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bbernardini

(9,938 posts) Mon Jul 6, 2020, 11:37 AM Jul 2020

Ugh. A friend of mine said BLM was rioting about "a few cases of police brutality"...

This was on Facebook, while sharing an article about gun deaths in Philadelphia this past weekend. Claims that black lives matter to him, but BLM is a terrorist group. As the kids say, I can't even.

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Ugh. A friend of mine said BLM was rioting about "a few cases of police brutality"... (Original Post) bbernardini Jul 2020 OP

BLM is not a terrorist group, but for people who don't pay close attention HotTeaBag Jul 2020 #1

Anything to avoid looking at one's own role in perpetuating systemic Racism maxsolomon Jul 2020 #2

HotTeaBag

(1,206 posts)

1. BLM is not a terrorist group, but for people who don't pay close attention

Reply to bbernardini (Original post)

Mon Jul 6, 2020, 11:41 AM

Jul 2020

they can be forgiven for not knowing what BLM is truly demonstrating for/about, as the only time the average person sees them in the streets is right after a publicized instance of police brutality/murder.

maxsolomon

(33,424 posts)

2. Anything to avoid looking at one's own role in perpetuating systemic Racism

Reply to bbernardini (Original post)

Mon Jul 6, 2020, 12:16 PM

Jul 2020

1. But Chicago
2. But anywhere else black men shoot other black men.
3. BLM + Antifa = Anarchist mobs busing to small towns.

Property Crime is not TERRORISM.

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