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So I was browsing the internet the other day,
and saw a post about how protests are super dumb and super ineffective.
I jokingly commented "That's why we riot, conrad"
Some intellectual responded, "Well, actually, the reason Black Lives Matter is so unsuccessful
is because they're not peaceful.
If only today's activists could find their inner Martin Luther King, Jr."
And Me, being the respectable Leftist I am, responded with a well thought-out point-by-point
counter argument.
It actually got me thinking, why is this line of thought so pervasive?
Black Lives Matter is pretty low on public opinion polls.
Liberals would have us thinking that peaceful protests are the Holy Grail of political action,
and I don't blame them.
Public schools are terrible at political education and paint MLK as the ultimate warrior for
political rights, who wielded not a sword, but a pen.
And classical liberals eat this shit up faster than urban revitalization programs.
The idea is pretty sweet right?
All we have to do is hold up signs and society fixes itself?
SIGN ME UP.
Unfortunately, that's not the case for a few reasons.
It's revisionist, it's ahistorical.
1.Liberals and moderates hated the Civil Rights Movement and Martin Luther King Jr.
In 1963, the Year of the PEACEFUL March on Washington, 78% of white people indicated
they would leave their neighborhood if black people moved in.
On the actual march itself, 60% thought poorly of the march, stating that "they felt it
would cause violence and would not accomplish anything."
About 45% of Americans one month after the passage of the Civil Rights Act became law
were either unsure or opposed to it.
63% of Americans thought the movement was moving too fast, and a majority of the country
thought that black people were hurting their own cause.
Man, all that peace sure was really paying off huh?
What about the messiah himself?
While public opinion on the man was always pretty evenly split during the 60's, it
reached a major low during 1966?
Why?
Did he drop the whole "Do no harm thing?" and start calling for violent revolution?
No.
After the passage of the Civil Rights Act passed, MLK set his sights on another goal:
housing and economic inequality, which America thought was too much equality apparently!
So no matter how peaceful you area, America will still hate you if you try to push for
certain measures.
Here's the thing, you might think your thoughts on BLM and rioting are original, but they're
not.
We danced this dance 50 years ago, and if you're in the "BLM hurts the black cause,"
camp I guarantee you your grandparents thought the same of the Civil Rights movement, and
their grandparents thought the same thing on slavery.
These are historical processes at work here, and you should wake up as to what side you're
falling on in history.
2.The Civil Rights Movement wasn't that peaceful.
Look, as appealing as the narrative is that our country listened to reason and peaceful
deliberation and passed the Civil Rights Act, this isn't true.
It was the height of black power movements.
There were HELLA riots, way too many for me to highlight.
One prominent one is from 1965, the Watts Riot.
This one was ignited by the arrest of Marquette Frye, a 21 year-old motorist.
Street-brawls against the police exploded, as many as 30,000 people were reportedly involved
in the riots, 34 people were left dead, 1,000 injured and 4,000 arrested.
DAMN.
Ok, so the Civil Rights Era wasn't a peaceful time, and Americans didn't exactly care
for the whole "peace and love" thing from MLK when it came down to full equality.
They mainly cared about keeping their neighborhoods white.
But it was a different time, right?
Surely things have changed.
We're living in the modern age now, where logic and rationality prevails.
So, why would supporters of equality dislike MLK or BLM or any other push against systemic
injustice?
Maybe it actually is the violence this time around?
We've established that peacefulness doesn't really matter.
MLK and that football player whose name I can't pronounce were peaceful as hell, but
still saw major backlash.
Short answer: It's bigotry, it's racism, sexism, homophobia etc.
I know, here I go, pulling out the RACE card again S-M-H.
But it's true, have any of you ever tried talking to a regular ol American before?
That shit is hilarious!
I was talking to an older, "I voted for Obama"-type women awhile back, who LOVED
the gays, absolutely, and if her kid was one, no problem!
But letting them adopt kids?
Never, would not vote for it.
The conversation went a little like this: "So you're against equality?"
"NO of course not, but just imagine the kids growing up like that, they'll think
it's normal."
"But it is normal!"
She backtracked, "I misspoke, I meant they'll want to be gay themselves."
"So more gay people = bad?
That's homophobia!"
"But they'll get bullied for having two dads or moms"
"Kids bully kids over everything, what about divorced parents or adopted kids in straight
families?"
"But the gays are so scandalous and overtly sexual…"
And this continued for awhile.
After some time I told her I couldn't continue because she obviously had a deep-rooted hatred
of gay people.
You see clear patterns of goal-post shifting and irrational arguments when debating moderates
and conservatives because the mind of a bigot is filled with irrational hatred and disgust
at others.
So I bring this up not just to pat myself on the back, no amount of arguing would have
changed her mind, and the older woman was my FUCKEN MOM!
[video] She's basically forced to listen and talk
to me whenever I'm home.
Discourse doesn't get any deeper than with someone who has to love you.
