Originally posted by Frosty
BlackLivesMatter doesn't even stand for anything. There's no set goal in mind besides internal terrorism from America's own citizens. You've seen the race riots in Baltimore and Ferguson, and at the end of the day, the violence is terrorism, plain and simple (but the U.S. government only sees terrorist groups as threats if they are from outside the U.S.)
Terrorism's definition: the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.
And yet, would this not apply to hate groups such as KKK or Westboro? Are there corrupt cops? Sure, there's corrupt people in any line of profession (but more so politicians and executives), and these people get paid shit considering every day they go to work, they could be killed by a gangmember, have his home destroyed by a drive-by, be threatened and sued for racial discrimination -- to the point where many officers are scared to even life up their guns in avoidance of being racist. BLM is a means of deflecting from real and important issues affecting this country, and to help promote political agendas of the right-wing, namely Trump. If you keep bringing up evidence and footage of a minority acting violently or crudely, it only helps like-minded people to push for your desires. If all people ever hear about and see if the BLM, especially in areas with low black population, then they're more willing to push for the disenfranchising of that particular minority's rights.
What pisses me off about BLM is that when a black-on-white crime happens, the leaders of the "movement" do not see it as racially provoked. Many of us heard about the mentally-challenged man in Chicago who was tortured by four deplorable people, because of the color (or lack of color) of his skin and his political stance. This man more than likely didn't understand that he had voted in a racist, sexist bigot in the first place, the leaders of BLM among others didn't see this event as racially or politically motivated -- but the moment a cop prevents a black man from shooting a group of people, it's considered racism. In my opinion, BLM is a disgrace to what MLK went through to gain equality.
tl;dr the group is a terrorist affiliation, meant to deflect from real issues, leads to even more racism and disenfranchising towards blacks, and prevents police from being readily effective.
When you have violent rallies, kill police officers, only believe in black power, it causes harm to the minorities that actually want equality, and it doesn't help that what equality we have achieved over the decades will slowly fall away within the next 8 years of presidency.
/rant
You made some really good points, and I agree with most if not all of them. To add onto one specific point that you made, the fact of how if it went the opposite way of white people going out to protest black violence how all of those protestors would be deemed racist bigots. This double edged sword in society is really getting ridiculous and the fact that saying anything that may be seen as questionable by another race is worthy of being called a racist. I personally am sick of it and refuse to filter what I have to say.
Originally posted by STVBDKD
How about ALL LIVES MATTER.
I'd love to be able to see everyone actually care about races other than themselves, but look around, it's so easy to find hatred and disgust towards other races. Honestly, if you gonna go on about "all white people are monsters" or "all mexicans are rapists" etc. you can personally go fuck yourself, your life doesn't matter to me.
Originally posted by Toke
If I had a bullet for all the genders I would only need a double barrel shotgun
lol'd
inb4 triggered
Be Honest would you want to be treated like how African Amercian/Blacks and Hispanic are treated? Just a Simple yes or no.
I wouldn't mind, most of the races you listed above print their pain upon themselves. If you just cooperate and not put a camera right in a cops face and don't resist, 99.99% of the time you're not going to have a problem. I've been pulled over at gun point because I had a vehicle matching the description of someone that had just attempted murder. I was scared shitless and the cops were on edge but because I listened nothing happened and I walked away with no issues. It all just boils down to whether you're an asshole or not, cops deal with people that give them a hard time all day everyday and if you just cooperate and be respectful, most of the time they'll give you respect back.
Originally posted by Alt
They're only getting treated that way because they're making people treat them that way.
If a white person got stopped by the police and the police officer wanted to ask them questions, most white people give them the answers and off they go. (this happens not only with police but anything else).
Exactly. Most of time theres a problem is when people insinuate a situation when there was never situation needed.