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Organizers Train Newly Minted Protesters in St. Louis

Posted by $ rockymountainpirate 11 years ago to Culture
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.....And I also think we’re not going to get change in this society unless white people are just a little bit afraid........
SOURCE URL: http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/11/17/Organizers-Train-Newly-Minted-Protesters-in-St-Louis

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  • Posted by CircuitGuy 11 years ago
    I wonder if we drilled down if we'd find these people are fired up because they're fed up with police harassment and other gov't abuses. The organizers may shamelessly tell them it's all about protect their races' interests from other races' interests. Perhaps if somone put the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution in the context of their problems, they'd say it describes the problem and solution much better than people who make it about race.

    I strongly agree with the organizers saying we should be willing to challenge unjust laws and protest.

    I strongly disagree with the organizers' claims that this is about race / identity politics. (They shameless want people fired up about and focused on race.)

    I strongly disagree with people accepting the organizers' narrative and saying other races have to respond as racial groups to address the problem.
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    • Posted by $ rockymountainpirate 11 years ago
      It's all about control by dividing, and of course follow the money. I strongly doubt it has anything to do with the Bill of Rights or the Constitution.
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      • Posted by CircuitGuy 11 years ago
        What I'm saying is maybe the protestors have the same complaints about gov't abuses we have. They don't have a framework to understand it. Someone comes and says, "It's about race. Their race is protecting its interests at yours' expense. We need to stand together to protect our own race's interests." That bogus explanation might make sense if they never heard another one, such as the founding principles of the US. If we say light-skinned people as a group need to respond to the protestors, we're buying into their bogus identity group ideology.

        I'm optimistic that _maybe_ *some* of the protestors are trying to express ideas about personal liberty, but their anger is being taken advantage of by people seeking to control by dividing into groups.
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        • Posted by $ rockymountainpirate 11 years ago
          I have a bridge and some swamp land for you.
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          • Posted by CircuitGuy 11 years ago
            Am I correct that that's a snide way of saying, "No, I think most of the protestors are starting from group identity politics, not a desire for liberty, so it's pretty hopeless Most of the protestors think 'if we're gonna get change in this society my race must view itself as a racial group', and that's one thing I personally have in common with the protestors."

            I actually don't think you're saying that. I think you're just discouraged about the prospects of people standing up for liberty. Maybe if I met some of these people I would be discouraged to. I've been fortunate not to live in a trouble neighborhood.

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