The Minnesota State Fair had an influx of people on Saturday when several hundred Black Lives Matter protesters showed up to “bring attention to race issues” like only they do – by crying out for violence against police.
Fair goers were treated to the protesters chants of “Pigs in a blanket, fry ’em like bacon”, not quite the mantra of a carnival barker.
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What if we all march n say something like this? We’d be sued, arrested, and charged with hate crimes and racism why is this ok? This type of thinking is creating incidents and mentalities like what happened today and in Texas it has to stop!
Thanks Obama.. All of this happened on your watch, not Bush’s..
True. But the point is that some are disproportionately valued more than others in our society. If you say all lives matter, you are missing the fact that you are so privileged in your skin that you are treated differently. Your life already matters to society. I get that we need to unify and stop dividing, but we also need to acknowledge racism exists everywhere in order to address it. How about raising awareness of people less fortunate than you rather than (perhaps inadvertently) trivializing their attempt at equality?
Black lives only matter if all lives matter
What is peaceful about calling for the murder of police officers?
Who? The peaceful protesters looking to raise awareness of social inequality and racial targeting, or the cops doing the racial targeting and killing?
Th ed y are a racist g t soup with double standards…
True. But the point is that some are disproportionately valued more than others in our society. If you say police lives matter, you are missing the fact that they are so privileged in their role that they are treated differently. Their lives already matters to society. I get that we need to unify and stop dividing, but we also need to acknowledge racism exists everywhere in order to address it. How about raising awareness of people less fortunate rather than (perhaps inadvertently) trivializing their attempt at equality?
True. But the point is that some are disproportionately valued more than others in our society. If you say all lives matter, you are missing the fact that you are so privileged in your skin that you are treated differently. Your life already matters to society. I get that we need to unify and stop dividing, but we also need to acknowledge racism exists everywhere in order to address it. How about raising awareness of people less fortunate than you rather than (perhaps inadvertently) trivializing their attempt at equality?
Because they are marching to raise awareness of social injustice and racial targeting, not to stand against abortions.