What is "Black Lives Matter"?
A Trojan Horse
I don't see how you can separate them at this point. While there are probably a lot of people that would not agree in total with the organization if they knew what it actually stood for, it is made to look like they do agree with it.Question for the masses. Is “BLM” an organization, slogan, both related, or can both be separated? Better said, do you think anyone saying “BLM” understand what the BLM organization is?
I think it's more of a slogan despite the fact a few people claim to be leaders.
They seem to have massive funding so there has to be some organizing center core.
Question for the masses. Is “BLM” an organization, slogan, both related, or can both be separated? Better said, do you think anyone saying “BLM” understand what the BLM organization is?
Question for the masses. Is “BLM” an organization, slogan, both related, or can both be separated? Better said, do you think anyone saying “BLM” understand what the BLM organization is?
I don't see how you can separate them at this point. While there are probably a lot of people that would not agree in total with the organization if they knew what it actually stood for, it is made to look like they do agree with it.
Can national socialism be separated from nazis?
No. There’s no difference of opinions as to what National Socialism is. People who identify with it, you clearly know their intentions. You think it’s the same for anyone invokes “BLM?”
Question for the masses. Is “BLM” an organization, slogan, both related, or can both be separated? Better said, do you think anyone saying “BLM” understand what the BLM organization is?
Question for the masses. Is “BLM” an organization, slogan, both related, or can both be separated? Better said, do you think anyone saying “BLM” understand what the BLM organization is?
That is actually a good comparison in my mind. It does mean different things to different people. The media though has given each a meaning, and that meaning is what people are led to believe is the one true meaning irrespective of individuals' ideas. This has the effect of making it look like there are large numbers of people that support the BLM organization and their demands, when in reality there are probably only a small fraction of those people that actually do.Kinda like the “Confederate Flag?” (Battle flag of N. Virginia). I was raised in the South and have a good many dear friends that wave the flag proudly. And yet, it seems that anyone associated with the flag is vilified. I may have my own notions concerning it, but I understand it means something entirely depending on who you talk to. Explain the difference if you see one.
What is "Black Lives Matter"?
A Trojan Horse
I don't see how you can separate them at this point. While there are probably a lot of people that would not agree in total with the organization if they knew what it actually stood for, it is made to look like they do agree with it.
I like the sentiment, as I think most do, but if there is an organization attempting to appropriate the moral legitimacy of anti-racism and place it behind an agenda of "fight for fifteen, paid xxxxx leave, union organizing, etc., etc." then I am out.
If people want socialism, so be it, just straight up say that. But don't take the moral legitimacy of the "George Floyd" movement and mess it up with that. They should be totally separate issues, in my opinion. I personally don't know a black person who supports socialism. Not saying they don't exist, but it's like gun control; never met one in the wild. I've never met a single black person who supported gun control.
A less-charitable interpretation, is that the architects know what they're doing. They realize the appeal of "BLM" will take off virally as a sort of black peoples' Tea Party, and people will just repeat the phrase and buy the T-shirts without realizing what it's becoming associated with, or why (mostly white) people are turned off by it.
If I may be so presumptuous as to assume, I would figure that's what people mean by trojan horse. Nobody reasonable is in favor of what happened to George Floyd. But plenty of reasonable people are against "Fight for fifteen, paid xxxxx leave, no-secret-ballot union organizing," etc. So therefore, the architects of those issues are trying to insert their viral DNA into the George Floyd movement, in hopes black (and some white) people will carry it forward without realizing they're carrying that virus and transmitting it. And yes, in our media culture, where popularity and momentum is everything, I believe it can be transmitted without the person doing it, knowing that they're doing it.
In short, I think the socialists are using the moral weight of the "George Floyd Moment" to gain a legitimacy, advancement, and platform for their ideas which couldn't be obtained other ways. They're trojan-horsing socialism inside an exterior that just looks like being against police brutality. You take something nobody can be against, associated it with socialism, et voila! Anybody who's against socialism, is a racist ("If she weighs less than a duck...she's a witch!").
I cannot wait to see what kind of ACORN-like groups those redirected police funds will go towards.
No. There’s no difference of opinions as to what National Socialism is. People who identify with it, you clearly know their intentions. You think it’s the same for anyone invokes “BLM?”