07-12-2016, 05:46 PM
Every group, especially ones as loosely affiliated as BLM have bad eggs. We like to take the most extreme elements of everything we see and turn them into poster children of a broader element. A lot of people who don't like Christians see me as a Westboro Baptist, picketing funerals and such. The same thing happens with every major religion. The same thing happens with atheists who act as the example for the above statement.
They're all fringe unrepresentative extremes that like to use the meaning behind something greater then themselves as an excuse to continue doing as they please. I use religion as an example here, because religion is in a similar stand as race. To the average reasonable individual, your race or religion doesn't matter. It will never matter to them. It never has mattered to them. Its also in the same vein, what makes things difficult when dealing with the outlier. When you're dealing with such a loosely affiliated grouping as BLM, the bar for entry is pretty low. That's why Anonymous isn't taken seriously. Anyone can be anonymous. Don't let people who never stood to represent the title they hold become the face of the group as a whole.
They're all fringe unrepresentative extremes that like to use the meaning behind something greater then themselves as an excuse to continue doing as they please. I use religion as an example here, because religion is in a similar stand as race. To the average reasonable individual, your race or religion doesn't matter. It will never matter to them. It never has mattered to them. Its also in the same vein, what makes things difficult when dealing with the outlier. When you're dealing with such a loosely affiliated grouping as BLM, the bar for entry is pretty low. That's why Anonymous isn't taken seriously. Anyone can be anonymous. Don't let people who never stood to represent the title they hold become the face of the group as a whole.