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We had an interesting development in our little hippie village, liberal college town, over the past month or so. The local black lives crowd of white SJW's have had a little rude awakening. I'm not sure they see it, but I certainly did while following a few FB threads on this latest development.
First, the brief history. White protesters supporting BLM are quick to blame the greater society for the treatment of blacks when they encounter law enforcement. The complaint being both: cops are to strict and quick to use violence against blacks, and that the greater society of whites are too quick to condemn the backs killed or otherwise singled out by those cops. Pretty standard stuff that most of us should already be well educated on. The local protesters here are totally on board with that narrative.
Next, the wife and I shared a general opinion of these white SJW's. In short, the opinion is that they all live sheltered lives in this safe community that, although 15% black, is not anything like living in South Chicago or Detroit. Their kids go to safe schools, the streets are crime free, the cops here are not shot at or killed by thugs. Simply put, we live in quasi-upper middle class paradise. Doors are left unlocked, women walk the streets alone at night. So, of course, their perspective is distorted.
Now the development. A BLM activist, a back man who came here from Cleveland, has been charged with a local rape, burglary and other crimes. That by itself is not a surprise, at least not to me. What is interesting, however, is the reaction of the local SJW's when it was reported that the national BLM organization put up the $50K for his bail. All hell broke loose.
All these people who were pointing fingers at everyone else for being big meanies to the poor innocent blacks suddenly became big meanies to this particular black---a man who is still innocent since he was not yet proven guilty, I might add. The outrage is hilarious. People want to chastise those who bailed him out; they want businesses to ban him from entering; they want local landlords to refuse to rent him an apartment; they want people to ostracize him when they see him on the street, and, basically speaking, they would like to send him back to jail, "where he belongs."
Absolutely amazing. I wonder if these SJW's will get the message and realize that this is exactly what happens in the minds of those who believe their little movement is garbage. The people usually shot by cops are not upstanding citizens. Many of them are exactly the kind of people these SJW's would run out of town in a New York minute. It amuses me to see them turn into the exact people they protest against.
First, the brief history. White protesters supporting BLM are quick to blame the greater society for the treatment of blacks when they encounter law enforcement. The complaint being both: cops are to strict and quick to use violence against blacks, and that the greater society of whites are too quick to condemn the backs killed or otherwise singled out by those cops. Pretty standard stuff that most of us should already be well educated on. The local protesters here are totally on board with that narrative.
Next, the wife and I shared a general opinion of these white SJW's. In short, the opinion is that they all live sheltered lives in this safe community that, although 15% black, is not anything like living in South Chicago or Detroit. Their kids go to safe schools, the streets are crime free, the cops here are not shot at or killed by thugs. Simply put, we live in quasi-upper middle class paradise. Doors are left unlocked, women walk the streets alone at night. So, of course, their perspective is distorted.
Now the development. A BLM activist, a back man who came here from Cleveland, has been charged with a local rape, burglary and other crimes. That by itself is not a surprise, at least not to me. What is interesting, however, is the reaction of the local SJW's when it was reported that the national BLM organization put up the $50K for his bail. All hell broke loose.
All these people who were pointing fingers at everyone else for being big meanies to the poor innocent blacks suddenly became big meanies to this particular black---a man who is still innocent since he was not yet proven guilty, I might add. The outrage is hilarious. People want to chastise those who bailed him out; they want businesses to ban him from entering; they want local landlords to refuse to rent him an apartment; they want people to ostracize him when they see him on the street, and, basically speaking, they would like to send him back to jail, "where he belongs."
Absolutely amazing. I wonder if these SJW's will get the message and realize that this is exactly what happens in the minds of those who believe their little movement is garbage. The people usually shot by cops are not upstanding citizens. Many of them are exactly the kind of people these SJW's would run out of town in a New York minute. It amuses me to see them turn into the exact people they protest against.
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