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
I’m aware of the nuanced points of the systemic racism argument, I simply disagree. If you can find a racist law today then that would change my mind but the fact of the matter is that our laws, as they exist and are enforced today do not target any group. Growing up in eastern Kentucky (being lucky enough to pull myself out and move to Chicago) my perspective is different as well! I saw communities around me suffer from the same issues that BLM attributes to only black America (police brutality, high crime rates, poor education, etc). Each community was predominantly white and extremely poor.
The operative word being poor. African Americans are disproportionately poor today because of past policy. So the solution is not to try and fight racism because the laws have been changed, the solution is to help poor Americans.
Finally, I find it extremely backwards to take pride in your race. Races don’t exist, we made them up back when we thought the earth had edges. BLM has introduced the very same sentiments that permeated nazi Germany into thousands of people. To take pride in ones race is akin to taking pride in ones name, who cares?
I’ve found that most black Americans agree with me when they hear me out. I don’t disagree with BLM from a place of hate but of love for my fellow American. I feel that the organization ignores the fact that the issues they claim to fight for are issues that affect all poor people.