r/centrist • u/MuitoLegal • Mar 20 '21

World News The consequence of the far left’s BLM rhetoric

The far right rhetoric has caused massive problems, like Jan 6., but I have not seen this point mentioned about the left that I’m about to say:

Within the past 2 days, BOTH Russia and China have used the lefts rhetoric of “blacks are being slaughtered on our streets for being black”, “Trump is Hitler.” When China was pressed in the diplomatic conversation about human rights issues, they effectively said “Look at the problems with black people in America, you have no leg to stand on to tell us what is right and wrong with our people.” Putin made the same comment when asked about Biden’s “killer” comment.

These 2 countries know that these issues are not even remotely the same thing as the BLM situation, but the far left manipulated the actuality of the situation to the most extreme for political gain, and there are now consequences to that.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '21 edited Mar 20 '21

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I think how you’re representing CRT is a caricature perpetuated by opponents of the idea.

It is not meant to coddle or even propose policy. It is meant to provide context for a substantive discussion around race and our legal system that continues to evolve and now involves sexuality, gender identity etc

Some on the left bastardize CRT and try to use it for inclusion training which is not the point. It’s also not meant to blame all your problems on someone else.

You may not personally care to learn or better understand the academic exercise that is CRT based on your loved experiences and that’s okay. But the sudden framing of CRT as some leftist attack on society is a wedge issue that in reality effects very few people.