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comment by rob05c
rob05c  ·  3154 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Anyone here see this? Bernie Sanders speech stopped.  ·  

    Something's wrong? Use our fucking democracy like everybody else.

Democracy is not some magical idea which gives justice to everyone, if only they work with the system. Pure Democracy definitively allows the majority to oppress the minority. The 51% can and will oppress the 49%. That's one of the reasons the US has a Republic. But even the Republic allows systematic oppression of minorities, as much as we try to prevent it.

When the system does not give power to your group, it is not possible to work within the system to fix it.

That said, I agree:

    Silencing other people who're working hard to be heard themselves is not fucking acceptable.

Civil disobedience should not involve silencing others to be heard.

    Fuck #blacklivesmatter.

    Yes, yes, these are only two people and this is only a small minority of the people waving this banner, but that's pretty much always the case.

You're condoning discriminating against entire disparate groups for the actions of a few? I...what? Really? Really?



aidrocsid  ·  3154 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    You're condoning discriminating against entire disparate groups for the actions of a few? I...what? Really? Really?

I holding a movement responsible for the actions of its members that seem to go completely unchallenged. Maybe I'm wrong. Can you point to black lives matters activists who've spoken out against roadblocks, human walls preventing access to education, and violently interrupting political rallies?

All I've heard from black lives matters protestors is the kind of unreasonable crap that 8bit was spewing.

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