studied and participated in justice-seeking protests for three decades now.
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He had a leader of BLM speak in a official capacity at the event before he was trolled
Exultant Democracy
Aug 2015
#15
Yesterday's disruption of Bernie's rally was borne from the failure of Democrats at Netroots...
MrScorpio
Aug 2015
#8
I simply cannot thank you enough for this post. I think many of us have long since stopped trying
Number23
Aug 2015
#17
Thank you so much for your explanatory post on why #BlackLiveMatter are doing what they're
Cha
Aug 2015
#25
MrScorpio! I cannot praise this enough! Struggling to elucidate this, but here it is. Thank you. n/t
freshwest
Aug 2015
#31
"Here I can tell the truth." Which is why this forum has been absolutely BLANKETED with alerts
Number23
Aug 2015
#22
Why should any POC or woman or gay go to the GOP? Half the Democratic Party is composed of such.
freshwest
Aug 2015
#33
Historically, groups protesting injustice have protested the most unjust against their causes.
intheflow
Aug 2015
#34
My son's live's are at stake & their college is already paid for so that's a non issue for me.
onpatrol98
Aug 2015
#40