It wouldn't matter how gay people protested, for her to agree she would have to get passed
that bigotry, and the only thing that would help with that is time, death and generational
change.
Sorry mum!
Bigot's out, they won't care about riots, they'll be emboldened sure, but they'll
be emboldened by anything.
So what about the logical racists, the moderates.
These people drink the numbers Kool-Aid, who say immigrants in Europe statistically commit
more crime, black people statistically commit more crime, if we open our borders it's
only logical we're inviting MS13 to come in.
These are usually the librarian types.
So some of these could undoubtedly be won over, I don't think everyone that believes
the talking points is necessarily a bigot.
However, if they are really logical they'd understand that: the acts of the messenger
don't detract from the message.
Just because that guy broke a window doesn't convince me that gay conversion therapy is
good.
If you truly do consider yourself an enlightened rational individual, there are people out
there willing to debate with you.
The question of riots and protests shouldn't bother you.
And for the "logical" ones who can't be convinced through rational discussion,
they might just be closeted bigots.
(hint it's usually this one) At the end of the day, there is no rational
rhyme or reason as to why certain people support what they do.
Here's a Congressman who loves free speech saying he'll punish a company for exercising
it.
Here's someone who says black culture is the cause of black on black crimes, denying
white culture is the cause of mass shootings.
People will rationalize any form of bigotry and prejudice to convince themselves that
they're right.
That's why they're disgusted at being called racist or sexist.
They're not sexist, they just have legitimate reasons for why women and men can't work
together in the workplace!
Duh!
So f you lose someone because you were violent against some buildings or threw rocks at the
cops, they weren't actually in your camp to begin with.
And you certainly don't want to be counting on them.
And from what we've seen from the fight for DACA, you can have all the sympathy from
white liberals and moderates, and that doesn't matter one bit.
Recently, stories surfaced on how despite the majority of Americans supporting DACA,
they were willing to discard it in favor of avoiding a government shutdown.
These people aren't the allies you want, because they will turn on you at the first
chance they get.
You might agree with all of this, but still disagree.
"politics is a numbers game, you riot, you lose the numbers, sucks but them's the breaks."
Well, wrong again.
Politics isn't a game about numbers, it's a game about power.
Numbers is one way to acquire power, but as we saw this last election, they don't matter
a whole lot.
A government position is a form of power, so is access, money, violence and fear.
Here's an example of violence and fear enacting political change.
[anthem] I bet your ass LOVES Hamilton.
But that's a big example.
Here's more.
The rioting following Freddie Gray's death resulted in an investigation by the Department
of Justice on the Baltimore Police Department (which actually was my first video ever made
check it out it's rough but it has good info).
The riots in DC during the 60's actually resulted in a lot of changes at the municipal
level.
So here's a request, if your gut reaction to people of color protesting is opposition,
ask yourself why?
No matter if it's taking a knee, staging a boycott, or smashing a building, if your
first reaction to any of these is disagreement, evaluate if it's a misplaced belief that
oppressed people need to follow YOUR standards, because by every RATIONAL standard, they are
doing everything logical in their power to fight for change.
And look, I feel it, everytime I see a protest at my college campus, I think "Jesus fuckin
Christ, again?
What this time?"
We're all guilty of this, and if we're not, then great now I'm an asshole.
But it's a misplaced sentiment.
Any inconvenience I face should be put aside in favor of the movement.
I'm going to go against the grain here and say there are effective protests and riots
and ineffective ones.
Three people screaming in a circle next to the admin building isn't going to do anything
to make the administration do anything, sorry.
This extends to all forms of tactics.
I do think the Left is too eager to be provocative over facilitating understanding at times,
but I'd rather be provocative and lose the bigots than to go unnoticed.
Going back to riots, the ultimate difference between a protest and a riot is that protests
can be co-opted by capitalist elements of the movement.
"Want to resist?
Buy your immigrant power shirt today!"
They lose their power the greater support they have.
The Women's March?
Pride?
March for Science?
They're great for community building and, like, amazing for cardio, but they're not
affecting any change any time soon.
A riot is the rawest expression of the oppressed, it can never be profited of, and that's
why they scare the hell out of the establishment.
When a riot occurs, that's a symptom of a broken system.
A riot should be a wake-up call, that hey, maybe things are really fucked up.
I mean, to the white middle-class person likely watching this, what possible level of state
oppression would drive YOU to take to the streets?
Think about it.
And I really wish I could say "here's a Molotov cocktail comrade, let's pass the
Civil Rights Act 2," but that's not how it works.
The unfortunate reality is that neither protests or riots are particularly effective at change.
Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't.
The only answer is that it's impossible to know the right course of action for an
oppressed person, and if you're not facing that oppression, your opinion won't really
be taken seriously.
And you'll probably be laughed out of the room.
And to the those who can't get enough of MLK, here's a little-known quote from his
Letter from a Birmingham Jail, on white moderates… [quote]
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Nah I'm just kidding here's the actual quote!
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